Consumer satisfaction and event quality perception: A case of US Open Taekwondo Championship

Event Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-214

  Ko, Yong Jaea ^a   Kim, Min Kil ^a   Kim, Yu Kyoum ^b   Lee, Jeoung Hak ^c   Cattani, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Consumer profiles; Event quality; Taekwondo

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649547886     PISSN: 15259951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/152599510X12825895093597     Document Type: Article

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