Consumers' responses to table spacing in restaurants

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Robson, Stephani K A ^a   Kimes, Sheryl E ^b   Becker, Franklin D ^b   Evans, Gary W ^b  

^a School of Hotel Administration ^*  (United States)

^b College of Human Ecology at Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

consumer behavior; personal space; restaurant design; restaurant table spacing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960288657     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965511410310     Document Type: Article

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