Modeling educational quality and student loyalty: A quantitative approach based on the theory of information cascades

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-415

  Lin, Chieh Peng ^a   Tsai, Yuan Hui ^b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIHLEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information cascades; Perceived quality; Retention; Student loyalty

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449158106     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-006-9051-5     Document Type: Article

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