Business strategy and the social norm of tipping

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-525

  Azar, Ofer H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Restaurant industry; Service industry; Social norms; Tipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956020555     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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