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The effect of service failure types and service recovery on customer satisfaction: a mental accounting perspective

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  • Shih-Chieh Chuang
  • Yin-Hui Cheng
  • Chai-Jung Chang
  • Shun-Wen Yang

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Service failure recoveries play an important role in the service process. Previous research on service recovery has focused on the development of classification schemes, such as service failure types (e.g. outcome- or process-related failure), service recovery attributes (e.g. psychological or tangible recovery), and failure magnitude. Few studies in the literature have developed a theory-driven model of customer satisfaction that considers whether different types of service failure warrant different types of service recovery. This article, which reports the results of two studies, draws on mental accounting theory to examine the effect of the relationship between service failure and service recovery on customer satisfaction. The results of Study 1 show that customer satisfaction is greater when service recovery efforts truly make up for what customers have lost and that prior experience of service failure has a significant influence on the effectiveness of those efforts. The results of Study 2 indicate that the magnitude of a service failure also has an impact on the effectiveness of service recovery efforts.

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  • Shih-Chieh Chuang & Yin-Hui Cheng & Chai-Jung Chang & Shun-Wen Yang, 2010. "The effect of service failure types and service recovery on customer satisfaction: a mental accounting perspective," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(2), pages 257-271, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:32:y:2010:i:2:p:257-271
    DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.529435
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