Perceived attributes of Asian foods: From the perspective of the American customers

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Ha, Aejin ^b  

^a Shawn)   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

American customers; Asian foods; Ethnic foods; Importance performance analysis; Perceived food attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549085541     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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