Student perceptions of service quality in a UK university business and management faculty

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-95

  Oldfield, Brenda M ^a   Baron, Steve ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Higher education; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116703     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880010325600     Document Type: Article

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