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Realizing the economic and circular potential of sharing business models by engaging consumers 通过吸引消费者,实现共享商业模式的经济和循环潜力
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-06-06 DOI: 10.1108/josm-08-2021-0318
Marie-Julie De Bruyne, Katrien Verleye
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引用次数: 6
A tribute to Dr Pierre Eiglier: a service field founder with timeless service wisdom 向Pierre Eiglier博士致敬:一位拥有永恒服务智慧的服务领域创始人
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-06-02 DOI: 10.1108/josm-04-2022-0137
David E. Bowen
{"title":"A tribute to Dr Pierre Eiglier: a service field founder with timeless service wisdom","authors":"David E. Bowen","doi":"10.1108/josm-04-2022-0137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/josm-04-2022-0137","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This tribute to Dr Pierre Eiglier, who passed in February 2020, was prepared for the “17th International Research Conference in Service Management 2022” in La Londe les Maures, France. Tribute is defined as, “an act, statement, or gift intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration”.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Sampled Pierre's publications; consulted the 1993 <em>Journal of Retailing</em> “Special Services Issue” on the evolution of the field; collected reflections from another founder and two of Pierre's former doctoral students who have helped co-chair the La Londe conference and drew from my own interactions with Pierre over the years at La Londe.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>In the mid-1970s, Pierre was one of the first to specify the unique characteristics of services vs products, and the implications and introduced, with Eric Langeard, the “servuction” (service production) model, highlighting customer participation in the servuction process and determinants of the service experience. Pierre continually applied a synthesis of systems thinking, researcher–practitioner interaction, and interdisciplinary/cross-functional perspectives.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Pierre's contributions came at a time when marketing practice was geared largely toward products/goods, yet the service sector was growing. Pierre's pioneering framing, along with other founders, of service attributes, service models, and the service experience had much-needed implications for services marketing practice.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This detailed tribute to a service field founder is, regrettably, quite original; too rare. There is value in revisiting these founding contributions which often were broader and more interdisciplinary in perspective than now.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48089,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Service Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50166468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
The role of proximity in omnichannel customer experience: a service logic perspective 接近度在全渠道客户体验中的作用:一个服务逻辑的视角
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-05-23 DOI: 10.1108/josm-01-2022-0009
Ilaria Dalla Pozza
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引用次数: 1
Exploring the frontiers in reality-enhanced service communication: from augmented and virtual reality to neuro-enhanced reality 探索现实增强服务通信的前沿:从增强现实和虚拟现实到神经增强现实
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-05-13 DOI: 10.1108/josm-11-2021-0439
Tim Hilken, Mathew Chylinski, Ko de Ruyter, Jonas Heller, Debbie Isobel Keeling
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引用次数: 8
How communications by AI-enabled voice assistants impact the customer journey 支持人工智能的语音助手的通信如何影响客户的旅程
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-05-12 DOI: 10.1108/josm-11-2021-0452
Dhruv Grewal, Abhijit Guha, Elisa Schweiger, Stephan Ludwig, Martin Wetzels
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引用次数: 6
The role of recommender systems in fostering consumers' long-term platform engagement 推荐系统在促进消费者长期平台参与方面的作用
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-05-09 DOI: 10.1108/josm-12-2021-0487
Ewa Maslowska, Edward C. Malthouse, Linda D. Hollebeek
{"title":"The role of recommender systems in fostering consumers' long-term platform engagement","authors":"Ewa Maslowska, Edward C. Malthouse, Linda D. Hollebeek","doi":"10.1108/josm-12-2021-0487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/josm-12-2021-0487","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Recommender systems (RS) are designed to communicate with users and drive consumers' engagement with the platform. However, little is known about the strength of this relationship and how RS can create stronger consumer engagement (CE) with the platform brand. Addressing this gap, this paper examines the role of RS in converting consumers' short-term engagement with the RS to their longer-term platform engagement.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>To explore these issues, the authors review key literature in the areas of CE and RS, from which they develop a conceptual framework.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The proposed framework suggests RS design as an important precursor to consumers' RS use, which is expected to affect their platform engagement/disengagement, in turn impacting the firm's long-term outcomes. The authors also identify key managerial tactics, strategies and challenges to aid the conversion of consumers' RS to CE.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>This research raises pertinent implications for research on the RS/CE interface, as synthesized in a proposed research agenda.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Based on the attained insight, authors outline implications for managing, facilitating and leveraging the proposed RS to CE conversion process. Correspondingly, authors argue that, to optimize RS effectiveness, RS designers should understand the nature of CE.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>By exploring the effect of consumers' RS on their longer-term CE with the platform, the analyses offer pioneering managerial insight into RS effectiveness from a CE perspective.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48089,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Service Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50166703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Empathetic creativity for frontline employees in the age of service robots: conceptualization and scale development 服务机器人时代一线员工的移情创造力:概念化与规模开发
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1108/josm-09-2021-0352
Khoa The Do, Huy Gip, Priyanko Guchait, Chen-Ya Wang, Eliane Sam Baaklini
{"title":"Empathetic creativity for frontline employees in the age of service robots: conceptualization and scale development","authors":"Khoa The Do, Huy Gip, Priyanko Guchait, Chen-Ya Wang, Eliane Sam Baaklini","doi":"10.1108/josm-09-2021-0352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/josm-09-2021-0352","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>While robots have increasingly threatened frontline employees’ (FLEs) future employment by taking over more mechanical and analytical intelligence tasks, they are still unable to “experience” and “feel” to occupy empathetic intelligence tasks that can be handled better by FLEs. This study, therefore, aims to empirically develop and validate a scale measuring the new so-called empathetic creativity as being creative in practicing and performing empathetically intelligent skills during service encounters.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study adopts a multistage design to develop the scale. Phase 1 combines a literature review with text mining from 3,737 service robots-related YouTube comments to generate 16 items capturing this new construct. Phase 2 assesses both face and content validity of those items, while Phase 3 recruits Prolific FLEs sample to evaluate construct validity. Phase 4 checks this construct’s nomological validity using PLS-SEM and Phase 5 experiments dedicated effort (vs natural talent) as an effective approach to foster FLEs’ perceived empathetic creativity.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The final scale is comprised of 13 refined items that capture three dimensions (social, interactive and emotional) of empathetic creativity. This research provides timely implications to help FLEs in high-contact services stay competitive.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study introduces the new construct of empathetic creativity, which goes beyond the traditional definition of creativity in services and highlights the importance of empathetic intelligence for FLEs in future employment. This study also develops a multi-item scale to measure this construct, which can be applied to future service management research.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48089,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Service Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50166706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics do not serve services customers: a missing link between sustainability metrics and customer perceptions of social innovation 环境、社会和治理(ESG)指标不为服务客户服务:可持续性指标与客户对社会创新的看法之间缺失了一个环节
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1108/josm-11-2021-0428
Lerzan Aksoy, Alexander John Buoye, Maja Fors, Timothy Lee Keiningham, Sara Rosengren
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引用次数: 10
Emotional communication by service robots: a research agenda 服务机器人的情感交流:一个研究议程
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1108/josm-10-2021-0403
Marc Becker, Emir Efendić, Gaby Odekerken-Schröder
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引用次数: 0
Opportunities for social activism in transformative service research: a research agenda 变革服务研究中社会行动主义的机会:研究议程
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1108/josm-11-2021-0446
Joona Keränen, Laura Olkkonen
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