Path analysis of organizational commitment, job involvement and job satisfaction in Turkish hospitality industry

Tourism Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-16

  Kuruüzüm, Ayşe ^a   Çetin, Emre Ipekçi ^a   Irmak, Sezgin ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Employee involvement; Hotel and catering industry; Job satisfaction; Organizations; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012709     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605370910948821     Document Type: Article

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