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Sustainable service quality

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  • Stephanie Bothe

    (Hochschule Luzern)

  • Dorothea Schaffner

    (Hochschule Luzern)

  • Uta Jüttner

    (Hochschule Luzern)

  • Lutz Schlange

    (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft)

Abstract

The time of corporate social responsibility as a marketing communication activity is over. More and more companies build their businesses on sustainable products and services. A major reason for this lies in consumers’ need for conscious consumption. This paper investigates sustainable service quality from a customer perspective as well as its impact on satisfaction and co-creation intention. Based on psychological theories explaining pro-environmental behaviour and existing conceptualisations of service quality, a conceptual model explaining customers’ perceived quality of sustainable services is developed. The model proposes – additionally to the standard cognitive and emotional dimensions – a normative dimension, and is tested in two mixed method case studies from a car sharing and a recycling service context. Qualitative data supports that customers perceive sustainable services quality as three dimensional: a cognitive, emotional and normative dimension. Quantitative data confirms the positive impact of the three dimensional concept on both, customer satisfaction and co-creation intention. In sum, this paper shows that consumers want to use and buy services that support their moral values regarding a conscious consumption, that cause a positive emotional experience, but also have no functional disadvantages compared to nonsustainable service options.

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  • Stephanie Bothe & Dorothea Schaffner & Uta Jüttner & Lutz Schlange, 2016. "Sustainable service quality," Sustainability Nexus Forum, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 353-359, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sumafo:v:24:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s00550-016-0422-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s00550-016-0422-7
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