Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore conceptually and examine empirically the impact of market competitiveness on employee satisfaction, service quality, and customer satisfaction in high‐contact service industries. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical study was...

Discusses the potential of applying management support systems (MSS) in quality management in a service context and suggests a viable research direction. Describes a research framework using the critical success factor (CSF) analysis to identify factors critical to the success of service quality...