The career paths of hotel general managers in Mauritius

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-125

  Ladkin, Adele ^a   Juwaheer, Thanika D ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Career development; Hotels; Job mobility; Managers; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106158     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110010309925     Document Type: Article

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