不同服务补救措施对顾客情绪的影响

服务补救措施不仅会影响到顾客的认知,还直接影响着顾客的情绪。通过不同服务补救措施对顾客情绪之影响的实证研究表明:道歉措施能增强顾客的积极情绪,减弱顾客的外在归因消极情绪;而辩解措施加剧了顾客的外在归因消极情绪,降低着顾客的积极情绪;心理补救 有形补救的措施,无论在顾客满意上还是顾客情绪改善上,都是最佳的补救措施。     

消费情绪归因及其对顾客忠诚的影响

从营销者和消费者视域建立不同归因的消费情绪对顾客忠诚度影响关系的概念模型,实证分析营销者引发的积极情绪和消极情绪,以及消费者引发的积极情绪和消极情绪与顾客忠诚度之间的关系,认为消费情绪对顾客忠诚有直接的影响,积极情绪会提高顾客忠诚,而消极情绪则会降低顾客忠诚。     

再次服务补救对顾客忠诚度的影响

服务补救的提出至今将近二十年,涉及服务补救的研究包括服务补救的概念、意义、运作策略、措施等方面.本文尝试从新的角度探讨服务补救,研究"再次服务补救"对顾客满意度和忠诚度的影响.研究考察了广州地区消费者,证明如果顾客多次遭受类似服务失误,即便获得服务补救,其忠诚度仍然会下降,再次服务补救提升的忠诚度效果与服务失误的重复出现成反比;某些行业对再次服务补救的效果呈明显下降趋势;强度增大的再次服务补救措施可减缓忠诚度下降的程度.论文提出若干需进一步研究的方向性问题.     

关于服务补救及其策略的研究

服务的特性决定了服务失误的出现不可避免，并由此引发了顾客的消极情绪和不良反应，因此，企业需要采取有效的服务补救措施。本文在论述服务补救必要性的基础上，重点探讨了服务补救的策略。     

再次服务补救对顾客忠诚度的影响

服务补救的提出至今将近二十年,涉及服务补救的研究包括服务补救的概念、意义、运作策略、措施等方面。本文尝试从新的角度探讨服务补救,研究“再次服务补救”对顾客满意度和忠诚度的影响。研究考察了广州地区消费者,证明如果顾客多次遭受类似服务失误,即便获得服务补救,其忠诚度仍然会下降,再次服务补救提升的忠诚度效果与服务失误的重复出现成反比;某些行业对再次服务补救的效果呈明显下降趋势;强度增大的再次服务补救措施可减缓忠诚度下降的程度。论文提出若干需进一步研究的方向性问题。     

服务失误情境下互联网顾客忠诚影响机理北大核心CSSCI

服务失误情境下,与传统商业模式相比,如果电商企业未能及时采取有效补救措施平复顾客抱怨、不满等消极情绪,那么由此衍生的负面消费体验感知传播速度更快,范围更广,靶向性更强。为系统改善服务失误情境下的互联网顾客关系质量,可基于服务失误补救、体验营销、顾客忠诚等相关理论,以虚拟消费情境下具有服务失误体验经历的顾客为调研对象,以516份调研问卷统计数据为基础,系统梳理服务失误情境下影响补救质量的前置限定因子,构建B2C模式下补救品质对互联网顾客关系质量和顾客忠诚的影响机理概念模型,并运用结构方程模型展开实证分析。研究发现,服务失误情境下服务补救信息质量、沟通质量、程序质量、结果质量与互联网顾客满意度、信任度之间均具有显著相关性;且由满意度、信任度构成的互联网顾客关系质量与顾客态度忠诚及行为忠诚密切相关;互联网顾客关系质量在服务补救信息质量、沟通质量、程序质量、结果质量对互联网顾客态度忠诚和行为忠诚的影响机制中中介效应显著;服务补救结果质量、沟通质量分别构成有效修复互联网顾客满意度和信任度的关键因子。因此,为更加有效地修复顾客关系质量,重获顾客忠诚,电子商务企业应从信息质量层面入手,在平台醒目位置设置服务失误补救功能模块接口,建立快速响应机制,提供全天候高效便捷的信息咨询服务;应从沟通质量层面入手,以消费个体为单位借助多种渠道与顾客积极沟通,最大程度地平复顾客负面消极情绪,满足客户相关合理诉求,增强互联网顾客B2C结构性关系感知;应从程序质量层面入手,实时动态监控负面网络口碑并制定相应危机公关程序,深度修复互联网顾客B2C结构性关系,实施顾客锁定战略;应从结果质量层面入手,基于不同服务失误归因,选择更有利于修复互联网顾客关系质量和重塑电子商务企业形象的补偿方式。     

