Predicting Service Recovery Performance through Job Crafting Perception and Behaviour: Does Proactivity Make a Difference?

2021 ◽  
pp. 232209372110464
Author(s):  
Adil Zahoor
Keyword(s):  
Service Recovery ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Service Employees ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
Frontline Service Employees ◽  
The Impact

The central aim of this study is to investigate whether the proactive personality (PP) of frontline service employees moderates the impact of perceived opportunity to craft (POC) on actual job crafting (JC) behaviour. We also examine the consequent effect of JC on employee work engagement (WE) and perceived service recovery performance (SRP). Primary data collected from 624 dyads of Indian frontline banking employees and their immediate colleagues (peers) formed the basis of empirical analysis. Data on JC perception, WE and JC behaviour was self-reported by the employees. On the other hand, peer-rating was invited for frontline employees’ PP and recovery performance. Empirical results indicated that the likelihood of POC resulting in actual JC is significantly higher for proactive employees in comparison to their reactive counterparts. The results also suggest that JC nurtures WE which, in turn, enhances SRP.

Customer Incivility and Service Recovery Performance: Job Crafting as a Buffer

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292199196
Author(s):  
Adil Zahoor ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad Siddiqi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the impact of customer incivility (CI) on service recovery performance (SRP) of Indian frontline banking employees with emotional exhaustion (EE) as a mediator. Whether job crafting behaviour of the employees would assuage the effect of uncivil customer interactions and, thereby, help in maintaining superior recovery performance is further investigated. Data from 428 dyads of employees were gathered to test the hypothesized relationships using structural equation modelling in AMOS 23. The results indicated that CI negatively influences SRP, and EE significantly mediates this relationship. Increasing social and structural resources significantly alleviate the negative effect of (a) CI on EE, (b) CI on SRP and (c) EE on SRP. On the other hand, increasing challenge job demands and decreasing hindrance job demands do not moderate the relationship between (a) CI and EE and (b) CI and SRP. However, decreasing hindrance job demands significantly moderate the negative effect of EE on SRP while, surprisingly, increasing challenge job demands strengthens the relationship between EE and SRP.

The effect of job insecurity on quitting intentions and service recovery performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-14
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of JIS on quitting intentions and service recovery performance (SRP) with JE as a mediating factor. Design/methodology/approach Data was gathered from 313 full time FHEs working in four and five star hotels in Iran. Questionnaires on JIS, JE, and quitting intentions were given in three waves to the FHEs over a two-week period and in addition supervisors provided a rating of SRP. Findings The findings support the mediating effect of JE with JIS related to the outcomes indirectly through JE. The greater the level of JIS the lower the JE of FHEs. The greater the level of JE the lower the quitting intentions and the higher the SRP of FHE’s. JE completely mediates the impact of JIS on quitting intentions and SRP. Practical implications Organizations should put steps in to retain key workers through adherence to the psychological contract, reduce the impact of JIS through providing clear information on career opportunities and progression, invest in high quality training to improve SRP and hire a workforce from the local communities to increase off-the job JE Originality/value This paper has contributed to an area where research is scarce with regard to how JIS can be reduced and the structure that links it to employee outcomes.

Corporate social responsibility, ambidextrous leadership, and service excellence

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 580-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuan Luu ◽  
Le Viet ◽  
Eryadi Masli ◽  
Diana Rajendran
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Ambidextrous Leadership

