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dc.contributor.advisorGuilding, Chris
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Michael James
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:15:58Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:15:58Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/2793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365224
dc.description.abstractAustralian hotels compete with hotels in other countries in the international tourism market and must therefore be in good physical condition to meet international and domestic traveller expectations. This highlights the importance of hotels maintaining a continuing vigilance with respect to ensuring asset related expenditure decision making is appropriately conducted. Such decisions are, however, complex due to their high dollar value as well as their cyclical, ambiguous and frequently irreversible nature. The broad aim of this research is to further understanding of factors relating to asset expenditure management practices in Australian hotels, a topic that has drawn little prior research attention. The thesis has drawn extensively on theories of agency theory and organisational power. The study adopted a mixed methods approach utilising two empirical phases. The first phase involved a series of face-to-face interviews with six different stakeholder groups representing asset managers, hotel lawyers, hotel auditors, hotel owners, hotel general managers, and hotel financial controllers. A total of twenty interviews were conducted. The second phase involved the administration of a questionnaire survey to general managers of Australian and New Zealand hotels with twenty or more rooms and a star-rating of three or more.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsInternational tourism market
dc.subject.keywordsAsset expenditure management
dc.subject.keywordsHotel industry
dc.titleAn Investigation of Asset Expenditure Management in Australian Hotels
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyGriffith Business School
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorMcManus, Lisa
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1358731890184
gro.source.ADTshelfnoADT0
gro.source.GURTshelfnoGURT1376
gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentGriffith Business School
gro.griffith.authorTurner, Michael James


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