Employees’ motivation in the luxury hotel industry: The perceived effectiveness of human-resource practices

Managing Leisure

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 258-271

  Maroudas, Leonidas ^a   Kyriakidou, Olivia ^a   Vacharis, Artemis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

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EID: 85009579342     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606710802200969     Document Type: Article

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