Senior Citizen Satisfaction with Restaurant Service Quality

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-226

  Lee, Timothy Jeonglyeol ^a   Cho, Hwaim ^b   Ahn, Tae Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Quality Control Department   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

customer satisfaction; restaurant quality; Senior citizen; SERVQUAL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861009977     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2010.520822     Document Type: Article

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