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Diagnosing the impact of retail bank customers’ perceived justice on their service recovery satisfaction and post-purchase behaviours: an empirical study in financial centre of middle east

Pages 193-216 | Received 29 Sep 2013, Accepted 13 Jul 2014, Published online: 05 May 2016

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