Measuring customer satisfaction in fitness centres in Greece: An exploratory study

Managing Leisure

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 218-228

  Alexandris, Konstantinos ^a   Palialia, Euaggelia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 4143081006     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136067199375760     Document Type: Article

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