Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorAlexiadou, Chrysi
dc.contributor.authorStylos, Nikolaos
dc.contributor.authorAndronikidis, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorBellou, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorVassiliadis, Chris A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-30T13:54:50Z
dc.date.available2017-03-30T13:54:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-01
dc.identifier.citationAlexiadou, C., Stylos, N., Andronikidis, A., Bellou, V. & Vassiliadis, CA. (2017) ‘Quality in bank service encounters: Assessing the equivalence of customers’ and front-line employees’ perceptions’. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 34., pp. 1431-1450en
dc.identifier.issn0265-671X
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJQRM-04-2016-0049
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/620437
dc.descriptionThis is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Emerald in International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management on 02/10/2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-04-2016-0049 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.en
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The paper discusses the need to evaluate perception-based quality in service encounters. It sets out to diagnose potential mismatches in how customers and front-line employees perceive quality in high involvement service settings, based on the premise that any initiatives towards quality enhancement in service encounters is advisable only when employees and customers evaluate quality utilizing common perceptual structures. Design/methodology/approach: The study utilizes invariance analysis. The survey involved 165 bank branches and 1522 respondents (463 front-line employees and 1059 customers) and operationalized the same set of questions for both groups of participants. Multisample Confirmatory Factor Analysis tested a series of measurement models. Findings: Results revealed equivalence for tangibles, responsiveness, and assurance but also mismatches between customers and front-line employees perceptions of reliability and empathy. Practical implications: Findings add to current knowledge of how both groups of participants evaluate quality in service encounters and are discussed with reference to managerial consequences for perception-based quality mismatches. Originality/value: So far only a few studies have simultaneously examined front-line employees’ and customers’ perceptions of service quality in service encounters. Unlike previous research designs, this study addresses the critical aspect of potential mismatches in how customers and employees perceive service quality, and presents a methodological procedure to detect them.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEmeralden
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJQRM-04-2016-0049
dc.subjectservice encountersen
dc.subjectperceptionsen
dc.subjectinvariance analysisen
dc.subjectservice qualityen
dc.titleQuality in bank service encounters: Assessing the equivalence of customers’ and front-line employees’ perceptionsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Quality & Reliability Managementen
dc.date.accepted2017-01-19
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUoW300317NS
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-11-01
dc.source.volume34
dc.source.issue9
dc.source.beginpage1431
dc.source.endpage1450
refterms.dateFCD2018-10-18T15:47:00Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
html.description.abstractPurpose: The paper discusses the need to evaluate perception-based quality in service encounters. It sets out to diagnose potential mismatches in how customers and front-line employees perceive quality in high involvement service settings, based on the premise that any initiatives towards quality enhancement in service encounters is advisable only when employees and customers evaluate quality utilizing common perceptual structures. Design/methodology/approach: The study utilizes invariance analysis. The survey involved 165 bank branches and 1522 respondents (463 front-line employees and 1059 customers) and operationalized the same set of questions for both groups of participants. Multisample Confirmatory Factor Analysis tested a series of measurement models. Findings: Results revealed equivalence for tangibles, responsiveness, and assurance but also mismatches between customers and front-line employees perceptions of reliability and empathy. Practical implications: Findings add to current knowledge of how both groups of participants evaluate quality in service encounters and are discussed with reference to managerial consequences for perception-based quality mismatches. Originality/value: So far only a few studies have simultaneously examined front-line employees’ and customers’ perceptions of service quality in service encounters. Unlike previous research designs, this study addresses the critical aspect of potential mismatches in how customers and employees perceive service quality, and presents a methodological procedure to detect them.en


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
Quality in bank service encounters_ ...
Size:
759.9Kb
Format:
PDF

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

https://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as https://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0