Summary Recent management research suggests that unpleasant work experiences of service employees cause problems with job performance, affect the bottom line and contribute to high rates of employee turnover. Although various job stressors have been studied as antecedents of employees' decision...

Market mavens reportedly play important roles in the purchase decisions of other consumers, but this assumption has never been tested empirically. Prior research has profiled mavens and explored their motivations, without ever considering actual referral behaviour. This investigation applies...