Ethnic dining: Need to belong, need to be unique, and menu offering

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Liu, Stephanie Qing ^a   Mattila, Anna S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Ethnic dining; Menu offering; Need to be unique; Need to belong; Other customers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929627945     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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