Selecting hotel staff: Why best practice does not always work

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-135

  Lockyer, Cliff ^a   Scholarios, Dora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee selection; Hotels; Human resource management; Recruitment; Scotland; Social processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145999     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110410520016     Document Type: Review

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