Modifying the Mehrabian--Russell model, this study proposed a conceptual model to explore how customers' perceptions of dining environments influence emotion and behavioral intention (BI) in the upscale restaurant setting. Using a structural equation modeling analysis, this study showed that...

In order to address a lack of comprehensive evaluation of restaurant quality, this study extends Mehrabian and Russell's stimulus-organism-response framework by incorporating restaurant-specific stimuli and including restaurant-specific measures of emotion. Using structural equation modeling,...