酒店其他顾客行为对顾客感知服务质量的影响

如果将其他正在酒店消费的顾客看作是酒店整体环境的一部分,那么,这些"其他顾客"的言行举止是否会对顾客感知服务质量产生影响?基于这种思考,文章通过查阅相关文献并结合深度访谈,设计包含22个测量题项的调查问卷,采用SPSS、AMOS统计软件进行调查问卷的统计分析,通过探索性研究,得出4个酒店消费的其他顾客行为因子和3个酒店顾客感知服务质量影响因子,然后利用结构方程模型,验证了酒店消费中的其他顾客行为对顾客感知服务质量影响的因果关系。该研究丰富了顾客感知服务质量的理论体系,对酒店进行全面质量管理有一定的现实指导意义。     

顾客感知酒店服务创新的构成和影响研究——基于来自经济型酒店的数据

在激烈的市场竞争中,创新被视为酒店取得竞争优势的有效方式.现有研究主要关注酒店创新的过程和绩效,忽视了个体消费者对服务创新的感知和评价.鉴于此,文章通过分析不同类型服务创新产生的影响作用,探讨怎样的创新更有利于提升顾客感知价值和品牌态度.通过实地调研经济型酒店服务创新项目,使用探索性因子分析和验证性因子分析,指出顾客感知酒店服务创新的4个维度分别是服务流程创新、服务设施创新、参与制度创新和服务内容创新.影响研究发现,顾客感知酒店服务创新对其感知价值和品牌态度存在积极影响,但不同维度的影响效果和作用机理差异较大,消费者创新性对上述影响关系具有一定调节作用.基于以上结论,对酒店服务创新工作的开辰提供对策建议.     

服务公平性、服务质量、组织形象对游客行为意向的影响——基于博物馆服务的实证研究

本文以博物馆游客为调研对象,探讨服务公平性、服务质量、顾客满意感、信任感与组织形象的关系,分析顾客感知的服务质量、顾客满意感、信任感、组织形象对博物馆游客行为意向的影响。结构方程模型分析结果表明：在博物馆服务环境中,（1）服务公平性包括交往公平性、程序公平性、结果公平性和信息公平性等4个组成部分;服务公平性4个组成成分对顾客感知的服务质量、满意感、信任感有直接或间接的影响,对组织形象有间接的影响;（2）顾客满意感和顾客感知的服务质量直接影响组织形象;（3）组织形象和顾客信任感对游客行为意向有直接的影响。论文的研究结论对指导博物馆的营销管理有一定的理论和实践意义。     

基于顾客需求的星级酒店网站功能评价——以广州市60家星级酒店为例

酒店网站功能作为酒店信息化的研究要点之一,已有成果多关注网站本身的结构和内容,忽视了酒店网站为其顾客服务的本质。本文在确定网站功能结构和评价指标的基础上,首先利用问卷调查法了解顾客对于酒店网站功能的需求,然后对60家样本酒店的网站进行了访问,分析其所具有的功能。研究认为,目前广州市星级酒店网站功能不能满足顾客的需求,基础层能提供简单的酒店信息,但忽视了酒店顾客的旅游需求;主体层的功能不能满足顾客了解特色、提前体验和信息交流的需求,不具个性化;核心层的功能与顾客需求不对称,信息更新不及时,客户关系管理不健全,没有实现基础层和主体层的功能的增值组合与动态优化。因而,要使酒店网站真正成为酒店管理和营销的有效工具,必须充分考虑酒店顾客需求。     

基于顾客评价的山西省五星级酒店满意度及其影响因素研究

顾客满意是服务的目的和测度标准之一。作为旅游业中优质服务的提供者,星级酒店的服务质量事关整体旅游业的服务水准和顾客满意程度。从顾客体验视角研究星级酒店的满意度更加客观公正。本文择取携程网站用户对于山西省五星级酒店的评价进行文本分析,论述了山西省五星级酒店的整体满意度水平及其影响因素。并专门对游客差评进行了文本分析,了解酒店服务中最容易致使顾客不满意的因素,针对性地提出了改进建议。     

