Perceived Service Quality and Customer Trust: Does Enhancing Customers' Service Knowledge Matter?
Abstract
The authors show that investments in enhancing customers' service knowledge strengthen customer trust in an organization and thus can act as an important service differentiator. Customer education initiatives, however, also affect the impact of perceived service quality on customer trust. Successful marketers should be aware of the dynamic relationships between customer education, expertise, and service quality in managing customers' attitudes toward firms. Using data collected from customers of a global financial services firm, this study modeled the multifaceted impact of customer education initiatives on the relationship between service quality and trust. The findings suggest that customer education affects the relative importance of technical and functional service quality for building customer trust in a firm. Research implications point to new business opportunities for service differentiation and relationship marketing.
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- Authors
- Eisingerich, A. B., & Bell, S. J.
- Affiliations
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Service Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 256-268
- ISSN
- 1094-6705 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7379
- OpenAlex
- W2111652250
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Service Research (publishedVersion)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Service and Product Innovation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence
- Keywords
- perceived service quality, consumer trust, client education, service knowledge, service differentiation, relationship marketing, technical service quality, functional service quality, customer expertise, financial services customers
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