Questionnaire of Perceived Quality (QQP): A study on the differences of gender;Questionario di qualità percepita (QQP): Uno studio sulle differenze di genere

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 28, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Coluccia, A ^a   Cioffi, R ^b   Ferretti, Fabio ^a   Lorini, F ^a   Vidotto, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Multi sample analysis; Perceived quality; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34250177198     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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