Evaluation of service quality at events: The 1998 Coca-Cola Masters Surfing event at Margaret River, Western Australia

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-166

  O’Neill, Martin ^a   Getz, Donald ^a   Carlsen, Jack ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Service quality; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132074     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604529910267064     Document Type: Article

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