A marketing-relevant framework for understanding service worker productivity

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-317

  Dobni, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employees productivity; Performance management; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102059     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040410542290     Document Type: Article

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