Employee Ownership and Sustainable Development in Tourism: A Case in North Cyprus

Sustainable Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 89-100

  Timur, Seldjan ^a   Timur, A Tarik ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Employee ownership; Local community; North Cyprus; Sustainable development; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EMPLOYMENT; HOTEL INDUSTRY; LOCAL ECONOMY; OWNERSHIP;

CYRUS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947345014     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1610     Document Type: Article

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