In the increasingly competitive world of retail banking, organizations are focusing their attention on customer service as a means of increasing customer loyalty and retention. With this goal of increasing customer retention, the link between the attitudes of the service provider (employee...

In this paper, the broad context for the study of emotional dissonance and its importance to marketing is set out. The relevant literature on emotional dissonance, its antecedents and outcomes are introduced together with the knowledge gap in the literature. The conceptual framework of emotional...

Customer support, such as equipment maintenance and repair, is an essentialelement in the successful marketing of a wide range of products, from computersystems to domestic appliances. Consequently, companies need to establish andmaintain appropriate channels for high-quality customer support;...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Management Decision, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

The hotel industry utilises the concept of human resource practices system differentiation (HRPSD) by focusing resources on managerial level jobs as a technique of strategic human resource management (SHRM). Despite its use in both practice and the academic literature, research focusing on HRPSD...

Common perception by practitioners in the hotel industry today thata satisfied guest would become a repeat customer was considered as amajor subject of this research. It determined the extent to whichsatisfaction fostered loyalty. Interviewing guests and demonstrating theexpression of visual...

Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte den Zusammenhang zwischen Kompetenz, Persönlichkeit und Berufserfolg. Für die Erfassung der beruflichen Kompetenz wurde ein neu entwickeltes Verfahren, das Inventar zur Erfassung beruflicher Kompetenz "I-BeKo" mit fünf basalen Kompetenzkategorien zur...