Barriers to creativity in the hotel industry – perspectives of managers and supervisors

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Simon Wong, Chak Keung ^a   Loretta Pang, Wai Ling ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b ERM Hong Kong Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Barriers; Creativity; Hong Kong; Hotels; Management; Supervisors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165545     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110310458963     Document Type: Article

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