Social action research and small hospitality firms

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 268-273

  di Domenico, Marialaura ^a   Morrison, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitality industry; Interaction; Qualitative methods; Research; Scotland; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180597     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110310482182     Document Type: Article

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