Clienteles are the souls of any trade. Telecommunication being a service-oriented occupation persistently puts incomparability to trace out techniques of making regulars contented and delighted. Analysing this importation, this exploration was piloted to demarcate what makes customer...

We use a theory of apologies to design a nationwide field experiment involving 1.5 million Uber ridesharing consumers who experienced late rides. Several insights emerge from our field experiment. First, apologies are not a panacea: the efficacy of an apology and whether it may backfire depend...

Service recovery has been an important issue due to broader social and economic context that shows greater demand for health, care and support which can be concluded that it is critical to study the health care services. Predicting that factors such as top management leadership, teamwork,...

Cross-disciplinary research recognises humour as an effective communication tool for fostering engagement and positive interpersonal relationships, although inappropriate use can create negative outcomes. Drawing on positive psychology, this study aims to empirically examine the extent to which...

Self-service technologies have been widely adopted in those industries involving delivering physical products by services, in which consumers evaluate the product both from the product value and the service value. A typical service delivery system usually involves sales agents or self-service...

Dienstleistungen im Investitionsgüterbereich sind im Gegensatz zu rein konsumtiven Dienstleistungen selten Gegenstand von Forschungsarbeiten. Die bisher erschienenen Publikationen beziehen sich vor allem auf die Programmpolitik sowie die Ermittlung der strategischen Bedeutung. Vernachlässigt...