Journal article
Perceived justice in email service recovery
Australasian Marketing Journal, Vol.15(3), pp.5-21
2007
Abstract
This study adds to the limited research of service recovery in an online environment, drawing on data from Australia. It is perhaps the first non-US study of email service recovery as well as the first to apply a theoretical perspective - perceived justice - to email service recovery. The results of three annual studies resemble US results and support extending perceived justice to service recovery via email. The distributive elements of replying and offering compensation, the procedural element of answering completely, and the interactional element of thanking the customer showed significant positive relationships with customer satisfaction, positive word-of-mouth and repurchase intent. Perhaps most importantly for practitioners, the results of a stepwise regression showed that incorporating the simple phrase "thank-you" in the email reply was a strong predictor of successful email service recovery. Finally, this study found that response time might be less critical than previously thought.
Details
- Title
- Perceived justice in email service recovery
- Authors/Creators
- L.G. Neale (Author/Creator)J. Murphy (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australasian Marketing Journal, Vol.15(3), pp.5-21
- Publisher
- Monash University ePress
- Identifiers
- 991005544620707891
- Copyright
- The authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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