Do Satisfied Tourists Really Intend to Come Back? Three Concerns with Empirical Studies of the Link between Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-178

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Coltman, Tim ^b   Sharma, Rajeev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavioral intentions; causality; operationalization; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84922211536     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513513167     Document Type: Article

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