The importance of employee hospitability and perceived price in the hotel industry

Anatolia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 254-267

  Küçükergin, Kemal Gürkan ^a   Dedeoǧlu, Bekir Bora ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

behavioural intentions; employee hospitability; perceived price; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EQUATION; PERCEPTION; TOURISM;

EID: 84900319885     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2013.871569     Document Type: Article

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