Consumers felt commitment towards retailers: Index development and validation

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-159

  Sánchez Pérez, Manuel ^a   Iniesta Bonillo, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commitment; Consumer retailer relationships; Formative index; LISREL; MIMIC model

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744442286     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-004-0545-7     Document Type: Article

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