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The Customer's Role In The Service Encounter: The Effects Of Control And Fairness, Karthik Namasivayam, Timothy Hinkin
The Customer's Role In The Service Encounter: The Effects Of Control And Fairness, Karthik Namasivayam, Timothy Hinkin
Timothy R. Hinkin
Two key elements of service satisfaction for customers are the perception that they have at least some control or choice and that the service provider is being fair. That notion was tested in a video-based experiment in which 50 subjects watched either a restaurant-based or hotel-based scenario that depicted an employee's response to the subject's request for a change in the original order or reservation. In half the scenarios the guest's wish was granted and in half; it was not. Whether the request was granted or not, in half the scenarios the employee behaved in a fair fashion (by being …