The Use of Student Subjects in Hospitality Research: Insights from Subjective Knowledge

Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 295-320

  Ro, Heejung ^a   Kubickova, Marketa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

generalizability; service recovery; student subjects; subjective knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886047494     PISSN: 1528008X     EISSN: 15280098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1528008X.2013.802624     Document Type: Article

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