Existing research shows that loyalty is a function of customer perceptions of trust following service recovery. The authors propose a cognitive appraisal model that portrays trust and emotions as key mediators in the relationship between perceived justice and customer loyalty. A structural...

Focusing on sporting events as an important segment within the tourism and travel industry, this study establishes that the service quality – delight – loyalty system complements a service quality – satisfaction – loyalty one. The findings highlight that prior consumption experience with...

Despite considerable effort to make customers happy, things sometimes go wrong. When service failure occurs, the customers often experience negative emotion such as anger, outrage or sadness. Understanding customers’ negative emotions facilitates service providers to handle difficult...

Knowing how to handle angry customers following a service failure is an important aspect of a service provider’s work role. This paper presents a conceptual framework to help better understand: (1) how customer anger is provoked by a service failure; (2) how it may be reduced through specific...