Effect on restaurant tipping of a helpful message written on the back of customers' checks

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Rind, Bruce ^a   Strohmetz, David ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032590251     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01378.x     Document Type: Article

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