WAITING IN SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PREDICTED VALUE, WAIT DISCONFIRMATION, AND PROVIDERS' ACTIONS IN CONSUMERS' SERVICE EVALUATIONS

Management of consumer waiting experiences is critical for practitioners in that unpleasant waiting experiences may result in negative service evaluations. This study focused on consumers' queue waits during the pre-process phase of waiting experiences, i.e., before services are received, and...

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Main Author: Yan, Ruoh-Nan
Other Authors: Lotz, Sherry
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195233