Managing dive centres: SCUBA divers’ behavioural intentions

European Sport Management Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-443

  Palau Saumell, Ramon ^a   Forgas Coll, Santiago ^b   Sánchez García, Javier ^c   Prats Planagumà, Lluís ^d  

^a Ramon Llull University   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural intentions; Emotions; Novelty; SCUBA divers; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902902499     PISSN: 16184742     EISSN: 1746031X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2014.926378     Document Type: Article

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