The effects of restaurant quality attributes on customer behavioral intentions

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1270-1291

  Bujisic, Milos ^a   Hutchinson, Joe ^a   Parsa, H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambience; Food quality; Quick service restaurants; Restaurant quality attributes; Service quality; Upscale restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912523039     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-04-2013-0162     Document Type: Article

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