Development of variant definitions for stakeholder groups with regard to the performance of public transit in the United States

Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-70

  Phillips, Jason Keith ^a   Phillips, Diane M ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance assessment; Performance constructs; Public transit; Stakeholder; Transit performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151483235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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