Organisational commitment: A study of managers in hotels

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 362-369

  Maxwell, Gillian ^a   Steele, Gordon ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees attitudes; Hotels; Managers; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031762     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110310496006     Document Type: Article

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