An exploratory study of the contextual stability of SERVQUAL amongst three retail clusters in far North Queensland

Journal of Place Management and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-61

  Lee Ross, Darren ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business administration; Globalization; Governance; Public sector organizations; Urban centres

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993057951     PISSN: 17538335     EISSN: 17538343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538330810865336     Document Type: Article

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