Measuring service quality in sport services

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-631

  Tsitskari, E ^a   Tsiotras, D ^b   Tsiotras, G ^c,d  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multi dimensional concept; Recreation; Service quality; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745421534     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360600588190     Document Type: Review

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