The Moderating Effect of the Service Context on the Relationship Between Price and Post-Consumption Perceptions of Service Quality

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 579-591

  Grewal, Dhruv ^a   Gotlieb, Jerry ^b   Marmorstein, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034394672     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022938230003     Document Type: Article

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