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Clients as "Partial" Employees of Service Organizations: Role Development in Client Participation
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Clients of service organizations have important roles to perform in creating services. Yet, comparatively little attention has been directed at the participation of clients in complex and demanding client performance domains. In this paper, clients are viewed as “partial” employees and (1) a model of client involvement stages is proposed, (2) role definition and control for clients in complex service creation are discussed, and (3) attention to issues that emerge from this discussion is encouraged.
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- Authors
- Mills, P. K., & Morris, J. H.
- Affiliations
- Santa Clara University (US)
- Naval Postgraduate School (US)
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1986-10
- Volume
- 11
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- 4
- Pages
- 726
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2104018553
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- journal article
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- en
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- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Service and Product Innovation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Keywords
- client participation, service organizations, role development, role definition, service creation, client role
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