Market Orientation and Organizational Performance Linkage in Chinese Hotels: The Mediating Roles of Corporate Social Responsibility and Customer Satisfaction

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1399-1416

  Qu, Riliang ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; CSR; customer satisfaction; hotels; market orientation; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920165415     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2013.866580     Document Type: Article

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