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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages 616-627Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.04.034
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Online service recovery; Observer; Warmth; Competence; Relationship orientation
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- Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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The role of fellow customers in webcare remains underexplored in the literature. To address this gap, the current study examines how observers perceive and react to a retailer's responses to online consumer complaints. Specifically, this work examines reactions to two service recovery strategies rooted in different dimensions of social cognition: warmth-oriented responses, which emphasize a retailer's friendliness; and competence-oriented responses, which emphasize a retailer's knowledge about products/services. In addition, the moderating role of the observer's relationship orientation is examined. Results suggest that, compared to competence-oriented messages, warmth-oriented service recovery messages are more likely to enhance observers' service perceptions in the online environment, leading to satisfaction with service recovery efforts and positive word-of-mouth intentions (Study 1). Furthermore, relationship orientation serves as a boundary condition in the effect of service recovery strategy on observers' service perceptions (Study 2).
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