The role of involvement and variety-seeking in eating out behaviors

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-444

  Beldona, Srikanth ^a   Moreo, Andrew P ^b   Mundhra, Gokul Das ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Culinary Institute of America at Greystone   (United States)

Author keywords

Catering industry; Consumer behaviour; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951461520     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111011035990     Document Type: Article

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