浅析提高酒店前厅部服务质量的对策

服务质量既是酒店的生命线,也是酒店在市场上竞争的关键所在,酒店前厅服务由于接触客人时间早、频率高,往往是衡量酒店服务质量高低的关键部门。商务型度假酒店越来越认识到服务质量对酒店的重要性。本文针对酒店基本情况,分析了酒店前厅部服务质量存在的问题,提出了提高酒店前厅部服务质量的对策。     

基于顾客价值的经济型酒店顾客满意度测评研究

培育和维护满意的顾客是经济型酒店获得和保持竞争优势的重要条件,而顾客对酒店产品感知利得和利失的比较对顾客满意度的形成具有重要的影响。该研究以现有的顾客满意度理论为基础,结合经济型酒店的顾客需求和产品服务特征,从顾客价值获得的角度构建经济型酒店的顾客满意度测评模型,建立了顾客满意度测评指标体系,并进行了实证分析。研究表明,经济型酒店的卫生状况、支持系统、交通便利程度以及价格等方面的顾客满意度较低。最后,根据实证分析结果提出了经济型酒店提高顾客满意度的建议和对策。     

神秘顾客调查法在酒店管理中的应用研究——以广州市高星级酒店为例

20世纪40年代以来,神秘顾客调查法在各行各业得到广泛的运用,并成为酒店行业提高服务质量的重要方法之一,但却少有学者对此进行研究.本文通过对酒店行业内相关人员的问卷调查和深度访谈获取第一手资料,从应用现状、应用价值和员工感知3个角度进行分析.结果显示,神秘顾客调查法虽然在酒店得到普遍应用,但其成熟度还有待提高;其在酒店管理中具有明确的应用价值,如突出的针对性、以顾客为导向的文化价值等;神秘顾客调查法本身在酒店管理中具有良好的适宜性,但为突出其效果,还需进一步改善酒店管理环境.最后,本文对后续研究进行了展望,提出了值得进一步思考和分析的问题.     

酒店员工-顾客间互动对员工工作效率和顾客满意度的影响研究

员工-顾客间互动是酒店服务互动的重要形式之一,更是顾客感知服务质量、服务价值以及满意度的基础.文章从员工角度出发,构建了员工-顾客间互动频率、互动质量与员工工作效率、顾客满意度等变量之间的关系模型.以酒店员工为调查对象,以问卷调查为主要调研方式,利用结构方程模型进行实证检验.研究发现,员工-顾客间的互动频率和互动质量对员工工作效率有显著正向影响,工作效率在互动频率和顾客满意度之间具有完全中介效应,在互动质量和顾客满意度之间具有部分中介效应.     

如何提高饭店业一线员工的服务补救绩效:模型与实证

文章应用巴顾兹(Bagozzi)的态度模型,采用结构方程建模方法,构建并验证了基于饭店业一线员工感知视角的服务补救绩效预测模型。实证结果表明:(1)一线员工对授权、培训、奖励以及对饭店进行顾客抱怨管理的感知正向影响其工作满意度;(2)顾客抱怨管理和授权不仅通过一线员工情感变量(工作满意和情感承诺)的中介作用间接正向影响服务补救绩效,还能够直接预测服务补救绩效;(3)一线员工的情感变量是解释员工培训和奖励正向影响其服务补救绩效的完全中介变量;(4)工作满意直接正向影响一线员工的情感承诺,而在工作满意和服务补救绩效之间的间接正向影响关系中,情感承诺变量起到了全部中介效应。文章最后总结了对服务补救理论和饭店业管理实践的贡献。     

Developing ambidexterity through quality management and their effects on performance

This study analyzes the influence of quality management practices on organizational ambidexterity and on performance, and the mediating role of ambidexterity in the relationship between quality management practices and performance in the hotel industry. The paper uses Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis based on data from 365 Spanish hotels. The results show that quality management practices favor the development of organizational ambidexterity, that is, they help balance exploitation and exploration activities, and this contributes to improving hotel performance. Moreover, ambidexterity acts as a partial mediator between quality management practices and hotel performance. These findings imply that quality management practices can create an appropriate organizational context to simultaneously develop both service improvements (exploitative innovations) and service innovations (explorative innovations). This paper contributes to theory by developing new knowledge regarding quality management as a facilitator of ambidexterity, and the mediating role of ambidexterity in the relationship between quality management and hotel performance.     

