Enhancing frontline employee support during a product-harm crisis: Evidence and strategic managerial implications for firms

2022 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 102909
Author(s):  
Aniruddha Pangarkar ◽  
Gary M. Fleischman ◽  
Dawn Iacobucci
Keyword(s):  
Employee Support ◽  
Frontline Employee ◽  
Managerial Implications

scholarly journals Factors influencing managers’ attitudes towards performance appraisal

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Du Plessis ◽  
Annelize Van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Performance Appraisals ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Employee Support ◽  
Emotional Process ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Appraisal Systems ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual

Orientation: Managers often have negative attitudes towards performance appraisal because of its problematic nature, which is influenced by political and social contextual factors. These negative attitudes lead to reduced employee support, inaccurate performance appraisal ratings and, consequently, negative employee perceptions of the performance appraisal process. This state of affairs necessitates a deeper understanding of the factors influencing managers’ attitudes towards performance appraisal.Research purpose: The purpose of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence managers’ attitudes towards performance appraisal.Motivation for the study: Previous research has confirmed the importance of performance appraisals in organisations. However, managers’ dislike of and aversion to performance appraisal impact negatively on the effectiveness of performance appraisal systems and ultimately the development and performance of employees.Research design, approach and method: An interpretivist qualitative study was adopted, utilising naïve sketches and in-depth interviews to collect data from eight managers, purposively selected. The data were analysed by using Tesch’s descriptive data analysis technique.Main findings: This study revealed that performance appraisal is fundamentally an uncomfortable and emotional process for managers, which results in their adopting defensive attitudes. Because of many uncertainties, managers do not always display the ability or readiness to conduct performance appraisals. The organisational context might place the individual manager in a position to distort employee ratings, which in turn negatively influences that manager’s attitude.Practical and managerial implications: This study provides insight into the present-day experience of managers in respect of performance appraisal and highlights the factors that influence their attitudes.Contribution: The insight gained from this research into the factors impacting on the attitude of managers towards performance appraisals can assist organisations to better support and empower such managers to be more effective in their approach when conducting performance appraisals.

scholarly journals Firm’s service orientation, frontline employee behavior and customer participation - A study of short - training services

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-131
Author(s):  
Tuan Van Nguyen ◽  
Hau Nguyen Le
Keyword(s):  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Customer Participation ◽  
Service Orientation ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Frontline Employee ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Value Cocreation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Services

This study investigated the impact of a firm’s service orientation on the behaviors of two key service interaction components, i.e. frontline employees and customers for value cocreation in short-training services. Data were collected from 220 trainers in 46 training organizations in HCMC. SEM analysis revealed that firm’s service orientation has substantial effects on both trainee’s participation and trainer’s customer-oriented behavior which in turn, has significant impact on trainee’s participation. Theoretical and managerial implications have been discussed accordingly.

The Effects of Customer Perceived Employee Support on Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Intentions

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Shunzhong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Employee Support ◽  
Frontline Employee ◽  
Self Service ◽  
The Relationship

The provision of self-service technologies in the service industry has increased rapidly in recent years. Despite the advantages with increased self-service technologies, removing the frontline employee support can influence customer behavioral intentions towards the service providers. According to social support theory and social cognitive theory, this study develops a conceptual model to investigate how and when perceived employee support affects customer behavioral intentions. The model is tested using a factorial between-subjects experimental design in the self-service environment of China's bank. The results show that the relationship between perceived employee support and customer self-efficacy is moderated by forced use and service complexity. Moreover, the results indicate that self-efficacy is a mediator that explains how perceived employee support may come to be associated with customer behavioral intentions towards the service providers.

Securing Frontline Employee Support After an Ethical Scandal

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin von Walter ◽  
Daniel Wentzel ◽  
Torsten Tomczak
Keyword(s):  
Employee Support ◽  
Frontline Employee

Visitor Satisfaction of the Palace Museum Website in China: An Empirical and Integrated Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 421-437
Author(s):  
Qiong Dang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Museum Websites ◽  
Perceived Usability

In 2001, the website of the Palace Museum was opened to the public, marking that museum’s first step into the digital era in China. Numerous studies and much research has concentrated on how to employ this new technology in order to digitize the museum and its collection. However, little attention has been paid to research regarding visitor satisfaction’s regarding museum websites in China. This research aims to fill the gap. Consequently, this conceptual model has been proposed, and the Palace Museum website was as the research objective. Empirical methodology has been applied and the online survey was created to gather data, which results in a total of 557 questionnaires being analyzed though the SPSS 20.0. The findings demonstrate that system quality, perceived usefulness, perceived usability, and the museum’s image have a positive impact on visitor satisfaction regarding their continuance intention. Furthermore, managerial implications are proposed for museum practitioners.

