Culture and service-related positive disconfirmations: An application of travel blog analysis

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-257

  Magnini, Vincent P ^a   Kara, Derya ^b   Crotts, John C ^c   Zehrer, Anita ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^d MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blog analysis; collective; cultural distance; international travel; power distance; travel blog

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863812907     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766712449371     Document Type: Article

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