Bujisic, Milos; (Laurie) Wu, Luorong; Mattila, Anna; … - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 26 (2014) 2, pp. 293-306
Purpose – While a layman's theory supports the view that “a smile goes a long way,” the authors argue that “not all smiles are created equal” in the sense that the server's smiles need to be genuine and authentic, in particular when the customer has a relationship with the server. The...