Can Customers Detect Script Usage in Service Encounters?Journal of Service Research - Tập 15 Số 4 - Trang 390-400 - 2012
Liana Victorino, Rohit Verma, Bryan L. Bonner, Don G. Wardell
Service scripts are predetermined guides for employees to follow when delivering
service to customers. Some services require employees to strictly follow a
script, whereas others use scripts more flexibly, if at all. Extant research
regarding service scripts in the domain of service operations has mainly
addressed the topic from more of a process view as a control mechanism for the
encounter but m... hiện toàn bộ
Customer Interaction and Innovation in Hybrid OfferingsJournal of Service Research - Tập 21 Số 1 - Trang 119-134 - 2018
Mario Schaarschmidt, Gianfranco Walsh, Heiner Evanschitzky
Hybrid offerings are bundles of goods and services offerings provided by the
same firm. Bundling value offerings affects how firms innovate, interact with
customers, and customize their goods and services. However, it remains unclear
how customer interaction might drive the innovation performance of various
bundled components. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of customer
interactions... hiện toàn bộ
Contagious Effects of Customer Misbehavior in Access-Based ServicesJournal of Service Research - Tập 19 Số 1 - Trang 3-21 - 2016
Tobias Schaefers, Kristina Wittkowski, Sabine Benoit, Rosellina Ferraro
Customer misbehavior in service settings is problematic for two reasons: (1)
because of the direct damage it causes and (2) because of additional negative
effects that arise from the contagion of such misbehavior. The authors extend
existing theory of customer misbehavior by studying its contagious effect. The
investigation focuses on access-based services, defined as transactions in which
multipl... hiện toàn bộ
The Impact of Flow and Communitas on Enduring Involvement in Extended Service EncountersJournal of Service Research - Tập 11 Số 1 - Trang 74-90 - 2008
Lee Phillip McGinnis, James W. Gentry, Tao Gao
This study explores the comparative effects of two antecedents of enduring
involvement in determining whether social versus psychological effects are more
important in establishing enduring involvement with an extended service
encounter. Specifically, the authors look at the effects of communitas—a social
effect—and flow—an individual psychological effect—to determine which has a
stronger impact o... hiện toàn bộ
Consumer Processing of Interior Service EnvironmentsJournal of Service Research - Tập 17 Số 3 - Trang 296-309 - 2014
Ulrich R. Orth, Jochen Wirtz
Visual appeal is an important consideration in the design of interior service
environments because attractiveness influences consumer behavior. Employing both
an experiment and a field study, we show that visual complexity reduces a
service environment’s attractiveness. Furthermore, we find that the
complexity-attractiveness relationship is mediated by processing fluency and its
instantaneous affe... hiện toàn bộ
Key Drivers of Frontline Employee Generation of Ideas for Customer Service ImprovementJournal of Service Research - Tập 15 Số 2 - Trang 215-230 - 2012
Cristiana Raquel Lages, Nigel F. Piercy
Anchored in the service-dominant logic and service innovation literature, this
study investigates the drivers of employee generation of ideas for service
improvement (GISI). Employee GISI focuses on customer needs and providing the
exact service wanted by customers. GISI should enhance competitive advantage and
organizational success (cf. Berry et al. 2006; Wang and Netemeyer 2004). Despite
its im... hiện toàn bộ
Is There a Dark Side of Ambidexterity? Implications of Dueling Sales and Service OrientationsJournal of Service Research - Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 379-392 - 2017
Colin B. Gabler, Jessica Ogilvie, Adam Rapp, Daniel G. Bachrach
This study examines how employee customer and selling orientations, and their
interaction, impact frontline employees’ (FLEs) pursuit of service and
sales-related performance outcomes. Applying a job demands-resources lens, we
advance a model that explores service-sales ambidexterity at the individual
level. Polynomial regression and response surface analysis are used to assess
how varying levels ... hiện toàn bộ
The Role of Frontline Employees’ Competitive Intelligence and Intraorganizational Social Capital in Driving Customer OutcomesJournal of Service Research - Tập 24 Số 2 - Trang 269-283 - 2021
Ashish Kalra, Raj Agnihotri, Elten Briggs
Grounded in social capital theory, this study explores the influence of
intraorganizational social capital on frontline employees’ (FLEs) competitive
intelligence activities and the subsequent effects of engaging in competitive
intelligence on their information communication behavior and relational customer
outcomes. We empirically test the hypothesized relationships using multisource,
multi-indus... hiện toàn bộ
How Does Language Matter for Services? Challenges and Propositions for Service ResearchJournal of Service Research - Tập 15 Số 4 - Trang 430-442 - 2012
Jonas Holmqvist, Christian Grönroos
The service encounter depends on the interaction between consumer and company,
with an active role for the consumer as a participant. Building on existing
literature, this article argues that language influences how consumers perceive
the service encounter in several important ways. In turn, service providers and
service researchers must understand the impact of the language used before,
during, a... hiện toàn bộ