再次服务补救对顾客忠诚度的影响

服务补救的提出至今将近二十年，涉及服务补救的研究包括服务补救的概念、意义、运作策略、措施等方面。本文尝试从新的角度探讨服务补救，研究“再次服务补救”对顾客满意度和忠诚度的影响。研究考察了广州地区消费者，证明如果顾客多次遭受类似服务失误，即便获得服务补救，其忠诚度仍然会下降，再次服务补救提升的忠诚度效果与服务失误的重复出现成反比；某些行业对再次服务补救的效果呈明显下降趋势；强度增大的再次服务补救措施可减缓忠诚度下降的程度。论文提出若干需进一步研究的方向性问题。     

服务补救的公平要素及其对顾客满意的影响研究

服务性企业在对顾客提供服务出现失败和错误的情况下,如何对顾客的不满和抱怨做出反应?如何通过有效的补救措施来重新建立顾客满意和忠诚?这些都是当前我国服务营销理论界和实践界迫切需要解决的问题。本文分析了服务补救的功能和特点,将服务补救公平分成分布公平、程序公平和互动公平,探讨了上述三种公平要素对顾客满意的影响机制。研究结果对我国企业经营者改善顾客关系管理工作具有十分重要的现实意义。     

基于顾客满意的服务补救策略研究

服务失败不仅给顾客造成伤害,而且由此引发的顾客报怨、顾客流失、顾客投诉等后果必然对企业的经营和发展造成不良影响。因此,必须正确地对待服务失败,并采取有效的服务补救措施来最大限度的降低顾客的不满。提高服务补救水平,是保持顾客满意和提高顾客忠诚的一个非常重要的手段。     

基于顾客满意的B2C网上零售业服务补救策略研究

文章结合B2C网上零售业的特征,以及服务补救在此领域的研究现状,分析了服务失误的原因,并构建了B2C网上零售业服务补救系统,提出了相关服务补救措施,以提高顾客满意度。     

Customer Rage Episodes: Emotions, Expressions and Behaviors

In this research, we examine customer rage-associated emotions, expressions, and behaviors following service failure. Three independent studies involving 656 respondents and multiple methods are employed to investigate customer rage. Scales for each form of rage emotion, expression, and behavior were developed and used to assess their interrelationships. Results suggest that different forms of customer rage emotions tend to be linked to different types of expressions and behaviors. For example, both Rancorous Rage and Retaliatory Rage emotions tend to increase Verbal expressions (such as raising one's voice, yelling, and making insulting remarks). In contrast, Retaliatory Rage emotion increases Physical expressions (tried to physically harm a service employee, tried to cause damage to property, and threatened to damage property) and Displaced expressions (took anger out on other people nearby, yelled at other people, and took their anger out on other people later on) whereas Rancorous Rage emotion decreases Physical and Displaced expressions. Interestingly, Verbal expressions are linked to passive-aggressive behaviors, such as switching service providers and spreading negative word of mouth while Physical expressions are linked to relatively aggressive behavior, such as a desire for revenge. Implications for scholarly research and retailers are discussed.     

Are Variety-Seekers Bad Customers?

SUMMARY

Variety-seeking behavior occurs if customers derive utility from a change of service providers. It has negative consequences for the firm's profits, because it functions as a moderating factor in the relationship of customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Even by offering high service quality variety-seekers cannot be retained. Therefore variety-seekers are often seen as “bad” customers, because they are not loyal to the firm. This article will show variety-seeking behavior in a more positive light. Variety-seekers are satisfied customers and therefore they are likely to engage in positive word-of-mouth communication. Recommendations will help to attract new customers and thus increase profits.     

Psychological contracts and fairness: The effect of violations on customer service behavior

A conceptual model of the effect of psychological contracts and associated fairness perceptions on customer service organizational citizenship behaviors (CSOCB) is presented. Psychological contracts, individually held beliefs regarding employer-employee reciprocal expectations and obligations, provide a basis for the comprehensive perception of organizational justice. In turn, justice perceptions result in CSOCB, or externally directed extra-role behaviors. When customer contact employees perceive violations, these behaviors are likely to be either negative or a reduction of positive behaviors. Future research is discussed.     

创造正性情感体验 赢得宾客忠诚

在市场竞争日趋激烈的今天 ,酒店管理人员越来越清醒地认识到忠诚宾客的重要性。所以 ,正性情感体验是赢得宾客忠诚的根本途径 ,情感投资、“零风险”消费、互动服务、定制化服务是达到这一目的的重要手段 ,而知识型服务人员是提升情感服务的关键     

Customer defection due to service elimination and post-elimination customer behavior: An empirical investigation in telecommunications

Service industries require rapid innovations in their service portfolios to gain and maintain competitive advantages. Service elimination is a potential tool for portfolio renewal, though it might threaten increased defection rates. To contribute to both service elimination and customer defection literature, this paper proposes a model of customer responses to service elimination, with practical implications for decision-makers in rapidly innovating telecommunication markets.In particular, the main study, conducted in the context of Hungary’s telecommunications sector, reveals that customers’ tenure, usage intensity, and age reduce the negative effects of a price increase on their defection; the price increase, degree to which customers interact with service providers, customer defection, and competitive effects in turn increase post–service elimination usage intensity.These findings suggest implementation strategies that can reduce customer defection following price increase due to service elimination, by focusing on new customers, light users, and the quality of customer interactions.     

