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Missing link in the service profit chain: A meta-analytic review of the antecedents, consequences, and moderators of service climate.
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Service climate captures employees' consensual perceptions of organizations' emphasis on service quality. Although many studies have examined the foundation issues and outcomes of service climate, there is a lack of a comprehensive model explicating the antecedents, outcomes, and moderators of service climate. The current study fills this void in the literature. By conducting a meta-analysis of 58 independent samples (N = 9,363), we found support for service climate as a critical linkage between internal and external service parameters. In addition, we found differential effects of service-oriented versus general human resource practices and leadership on service climate, as well as disparate impacts of service climate contingent on types of service, measures of service climate, and sources of rating. Research and practical implications are discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hong, Y., Liao, H., Hu, J., & Jiang, K.
- Affiliations
- McMaster University (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- University of Notre Dame (US)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 237-267
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W2110930378
- Cited by
- 386
- References
- 183
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 5
- FWCI
- 58.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Motivation
- Keywords
- service climate, service quality, service profit chain, leadership, service types, employee perceptions
- MeSH terms
- Commerce, Humans, Leadership, Personnel Management, Organizational Culture
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