Tourism workforce research: A review, taxonomy and agenda

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-22

  Baum, Tom ^a   Kralj, Anna ^b   Robinson, Richard N S ^c   Solnet, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee; HRM; Labour labor; Macro meso micro; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971324104     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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