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This chapter presents conceptual model and hypotheses which will be tested later. Chapter three also explains the arguments used for building the model and its hypotheses from both theoretical and empirical sides.

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Sumaedi, S., Bakti, I.G.M.Y., Astrini, N.J., Rakhmawati, T., Widianti, T., Yarmen, M. (2014). Conceptual Model and Hypotheses. In: Public Transport Passengers’ Behavioural Intentions. SpringerBriefs in Business. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-24-8_3

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