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to delve into the interactive effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ambidextrous leadership on customer-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (customer-oriented OCB) and service recovery performance among tourism industry workers. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data from participants working in tour companies based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The associations among the constructs in the research model were tested through multilevel structural equation modeling. Findings Data analysis supported the positive links between CSR and customer-oriented OCB and service recovery performance. Customer-oriented job-crafting emerged as a mediator for such relationships. Ambidextrous leadership played a moderating role to attenuate the positive impacts of CSR on customer-oriented job crafting, customer-oriented OCB and service recovery performance. Originality/value The study extends the tourism management literature by linking CSR to customer-oriented OCB and service recovery performance among tourism employees via customer-oriented job crafting as a mediator and ambidextrous leadership as a moderator.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT TO SERVICE QUALITY ON JOB EMBEDDEDNESS AND PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 614-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman M. Karatepe ◽  
Georgiana Karadas
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a conceptual model that examines job embeddedness as a partial mediator of the impact of management commitment to service quality on service recovery performance and extra-role customer service. Training, empowerment, and rewards are regarded as the three important indicators of management commitment to service quality. Data were obtained from a sample of fulltime frontline hotel employees with a time lag of one week in Romania. The results reveal that training, empowerment, and rewards are positively related to job embeddedness. As hypothesized, empowerment, rewards, and job embeddedness enhance service recovery performance, while training and empowerment increase extra-role customer service. The results further demonstrate that job embeddedness acts as a partial mediator of the effects of empowerment and rewards on service recovery performance. Implications of the results are discussed and future research directions are offered.

scholarly journals The Antecedents and Consequences of Service Recovery Performance of Frontline Employees: A Study of Vietnam Retailing Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-383
Author(s):  
Tran Van Hung ◽  
Vo Thi Ngoc Lien
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Customer Participation ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Using Data

Previous studies on service recovery performance have merely focused on identifying the factors which affect it from the service provider side. This study investigates the effect of customer participation on Vietnam retailing service recovery performance. A structural model was developed and tested using data surveyed from 231 respondents who were currently full-time employees in Vietnam retailers. The results show that the more customer participation which frontline employees perceive, the more effective the service recovery they perform. Moreover, the results indicate that the more effective service recovery which frontline employees perform, the less stress they confront. Empowerment of and training for employees have an equivalent impact on the service recovery performance of frontline employees. However, there is no significant relationship between service recovery performance and intention to leave frontline employees.  

Employee proactivity, work engagement, job resources and service recovery performance: a study of structural linkages

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Adil Zahoor
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThis study explores the driver influence of employee proactive personality on service recovery performance with work engagement as mediator. The moderating role of job resources (social support, supervisory coaching and performance feedback) is also examined in the proactivity-performance linkage to analyze the interaction effect of employee proactivity and job resources on recovery performance.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data pertaining to the constructs under investigation were collected using a structured questionnaire from 432 dyads of employees from four companies operating in the Indian retail banking sector. Each dyad comprised of one frontline employee and her peer (colleague). Responses to work engagement and job resources were self-reported by frontline staff, as peer ratings were solicited for frontline employees' proactivity and recovery performance.FindingsEmpirical findings suggest that frontline employees' proactive personality significantly ameliorates their work engagement which in turn exerts a positive driver effect on their service recovery performance. In the case of less proactive employees (those with a proactivity score of less than mean value), service recovery performance is boosted when they receive constant feedback on their recovery performance. The results, however, did not provide significant evidence with regard to the moderating role of social support and supervisory coaching.Originality/valueThis study is one of the maiden attempts to relate employee proactive personality with service recovery performance. Since the research relating personality with recovery performance is largely underexplored yet fundamentally important, this study expands the available literature by examining as to what type of employee is more likely to deliver superior service recovery performance with little organizational support.

Linking polychronicity to hotel frontline employees’ job outcomes

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Daskin
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Role Overload ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Recovery Performance ◽  
Recovery Performance

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of polychronicity on frontline employees’ (FLEs) service recovery performance, perceived role overload, and work stress in a hotel work setting. Design/methodology/approach – In this survey, a total number of 267 usable questionnaires were personally retrieved from a sample of full-time FLEs in the research location. The hypothesized relationships were tested using hierarchical regression analysis. Findings – Results based on hierarchical regression analysis reveal that polychronicity had positive impact on service recovery performance and negative impact on role overload and work stress. Significantly, while education was found to be positively related to service recovery performance, on the other hand, age, education, and job tenure were found to be negatively related to role overload and work stress. Practical implications – This paper provides implications for managers in terms of minimizing FLEs role overload and work stress and maximizing their service recovery performance. Also, this study provides useful guidelines to implement effective management practices and improve organizational outcomes within a hotel work setting. Originality/value – Theoretically, the current study by examining the untried effects and relationships such as the effect of polychronicity on FLEs’ service recovery performance and work stress lends further contribution to the tourism and hospitality management literature.

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