Measuring customer service quality in sports and leisure centres

Managing Leisure

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-89

  Howat, Gary ^a   Absher, James ^a   Crilley, Gary ^a   Milne, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0012780196     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136067196376456     Document Type: Article

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