Customer perceived control and the moderating effect of restaurant type on evaluations of restaurant employee performance

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Noone, Breffni M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived control; Perceived employee performance; Perceived risk; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548953651     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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