Customer satisfaction and scuba-diving: Some insights from the deep

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 537-555

  MacCarthy, Martin ^a   O'Neill, Martin ^b   Williams, Paul ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; SCUBA DIVING;

EID: 33745284560     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060600722841     Document Type: Article

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