Culture, identity, and belonging in the “culinary underbelly”

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-326

  Palmer, Catherine ^a   Cooper, John ^b   Burns, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Family; Human resource management; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986058161     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506181011081497     Document Type: Article

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