Quality-of-life indicators as performance measures

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2019, Pages 291-300

  Uysal, Muzaffer ^a   Sirgy, M Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Quality of life indicators; Quality of work life of employees; Residents of host communities; Tourist well being

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 85060023889     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2018.12.016     Document Type: Article

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