Exploring antecedents of attitude toward co-producing a retail checkout service utilizing a self-service technology

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-364

  Eastlick, Mary Ann ^a   Ratto, Claudia ^a   Lotz, Sherry L ^a   Mishra, Anubha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

co production; consumer attitudes; retail service; self service technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863998555     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593969.2012.690775     Document Type: Article

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