Travel innovativeness and self-image congruity

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 33-45

  Litvin, Stephen W ^a   Kar, Goh Hwai ^a   Goldsmith, Ronald E ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Innovator; Self image

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249933870     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v10n04_02     Document Type: Article

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