Building customer trust and relationship commitment to a nature-based tourism provider: The role of information investments

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 159-172

  Zillifro, Traci ^a   Morais, Duarte B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Commitment trust theory; Information investments; Relationship commitment; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892392672     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v11n02_11     Document Type: Article

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