Evaluation of outdoor recreational settings: A problem of measuring user satisfaction

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Noe, Francis P ^a   Uysal, Muzaffer ^b  

^a Southeast Regional Office   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Expectations; Expressive; Instrumental; Past use and satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042224515     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-6989(96)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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