Linking service quality and satisfaction to behavioural intentions in higher education setting

Ekonomicky casopis

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 578-596

  Dado, Jaroslav ^a   Táborecká Petrovicová, Janka ^a   Riznic, Dejan ^b   Rajic, Tamara ^b  

^a MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Behavioural intentions; Higher education service quality; Slovakia; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; SURVEY METHOD;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84884200986     PISSN: 00133035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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