Consequences of market orientation for customers and employees

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 646-675

  Castro, Carmen Barroso ^a   Armario, Enrique Martín ^a   Del Río, María Elena Sánchez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Customer services quality; Employee attitudes; Market orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444457081     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560510590755     Document Type: Review

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