TY - JOUR
AU1 - Roy, Subhadip
AB - This study aims to investigate the relevance of customer experience quality (EXQ) across three different aspects. It compares the effect of EXQ on customer attitudes for hedonic vs utilitarian services; regular vs new customers; and new customers if they revisit or become regular customers.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a survey design with structured questionnaires and established scales. Part of the data is collected using a longitudinal survey. Factor analysis and structural equation modeling are used as analytical techniques.FindingsMajor findings indicate a stronger effect of EXQ on consumer attitudes for a hedonic service. The effect of EXQ is found to be different on attitude variables for new and existing customers. A temporal change is observed for the new customers when they become regular.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings emphasize on the differential effect of EXQ depending on the service type and customer type. The findings also support the temporal nature of customer experience.Practical implicationsThe findings emphasize on the role of customer experience in retaining customers. The findings further imply that a service provider should consider the effect of experience both during and post-consumption for better service delivery and growth.Originality/valueThe novelty of the study lies in the comparison of the effects of experience across different service types. In addition, longitudinal exploration of changing effects of customer experience is tested for the first time as per the author’s knowledge.
TI - Effects of customer experience across service types, customer types and time
JF - Journal of Services Marketing
DO - 10.1108/jsm-11-2016-0406
DA - 2018-07-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/effects-of-customer-experience-across-service-types-customer-types-and-1BwUCowcjM
SP - 400
EP - 413
VL - 32
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -