Service quality in educational institutions: A foreign student view

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-94

  Soutar, Geoffrey N ^a   McNcil, Margaret M ^a   Lim, Kwee ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84987776998     PISSN: 08841241     EISSN: 15407144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J050v07n02_07     Document Type: Article

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