Leadership teaching impact on tourism students’ attitudes and perceptions toward leadership in developing economies: The case of egypt

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 180-192

  El Gohary, Hatem ^a   Eid, Riyad ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Egypt; Leadership; Leadership teaching; Tourism schools; Undergraduate tourism courses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006630373     PISSN: 10963758     EISSN: 23256540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10963758.2013.850297     Document Type: Article

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