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Equity and repurchase intention following service failure
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Failure to consistently deliver promises is a likely outcome for high contact services. While many organizations create blueprints to recover from service failures, these tend to focus on production processes rather than the individual needs of customers. Develops a framework based on equity, for studying the effects on customers of service failure and recovery. In a study of restaurant customers, the construct of equity is found to be significantly correlated with respondents’ intention to repurchase. Significant differences in equity were observed between genders and age groups, suggesting that service recovery processes should be more closely tailored to the demographic characteristics of customers.
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- Authors
- Palmer, A., Beggs, R., & Keown‐McMullan, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Gloucestershire (GB)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Services Marketing
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2000-11
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 513-528
- ISSN
- 0887-6045 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1977161855
- Cited by
- 218
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- FWCI
- 2.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Services Marketing (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Service and Product Innovation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › AI in Service Interactions
- Keywords
- equity theory, service failure, service recovery, repurchase intention, restaurant customers, demographic differences, gender differences, age differences, customer satisfaction
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