Emotional intelligence and adaptability – Service encounters between casino hosts and premium players

The premium player segment has been widely acknowledged as the largest single contributor to casino revenues. So-called casino hosts are an important influence on player perceptions of service quality and ultimately on loyalty and casino profitability in their capacity as service representatives servicing this segment. To date little research has investigated the relationship between casino hosts and premium players. This study focused on service encounters between casino hosts and premium players, particularly in the case of relationships between emotional intelligence, adaptability and the service performance of casino hosts. A mediation model involving these constructs was proposed and tested, drawing upon theory and the relationship that has been established between basic personality traits and surface traits. In the current study emotional intelligence was identified as a basic personality trait, and adaptability is viewed as a surface trait. The results arising from a structural equation analysis confirmed the validity of the mediation model and found that the inclusion of adaptability as a mediator into the relationship between emotional intelligence and service performance provided a greater proportion of variance than a model which excluded mediation. Based on the research findings implications for researchers and practitioners were outlined.     

Becoming an ambidextrous hotel: The role of customer orientation

Because competitive pressure in the hotel industry continues to increase, hotels have to develop service innovation (i.e., exploration) and service improvement (i.e., exploitation) capacities to become ambidextrous for continually creating customer value. In this study, a theory of the effect of customer orientation on service innovation and service improvement, which facilitates service quality and results in better market performance, was developed and investigated. By analyzing the data provided by senior executives and department managers from 126 hotels in Taiwan, both service innovation and service improvement were revealed to partially mediate the relationship between customer orientation and market performance. The results imply that customer orientation affects the market performance of a hotel through the development of service capabilities, and that customer orientation can transform a hotel into an ambidextrous hotel by concurrently developing service innovation and service improvement capacities.     

Determining the Attributes of Casino Customer Satisfaction: Applying Impact-Range Performance and Asymmetry Analyses

This case study assesses the asymmetric relationship between the relative importance of service quality attributes and overall customer satisfaction in Korean casino settings, using impact-range performance analysis (IRPA) and impact asymmetry analysis (IAA). Results validated the rigor of IRPA and IAA over importance–performance analysis (IPA) in identifying key determining attributes of customer satisfaction/dissatisfaction among various casino service quality attributes based on three-factor theory. The theoretical and practical implications of this study’s findings are included to enrich both academicians’ and casino industry professionals’ understanding of customers’ perceptions of and attitudes towards casinos, and the development of a marketing strategy.     

服务认知-行为模式对一线员工服务绩效影响研究——以酒店和旅行社为例

在以往的服务管理研究中,服务绩效的影响因素很多,然而没有文献研究员工对服务的概念性界定对服务绩效的影响.基于行为识别理论,文章提出服务认知-行为模式对一线员工的服务绩效存在影响.该研究利用旅行社业和饭店业402名一线服务员工的问卷调查数据,部分验证了所提出的假设,实证结果发现:(1)对顾客理解型服务认知一行为模式具有最高的角色外服务绩效,对工作规范型服务认知-行为模式具有最低的角色外服务绩效;(2)对工作规范型服务认知-行为模式具有最低的角色内服务绩效,对顾客理解型和手段型服务认知-行为模式具有较高的角色内服务绩效.     

