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SM7_Ch02_ConsumerBehavior-1.pptx
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Services Marketing Slide ©
2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 1 Chapter 2: Consumer Behavior in a Services Context
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Services Marketing Slide ©
2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 2 Overview Of Chapter 2 Pre-purchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-encounter Stage Customer Decision Making: The Three-Stage Model of Service Consumption
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 3 Pre-purchase Stage
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 4 Pre-purchase Stage - Overview Customers seek solutions to aroused needs Evaluating a service may be difficult Uncertainty about outcomes Increases perceived risk What risk reduction strategies can service suppliers develop? Understanding customers’ service expectations Components of customer expectations Making a service purchase decision Pre-purchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-encounter Stage
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Services Marketing Slide ©
2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 5 Need Arousal Decision to buy or use a service is triggered by need arousal Triggers of need: Unconscious minds (e.g., personal identity and aspirations) Physical conditions (e.g., hunger ) External sources (e.g., a service firm’s marketing activities) Consumers are then motivated to find a solution for their need Courtesy of Masterfile Corporation
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 6 Information Search Need arousal leads to attempts to find a solution Evoked set – a set of products and brands that a consumer considers during the decision-making process – that is derived from past experiences or external sources Alternatives then need to be evaluated before a final decision is made
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 7 Evaluating Alternatives – Service Attributes Search attributes help customers evaluate a product before purchase E.g., type of food, location, type of restaurant and price Experience attributes cannot be evaluated before purchase The consumer will not know how much s/he will enjoy the food, the service, and the atmosphere until the actual experience Credence attributes are those that customers find impossible to evaluate confidently even after purchase and consumption E.g., hygiene conditions of the kitchen and the healthiness of the cooking ingredients
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 8 How Product Attributes Affect Ease of Evaluation Most Goods Difficult To evaluate Easy To Evaluate Most Services Clothing Chair Motor Vehicle Foods High In Search Attributes Restaurant Meals Hotel Stays Haircut Entertainment High In Experience Attributes Computer Repair Legal Services Complex Surgery High In Credence Attributes Source: Adapted from Valarie A. Zeithaml , “How Consumer Evaluation Processes Differ Between Goods & Services,” in J.H. Donelly and W. R. George, Marketing of Services (Chicago: American Marketing Association, 1981)
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 9 Perceived Risks of Purchasing and Using Services Functional – unsatisfactory performance outcomes Financial – monetary loss, unexpected extra costs Temporal – wasted time, delays leading to problems Physical – personal injury, damage to possessions Psychological – fears and negative emotions Social – how others may think and react Sensory – unwanted impact on any of five senses
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 10 How Might Consumers Handle Perceived Risk? Seek information from respected personal sources Compare service offerings and search for independent reviews and ratings via the Internet Relying on a firm with good reputation Looking for guarantees and warranties Visiting service facilities or going for trials before purchase and examining tangible cues or other physical evidence Asking knowledgeable employees about competing services
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 11 Strategic Responses to Managing Customer Perceptions of Risk Free trial (for services with high experience attributes) Advertise (helps to visualize) Display credentials Use evidence management (e.g., furnishing, equipment etc.) Offer guarantees Encourage visit to service facilities Give customers online access about order status
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 12 Understanding Customers’ Service Expectations Customers evaluate service quality by comparing what they expect against what they perceive Situational and personal factors also considered Expectations of good service vary from one business to another, and differently positioned service providers in same industry Expectations change over time
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 13 Factors Influencing Customer Expectations of Service Source: Adapted from Valarie A. Zeithaml, Leonard A. Berry, and A. Parasuraman, “The Nature and Determinants of Customer Expectations of Service,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 21, no. 1 (1993): 1-12
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 14 Components of Customer Expectations • wished-for level of service quality that customer believes can and should be delivered Desired Service Level • minimum acceptable level of service Adequate Service Level • service level that customer believes firm will actually deliver Predicted Service Level • Acceptable range of variations in service delivery Zone of Tolerance
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 15 Purchase Decision Purchase Decision: Possible alternatives are compared and evaluated, whereby the best option is selected Simple if perceived risks are low and alternatives are clear Complex when trade-offs increase Trade-offs are often involved After making a decision, the consumer moves into the service encounter stage
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 16 Service Encounter Stage
