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Waiting for service: The relationship between delays and evaluations of service

Shirley Taylor
- 01 Apr 1994 - 
- Vol. 58, Iss: 2, pp 56-69
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In this article, the authors present a model of the wait experience, which assesses the effects of delays in service evaluations on the satisfaction of the service experience, and assess the effect of delays on customer satisfaction.
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Delays in service are becoming increasingly common; yet their effects on service evaluations are relatively unknown. The author presents a model of the wait experience, which assesses the effects o...

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The Effects of Wait Expectations, Store Atmosphere and Merchandise Value Perceptions on Store Patronage Intentions

TL;DR: Chebat et al. as discussed by the authors use inference theory as a conceptual foundation for building their model, and generate hypotheses to test the model to understand the antecedents of wait expectations and the role of these expectations on patronage intentions.
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So curious that I want to buy it: The positive effect of queue wait on consumers' purchase intentions

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors build on the queue wait literature and the curiosity literature to propose that the presence of queue waits generates feelings of curiosity and more importantly such curious feelings influence consumers' decision-making in fashions that enhance their purchase intentions.

Key antecedents influencing customer satisfaction with service recovery: a case of airlines in Malaysia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the customer satisfaction with service recovery by examining the key antecedent dimensions that able to influence the satisfaction and find that empowerment becomes the most stringent factor that influence customer satisfaction.
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Theory Devewpment in Services Marketing: Transcending Service Specificity

TL;DR: The importance of a classification to theory development is discussed, the requirements fur a valid classification are identified, and suggestions for future research are presented.
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TL;DR: The attainment of quality in products and services has become a pivotal concern of the 1980s as discussed by the authors, while quality in tangible goods has been described and measured by marketers, quality in services is la...
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TL;DR: A critical element in the evolution of a fundamental body of knowledge in marketing, as well as for improved marketing practice, is the development of better measures of the variables with which marketers deal with marketing as discussed by the authors.
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Measuring service quality: a reexamination and extension

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the conceptualization and measurement of service quality and the relationships between service quality, consumer satisfaction, and purchase intentions, and investigate the relationship between the two factors.
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