Experiential Value, Relationship Quality, and Customer Loyalty in Full-Service Restaurants: The Moderating Role of Gender

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 679-700

  Line, Nathaniel D ^b   Goh, Ben ^c,d  

^a Paul)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c BANGKOK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

full service restaurants, experiential value, relationship quality, loyalty, gender, structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885172691     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2013.723799     Document Type: Article

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