Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity

This paper examines word-of-mouth publicity as an outcome of consumer perception of equitable recovery programs. Survey data were drawn from 317 teachers of Federal Government Colleges and 79 executives of mobile telephone firms in the southeastern and south–south zones; this sample came from locati...

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Autores principales: Hart O. Awa, Ojiabo Ukoha, Ogwo E. Ogwo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eeccd79b74de4625b3bbb80963a793562021-12-02T14:35:45ZCorrelates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity2331-197510.1080/23311975.2016.1179613https://doaj.org/article/eeccd79b74de4625b3bbb80963a793562016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1179613https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975This paper examines word-of-mouth publicity as an outcome of consumer perception of equitable recovery programs. Survey data were drawn from 317 teachers of Federal Government Colleges and 79 executives of mobile telephone firms in the southeastern and south–south zones; this sample came from locations where Global Systems for Mobile Communications and Code Data Multiple Access networks have interface. Using the partial least square to analyze the data, the path coefficients with their respective t-values greater than 1.96 confirm that the justice dimensions have statistically significant relationship with word-of-mouth. Thus, the manipulation of justice dimensions in the events of service failure affects customers’ advocacy behavior. The study recommends proactive and relational approaches in dealing with customer issues as well as fair and equitable recovery and complaint handling programs to suit the needs of the complainants, get them satisfied, and to cause them to progress in the loyalty ladder.Hart O. AwaOjiabo UkohaOgwo E. OgwoTaylor & Francis Grouparticlejustice dimensionsword-of-mouthservice failureservice recoveryBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2016)
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topic justice dimensions
word-of-mouth
service failure
service recovery
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle justice dimensions
word-of-mouth
service failure
service recovery
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Hart O. Awa
Ojiabo Ukoha
Ogwo E. Ogwo
Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity
description This paper examines word-of-mouth publicity as an outcome of consumer perception of equitable recovery programs. Survey data were drawn from 317 teachers of Federal Government Colleges and 79 executives of mobile telephone firms in the southeastern and south–south zones; this sample came from locations where Global Systems for Mobile Communications and Code Data Multiple Access networks have interface. Using the partial least square to analyze the data, the path coefficients with their respective t-values greater than 1.96 confirm that the justice dimensions have statistically significant relationship with word-of-mouth. Thus, the manipulation of justice dimensions in the events of service failure affects customers’ advocacy behavior. The study recommends proactive and relational approaches in dealing with customer issues as well as fair and equitable recovery and complaint handling programs to suit the needs of the complainants, get them satisfied, and to cause them to progress in the loyalty ladder.
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Ojiabo Ukoha
Ogwo E. Ogwo
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title Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity
title_short Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity
title_full Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity
title_fullStr Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity
title_full_unstemmed Correlates of justice encounter in service recovery and word-of-mouth publicity
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publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2016
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