顾客抱怨是服务过程中经常发生的现象,但学界就一线服务员工经历顾客抱怨后的认知反应和服务行为表现缺乏实证探索。本文探究了一线服务员工经历的顾客抱怨通过工作调节焦点状态对角色服务行为的影响过程,并探讨了工作中心性在此影响过程中的权变作用。通过对352份酒店业配对样本和106份实验样本的数据分析,本研究的结果表明,顾客抱怨和员工角色外和角色内服务行为均存在正关联。同时,促进型工作焦点和防御型工作焦点也都在顾客抱怨影响员工角色服务行为的过程中起着重要的认知作用。进一步,工作中心性较高时,顾客抱怨对促进型焦点的正向影响会被增强,且对防御型焦点的负向影响会被削弱。本文丰富了员工对顾客抱怨的认知和行为的远期响应研究,从由外而内的视角探索了顾客抱怨在员工层面的影响效应,并提出了提升员工服务绩效的策略,对服务型企业的实践具有一定的指导意义。
何以报“怨”?顾客抱怨对员工角色服务行为的影响机制研究
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刘德文, 高维和, 周春阳. 何以报“怨”?顾客抱怨对员工角色服务行为的影响机制研究[J]. 外国经济与管理, 2023, 45(2): 57-81.
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