Recent research suggests that travellers’ anticipated trip utility may differ from the utility they actually experience when making the trip. This implies that it is important to investigate not only the factors underlying trip decision making, but also the actual experience of the trip. To...

Confirmatory factor analyses are used to examine the psychometric properties of the satisfaction with travel scale (STS), including tests of measurement invariance across urban areas and travel modes (car, public transport and slow modes). The data set consists of questionnaire responses from...

It is argued that utility theory that underpins current cost-benefit analyses of daily travel needs to be complemented. An alternative theoretical framework is to this end proposed which applies subjective well-being (SWB) to travel behaviour analysis. It is posited in this theoretical framework...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore customer interactions with servicescapes and to explain in more depth the internal mechanisms that form the customer service experience. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on an empirical study of customers using Swedish public...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify and describe important dimensions of the service process as defined by customers, and to compare the results from a specific use context with the recent conceptualization of the experience room. Design/methodology/approach – Public transport...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not emotions experienced in customer relationships – linked to actual behavior – could enhance understanding of their future development. Design/methodology/approach – A number of individual‐level relationships between...