Visual methods: Using photographs to capture customers' experience with design

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-144

  Pullman, Madeleine E ^a   Robson, Stephani K A ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer feedback; Design research; Hotel design; Market research; Photoelicitation; Survey techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247378095     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: 15523853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010880407300410     Document Type: Article

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