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Original Articles

Customer contact employees' commitment to extra-role customer service: the effect of internal service quality perception

客户接触的员工职责外服务的承诺:探究内部服务品质的影响

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Pages 144-158 | Received 08 Jul 2012, Accepted 21 Oct 2012, Published online: 20 Mar 2013

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