Investigative management and consumer research on the internet

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 838-854

  Lugosi, Peter ^a   Janta, Hania ^b   Watson, Pamela ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Hospitality management; Internet; Netnography; Online; Qualitative research; Streaming analysis; Virtual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865117962     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111211247191     Document Type: Article

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