Supervisory orientation, employee goal orientation, and knowledge management among front line hotel employees

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-32

  Shamim, Saqib ^a   Cang, Shuang ^b   Yu, Hongnian ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee goal orientation; Knowledge management; Supervisory orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002633557     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2016.11.013     Document Type: Article

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