An empirical study of behavioral intentions in the Taiwan hotel industry

Innovative Marketing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 30-50

  Clemes, Michael D ^a   Hung Che Wu, Jonathan ^a   Hu, Bai Ding ^a   Gan, Christopher ^a  

^a Faculty of Animal Science   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioral intentions; Customer satisfaction; Hierarchical model; Image; Perceived value; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055108461     PISSN: 18142427     EISSN: 18166326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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