Purpose – Restaurant operators can process a greater number of customers and increase revenues by reducing service encounter duration during high demand periods. Actions taken to reduce duration may be experienced by customers as an increase in the pace of the service encounter. While...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the perceived fairness of overcompensation for severe service failures. The mediating effect of perceived fairness in the overcompensation‐negative word‐of‐mouth (NWOM) intent relationship is also explored. Design/methodology/approach – An...

The purpose of this empirical study is to examine the corporate effects in the lodging industry from a hotel owners perspective. Linking the concepts of corporate strategy and core competence, eight corporate strategies are proposed relating to hotel property financial performance and...

This study focuses on consumer dissatisfaction responses (CDR) composed of behavioral and nonbehavioral responses that consumers exhibit following dissatisfying service experiences. The primary purpose of this study is to identify undiscovered consumer dissatisfaction responses and examine the...