An investigation of acculturation and the dining-out behavior of Chinese living in the United States

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-226

  Bojanic, David ^a   Xu, Yueying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Assimilation; Chinese; Dining out behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745390121     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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