A qualitative study of HRM and performance in the barbados hotel industry

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-51

  Alleyne, Philmore ^a   Doherty, Liz ^b   Howard, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External fit; Hotel industry; Human resource management; Internal fit; Performance; Qualitative; Universal relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986157478     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J171v04n02_02     Document Type: Article

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