A novel framework for customer complaint management

Complaining is one option available to customers to express their dissatisfaction with inadequate services. Their complaints contain valuable information for service providers to improve customer relationships and operational quality, which can ultimately enhance business profitability. Customer complaints are frequently handled at the individual level, however, which addresses the symptoms rather than the causes of customer dissatisfaction. This paper presents a framework integrating a decision tree approach, a common data mining tool, into Six Sigma methodology to analyze customer complaints in aggregate and improve service quality by identifying and addressing the underlying causes of failed service. A case study of a restaurant chain was used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework. The results indicated a significant (60%) decrease in the number of customer complaints received. Subsequent long-term benefits can be expected.     

Contactless but loyal customers: The roles of anxiety and sociability in the hotel service context

To move their businesses in a positive direction, service providers are increasingly adopting contactless technologies. However, the influence of contactless service (CS) on important customer outcomes has been ignored. This study formulated a research framework to investigate the roles of customer anxiety and sociability in the relationship between CS and customer loyalty in the hotel setting. The findings revealed that CS is positively related to customer loyalty. Pandemic-related customer anxiety helps transit the positive impact of CS on customer loyalty. However, customer sociability dampens the effects of CS on customer loyalty. More specifically, as customer sociability increases, the positive impact of CS on customer loyalty decreases directly and indirectly via customer anxiety. Our findings provide novel contributions to the emerging CS literature by disclosing the psychological mechanisms under the “contactless effect” and the potential theoretical boundary condition. In addition, the findings deliver practicable benefits to service managers in fighting the COVID-19 crisis.     

Oh my gosh,I got to get out of this place! A qualitative study of vicarious embarrassment in service encounters

Vicarious embarrassment is a negative emotion, which is experienced by an individual when others misbehave. People can feel vicariously embarrassed when observing other people's pratfalls or awkward appearance. For instance, vicarious embarrassment is elicited when watching reality TV or in service encounters where many other customers are present. However, the relevance of vicarious embarrassment in physical service environments has not yet been thoroughly analyzed in the context of service encounters. The objective of the present study is to close this research gap and to introduce the phenomenon of vicarious embarrassment to service research. The findings of 25 in‐depth interviews indicate that vicariously embarrassing incidents mostly occur in service encounters and that these incidents are triggered by the violation of social norms in both customer‐to‐customer and customer‐to‐employee interactions. The authors of the present paper identified closeness of relationship, the service context, and parties involved as important situational variables influencing vicarious embarrassment and further emotional, cognitive, and behavioral consequences for the observing person. From a managerial point of view, the relevance of vicarious embarrassment in physical service environments is caused by negative spillover effects of the service experience, which lead to decreasing customer satisfaction, negative word‐of‐mouth and purchase intentions, and a negative impact on the overall image of the service provider.     

The impact of customer cognitive competence on online service decision-making: an event-related potentials perspective

Customer service online decision-making is subject to the perception of service value based on the interaction between customer cognition and emotion. The study reported in this paper examines the impact of customer cognitive competence on the online service perceived value. Thirty participants were divided into high- and low-cognitive-competence groups based on their responses on the service value perception survey. During the experiment, both groups were shown services that were available for online purchase. Changes in cognitive and emotional late positive potential (LPP) in the occipital and central–parietal region were recorded. In comparison with the customer sacrifice and customer benefit, the service value may elicit greater emotional LPP components in the central–parietal region and shorter cognitive LPPs in the occipital region in the group with high cognitive competence. Our findings present a potential neural mechanism for the impact of consumer cognitive competence on service value perception and decision-making, which may encourage the managers to improve service quality and guide the research of customer behavior and marketing.     

Customer-to-customer interactions on customer citizenship behavior

This study examines how both positive and negative customer-to-customer interactions (CCIs) simultaneously influence customer citizenship behavior. Specifically, we posit that (1) positive CCI and dysfunctional customer behavior (negative CCI) influence customers’ affection with service, (2) customers’ affection with service leads to positive customer citizenship behavior, and (3) service providers’ relationship investment moderates the relationships between positive (negative) CCI and customers’ affection with service. The study sample consisted of 362 customers at a major public recreation center in South Korea. We used latent moderated structural equation modeling and the bootstrapping technique to test the proposed hypotheses. The results offer full support for the expected differential effects of positive CCI and dysfunctional customer behavior on customer citizenship behavior, and provide important implications for research and practice.