A psychometric assessment of an instrument to measure a service firm's customer-based corporate reputation

South African Journal of Business Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Boshoff, C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 67651006090     PISSN: 20785585     EISSN: 20785976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v40i2.539     Document Type: Article

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