Understanding customers' healthy food choices at casual dining restaurants: Using the Value-Attitude-Behavior model

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-21

  Kang, Juhee ^a   Jun, Jinhyun ^b   Arendt, Susan W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Health value; Healthy eating; Healthy foods; Restaurants; Value Attitude Behavior model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928686191     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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