Managerial Implications of Student Activity Information System Implementation at Faculty of Business and Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Norshima Humadi ◽  
Muhamad Sukor Jaafar ◽  
Melissa Shahrom ◽  
Siti Halijjah Shariff
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Student Activity ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Activity Information

Faculty of Business and Management – Student Activity Information System (FBM-SAIS) was developed with an aim to manage the student activity application process effectively through the Internet. This study was conducted to determine the managerial implications of FBM-SAIS implementation to FBM, UiTM Selangor by focusing on the manpower and financial impact, as well as to determine the direct effect of SAIS Service Quality on SAIS student satisfaction. This study proposed SAIS ServiceQuality as a higher-order factor in order to determine a direct effect of SAIS Service Quality on student satisfaction towards SAIS implementation. Interviews were conducted to identify the managerial implications of student activity application process before and after SAIS implementation. Meanwhile, the quantitative data was gathered from 94 SAIS users who were FBM students through e-survey and was analyzed by using SmartPLS 3.0. The interview results showed that the implementation of SAIS did have an impact on the Faculty, such as increasing staff productivity and reducing costs. Moreover, the PLS-SEM analysis results showed that SAIS Service Quality positively influenced student satisfaction towards FBMSAIS implementation. This study provides an empirical validation of the SAIS Service Quality Model in the context of Higher Education.

Linking ‘Halal’ Friendly Hotel Attributes and Customer Satisfaction:The Islamic Tourism Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Lennora Putit ◽  
Mazzini Muda ◽  
Ainul Nadzirah Mahmood ◽  
Nor Zafirah Ahmad Taufek ◽  
Norhayati Wahib
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Halal Food ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Islamic Dress ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

An increasing demand for Islamic tourism has driven the concept of a ‘Halal’ (or permissible) friendly hotel into another level of business insight within the consumers’ travel market. The concept via its unique value proposition has rapidly become very attractive not only to Muslim tourists, but also to non-Muslim tourists globally. This study aims to examine the relationship linking ‘Halal’ friendly hotel attributes and customer satisfaction. Using purposive sampling, a total of 410 survey questionnaires were distributed to targeted respondents with only 323 usable feedbacks and used for data analysis. Regression results revealed that four main “Halal-friendly hotel” attributes have significant relationships with customer satisfaction. These include prayer facilities, Halal food, Islamic dress code and general Islamic morality. Of these four attributes, prayer facilities proved to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction. Findings and managerial implications were further discussed in this article.

A Study on Factors Affecting on Customer Intention to Use the Express Bus

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5E) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Nguyen Van ◽  
Hieu Trung Nguyen ◽  
Toan Bao Le
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Organizational Image ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Managerial Implications

The improvement of transit service quality is an essential role in developing urban and interstate transportation. The local government, as well as bus service companies, should understand the behavioral intention of passengers to meet their expectation and requirements. This paper aims to highlight such behavioral decision and investigate dominant factors that influence the customers’ decision to use the express bus. The study explores the case of express bus companies in Tay Ninh province, Vietnam. By using the structural equation model approach to analyze the data collected from 295 passengers, who have experienced in using the express bus, the results reveal that service quality has a significantly positive relationship with both perceived value and corporate image. Specifically, customer satisfaction and organizational image also positively influence behavioral intention. Meanwhile, service quality indirectly affects on behavioral intention throughout perceived value and corporate image. Based on the findings, we provided some insightful managerial implications and recommendations to managers of bus carriers, and valuable practical suggestions to policymakers in the local government of Tay Ninh province to improve the service quality to encourage more citizens to use the express bus.

Children's Perceived Value: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine Williams ◽  
A Gazley ◽  
N Ashill
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
New York University ◽  
Consumer Decisions ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Stage Process ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Value Measure

© 2020 New York University Perceived value among children is an important concept in consumer decisions, yet surprisingly no research has operationalized value for this consumer group. To address this omission, and following the guidelines of DeVellis (2016), this investigation reports the findings of a seven-stage process to develop a valid and reliable instrument for measuring perceived value among children aged 8–14 years. Value for children is conceptualized as a multidimensional construct capturing perceptions of what is received and what is given up, which differs from adult measures in terms of its composition and complexity. A 24-item scale is developed that shows internal consistency, reliability, construct validity, and nomological validity. We also demonstrate the validity of the new scale beyond an existing adult perceived value measure. Directions for future research and managerial implications of the new scale for studying children's consumer behavior are discussed.

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