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 17 Service Encounter Stage - Overview Pre-purchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-encounter Stage ● Service encounters range from high- to low-contact ● Understanding the servuction system ● Theater as a metaphor for service delivery: An integrative perspective Service facilities Personnel Role and script theories
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 18 Service Encounter Stage Service encounter – a period of time during which a customer interacts directly with the service provider Might be brief or extend over a period of time (e.g., a phone call or visit to the hospital) Models and frameworks: 1. “Moments of Truth” – importance of managing touchpoints 2. High/low contact model – extent and nature of contact points 3. Servuction model – variations of interactions 4. Theater metaphor – “staging” service performances
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 19 Moments of Truth “[W]e could say that the perceived quality is realized at the moment of truth, when the service provider and the service customer confront one another in the arena. At that moment they are very much on their own… It is the skill, the motivation, and the tools employed by the firm’s representative and the expectations and behavior of the client which together will create the service delivery process.” Richard Normann
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 20 Service Encounters Range from High-Contact to Low-Contact
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 21 Distinctions between High-Contact and Low-Contact Services High-Contact Services Customers visit service facility and remain throughout service delivery Active contact Includes most people- processing services Low-Contact Services Little or no physical contact Contact usually at arm’s length through electronic or physical distribution channels Facilitated by new technologies
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 22 The Servuction System Source: Adapted and expanded from an original concept by Eric Langeard and Pierre Eiglier
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 23 The Servuction System: Service Production and Delivery Servuction System: visible front stage and invisible backstage Service Operations Technical core where inputs are processed and service elements created Contact people Inanimate environment Service Delivery Where “final assembly” of service elements takes place and service is delivered Includes customer interactions with operations and other customers
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Services Marketing Slide ©
2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 24 Theater as a Metaphor for Service Delivery “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and each man in his time plays many parts.” William Shakespeare As You Like It
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 25 Theatrical Metaphor: an Integrative Perspective Good metaphor as service delivery is a series of events that customers experience as a performance Service facilities • Stage on which drama unfolds • This may change from one act to another Personnel • Front stage personnel are like members of a cast • Backstage personnel are support production team Roles • Like actors, employees have roles to play and behave in specific ways Scripts • Specifies the sequences of behavior for customers and employees
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 26 Implications of Customer Participation in Service Delivery Greater need for information/training Help customers to perform well, get desired results Customers should be given a realistic service preview in advance of service delivery This allows them to have a clear idea of their expected role and their script in this whole experience Manages expectations and emotions
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 27 Post-Encounter Stage
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 28 Post-purchase Stage - Overview Pre-purchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-encounter Stage ●Evaluation of service performance ●Future intentions
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Services Marketing Slide ©
2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 29 Customer Satisfaction with Service Experience Satisfaction: attitude-like judgment following a service purchase or series of service interactions Whereby customers have expectations prior to consumption, observe service performance, compare it to expectations Satisfaction judgments are based on this comparison Positive disconfirmation (better) Confirmation (same) Negative disconfirmation (worse)
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 30 Customer Delight: Going Beyond Satisfaction Research shows that delight is a function of three components Unexpectedly high levels of performance Arousal (e.g., surprise, excitement) Positive affect (e.g., pleasure, joy, or happiness) Strategic links exist between customer satisfaction and corporate performance By creating more value for customers (increased satisfaction), the firm creates more value for the owners
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2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 2 – Page 31 Summary Pre-purchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-encounter Stage • In evaluating service performance, customers can have expectations positively disconfirmed, confirmed, or negatively disconfirmed • Unexpectedly high levels of performance, arousal, and positive affect are likely to lead to delight • Moments of Truth: importance of effectively managing touchpoints • High/low contact service model – understanding the extent and nature of contact points • Servuction model – variations of interactions • Theater metaphor – “staging” service performances • Key Steps 1. Need arousal 2. Information search 3. Evaluation of alternative solutions 4. Purchase decision • Customers face perceived risks which marketers should reduce with some strategic responses • Zone of tolerance: Adequate to desired. Dissatisfaction if service level falls below adequate level.
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