Scottish visitor attractions: Managerial competence requirements

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-66

  Watson, Sandra ^a   Mccracken, Martin ^a   Hughes, Moira ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Human resource development; Managerialism; Scotland; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156151     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590410513884     Document Type: Article

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