The effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on employee well-being in the hospitality industry

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1584-1600

  Woo, Eunju ^b   Uysal, Muzaffer ^c   Kwon, Nakyung ^d  

^a Lina)   (United States)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d SunMoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Job satisfaction; Overall quality of life (QoL); Quality of working life (QWL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046100805     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-03-2016-0166     Document Type: Article

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