Enhancing service quality improvement strategies of fine-dining restaurants: New insights from integrating a two-phase decision-making model of IPGA and DEMATEL analysis

The traditional IPA model has been considered to be a decision-making tool for service quality management. However, the IPA model does not meet the assumptions of the service quality gap, and also cannot explore the connection between service quality attributes, which can easily lead to decision-making errors of service quality management. The purpose of this study is to apply the IPGA model and DEMATEL to explore the service quality improvement priority of fine-dining restaurants and the causal relationship between service quality attributes, and use it as the decision-making reference of service quality strategy planning and resource reorganizing for the restaurant industry with limited resources. The study applied the customers of 8 fine-dining restaurants in Taipei City as the study object, and there are 502 effective samples. The study result shows that the dimensions of reliability, responsiveness, and assurance are concentrated here, and are the restaurant service quality dimensions that most need to be improved from the customer perceptive. In addition, the total effect of reliability is the highest among all the service quality dimensions. Reliability and responsiveness, in addition to impacting each other, will impact assurance and empathy. According to the study result, through IPGA and DEMATEL, the service quality performance of fine-dining restaurants and the resource input priority can be grasped more objectively and accurately, which can be used as a reference for manager to plan the service quality improvement strategy.     

Service recovery evaluations: GLBT versus hetero customers

Although Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) customers have been acknowledged as a growing market segment in the hospitality and tourism industry, our understanding with regard to their perceptions of service encounters barely exists. During service encounters, outcome quality and process quality are generally understood as being the two main components of service evaluations. Yet, two competing theories (fairness heuristic and two-factor theories) suggest opposite patterns of interaction effects of the two qualities. This study examines the effects of outcome and process qualities on GLBT and heterosexual customers’ evaluation of service recovery in a hotel setting. Our findings, based on 374 respondents, suggest that the effects of process quality are more pronounced when outcome quality is favorable, thus supporting the two-factor theory. Also, GLBT customers’ overall recovery evaluation is more positive than heterosexual customers’. Implications of these findings for service managers are discussed.     

The effects of service climate and internal service quality on frontline hotel employees’ service-oriented behaviors

When employees in a service profit chain receive quality internal services, they provide quality services to external customers, but extant research does not address what connects internal and external services. This study espouses service climate as an integral part of the service profit chain by exploring its role in linking internal service management and external service performance, and the boundary conditions in which it operates. Data collected from 538 employees of 81 department managers in 24 Chinese hotels were examined using hierarchical linear modeling. Results suggest that managers’ commitment to service quality affects service climate through empowering leadership, service climate links empowering leadership and employee service-oriented behaviors, and external departments’ internal service quality strengthens the positive effect of service climate on service-oriented behaviors. This study advances the literature by integrating service climate and internal service quality into the service profit chain, helping hospitality managers understand how to foster service-oriented behaviors.     

The better I feel,the better I can do: The role of leaders’ positive affective presence

This study adopts the affect theory of social exchange to examine the influence of leaders’ positive affective presence on employees’ service performance via employees’ energy at work and the moderating role of service climate. Based on 383 dyads of leaders and their employees in the hospitality industry, the results reveal that leaders’ positive affective presence has a positive effect on employees’ service performance. Employees’ energy at work mediates the relationship between leaders’ positive affective presence and employees’ service performance. Service climate enhances the relationship of employees’ energy at work and service performance, which in turn strengthens the indirect effect of leaders’ positive affective presence on employees’ service performance via employees’ energy at work.     

Towards an understanding of total service quality in hotels

The importance of service quality for business performance has been recognized in the literature through the direct effect on customer satisfaction and the indirect effect on customer loyalty. The importance was recognized by Parasuraman et al. [1985. A conceptual model of service quality and its implications for future research. Journal of Marketing 49(4), 41–51] in the development of SERVQUAL, a measure of perceived service quality across industries. Although the importance of service quality and service quality measurement has been recognized, there has been limited research that has addressed the structure and antecedents of the concept for the hotel industry.This research addresses the antecedents and structure of service quality in the context of the luxury and first class hotel sectors. The data are analysed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis approaches and a structural model is used to test the structure of service quality.The paper clarifies the dimensions and structure of service quality in the hotel industry. The clarification of the dimensions is important for managers in the hotel industry as it identifies the bundles of service attributes consumers find important. The clarification of the structure is also important as it confirms, in a hotel context, that customers see service quality in its entirety as a second order dimension.