Why tip? An empirical test of motivations for tipping car guards

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Saunders, Stephen G ^a   Lynn, Michael ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Car guard; Gratuity; Service quality; Social norm; Tipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149088286     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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