LibQUAL+TM in Iran: A subgroup analysis by gender

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-93

  Hariri, Nadjla ^a   Afnani, Farideh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gender; Iran; Libraries; Quality assessment; Service levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849116263     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040810906790     Document Type: Article

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