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Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 1
Chapter 2:
Customer Behavior in
Service Encounters
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 2
A Framework for Developing Effective
Service Marketing Strategies
Understanding Customer Needs, Decision Making,
and Behavior in Service Encounters
Chapter 2
Building the Service Model
Part II: Chapters 3-7
Managing the Customer Interface
Part III: Chapters 8-11
Implementing Profitable Service Strategies
Part IV: Chapters 12-15
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 3
A Framework for Developing Effective
Service Marketing Strategies
Two Key Themes in Part I of the
Services Marketing Strategy Framework:
Differences among Services Affect
Customer Behavior
Three-Stage Model of Service Consumption
Prepurchase Stage:
Search, evaluation of
alternatives, decision
Service Encounter Stage:
Role in high-contact vs.
low-contact delivery
Post-Encounter Stage:
Evaluation against
expectations, future
intentions
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 4
Differences among Services Affect
Customer Behavior
 Consumers are rarely involved in the manufacture of goods but
often participate in service creation and delivery
 Challenge for service marketers is to understand how customers
interact with service operations
 Based on differences in nature of service act (tangible/intangible)
and who or what is direct recipient of service
(people/possessions), there are four categories of services:
 People processing
 Possession processing
 Mental stimulus processing
 Information processing
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 5
Four Categories Of Services (Fig 2.1)
Information processing
(services directed at
intangible assets):
 Accounting
 Banking
Nature of the Service Act People Possessions
Tangible Actions People processing
(services directed at
people’s bodies):
 Barbers
 Health care
Who or What Is the Direct Recipient of the Service?
Possession processing
(services directed at
physical possessions):
 Refueling
 Disposal/recycling
Mental stimulus
processing
(services directed at
people’s minds):
 Education
 Advertising/PR
Intangible Actions
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 6
People Processing
 Customers must:
 Physically enter the service
factory
 Co-operate actively with the
service operation
 Managers should think about
process and output from
customer’s perspective
 To identify benefits created and
non-financial costs:
― Time, mental, physical effort
Four Categories Of Services
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 7
Possession Processing
Possession Processing
 Customers are less physically
involved compared to people
processing services
 Involvement is limited
 Production and consumption
are separable
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 8
Mental Stimulus Processing
Mental Stimulus Processing
 Ethical standards required when
customers who depend on such
services can potentially be
manipulated by suppliers
 Physical presence of recipients
not required
 Core content of services is
information-based
 Can be “inventoried”
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 9
Information Processing
Information Processing
 Information is the most
intangible form of service
output
 But may be transformed into
enduring forms of service
output
 Line between information
processing and mental
stimulus processing may be
blurred.
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 10
The Purchase Process for Services
Prepurchase Stage
Service Encounter
Stage
Post-Encounter Stage
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 11
Prepurchase Stage
Service Encounter
Stage
Post-Encounter Stage
Prepurchase 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
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 12
Customers Seek Solutions to
Aroused Needs
 People buy goods and services
to meet specific needs/wants
 External sources may stimulate
the awareness of a need
 Companies may seek
opportunities by monitoring
consumer attitudes and
behavior
Figure 2.4
Prudential Financial’s advertising
stimulates thinking about retirement needs
Courtesy of Masterfile Corporation
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 13
Evaluating a Service May Be Difficult
 Search attributes help customers evaluate a product
before purchase
 Style, color, texture, taste, sound
 Experience attributes cannot be evaluated before
purchase—must “experience” product to know it
 Vacations, sporting events, medical procedures
 Credence attributes are product characteristics that
customers find impossible to evaluate confidently even
after purchase and consumption
 Quality of repair and maintenance work
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 14
How Product Attributes Affect
Ease of Evaluation
Source:
Adapted from Zeithaml
Most Goods
High in search
attributes
High in experience
attributes
High in credence
attributes
Difficult
to evaluate*
Easy
to evaluate
Most Services
Clothing
Chair
Motor vehicle
Foods
Restaurant meals
Lawn fertilizer
Haircut
Entertainment
Computer repair
Education
Legal services
Complex surgery
*NOTE: Difficulty of evaluation tends to decrease with broad exposure
to a service category and frequency of use of a specific supplier
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 15
Perceived Risks in 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
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 16
How Might Consumers Handle
Perceived Risk?
 Seeking information from respected personal sources
 Relying on a firm that has a good reputation
 Looking for guarantees and warranties
 Visiting service facilities or trying aspects of service before
purchasing
 Asking knowledgeable employees about competing services
 Examining tangible cues or other physical evidence
 Using the Internet to compare service offerings and search for
independent reviews and ratings
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 17
Strategic Responses to Managing
Customer Perceptions of Risk
 Offer performance warranties, guarantees to protect
against fears of monetary loss
 For products where customers worry about
performance, sensory risks:
 Offer previews, free trials (provides experience)
 Advertising (helps to visualize)
 For products where customers perceive physical or
psychological risks:
 Institute visible safety procedures
 Deliver automated messages about anticipated problems
 Websites offering FAQs and more detailed background
 Train staff members to be respectful and empathetic
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 18
AOL Offers Free Trial Software to
Attract Prospective Customers (Fig 2.6)
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 19
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 among differently positioned service
providers in the same industry
 Expectations change over time
 Example: Service Perspectives 2.1
 Parents wish to participate in decisions relating to their
children’s medical treatment for heart problems
 Media coverage, education, the Internet has made this possible
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 20
Factors Influencing Customer
Expectations of Service (Fig 2.8)
Predicted Service
Explicit & Implicit
Service Promises
Word-of-Mouth
Past ExperienceDesired Service
ZONE
OF
TOLERANCE
Adequate Service
Personal Needs
Beliefs about
What Is Possible
Perceived Service
Alterations
Situational Factors
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): pp 1–12.
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 21
Components of Customer Expectations
 Desired Service Level:
 Wished-for level of service quality that
customer believes can and should be
delivered
 Adequate Service Level:
 Minimum acceptable level of service
 Predicted Service Level:
 Service level that customer believes firm will
actually deliver
 Zone of Tolerance:
 Range within which customers are willing to
accept variations in service delivery
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 22
Prepurchase Stage
Service Encounter
Stage
Post-Encounter Stage
Service Encounter Stage: Overview
 Service encounters range from high-
to low-contact
 Understanding the servuction system
 Service marketing systems: high-
contact and low-contact
 Role and script theories
 Theater as a metaphor for service
delivery: An integrative perspective
 Implications for customer
participation in service creation and
delivery
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 23
Service Encounters Range from
High-Contact to Low-Contact (Fig 2.9)
Figure 2.9
Levels of Customer Contact
with Service Organizations
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 24
Distinctions between High-Contact
and Low-Contact Services
 High-Contact Services
 Customers visit service facility and remain throughout service
delivery
 Active contact between customers and service personnel
 Includes most people-processing services
 Low-Contact Services
 Little or no physical contact with service personnel
 Contact usually at arm’s length through electronic or physical
distribution channels
 New technologies (e.g. the Web) help reduce contact levels
 Medium-Contact Services Lie in between These Two
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 25
The Servuction System:
Service Production and Delivery
 Service Operations (front stage and backstage)
 Where inputs are processed and service elements created
 Includes facilities, equipment, and personnel
 Service Delivery (front stage)
 Where “final assembly” of service elements takes place and service
is delivered to customers
 Includes customer interactions with operations and other customers
 Service Marketing (front stage)
 Includes service delivery (as above) and all other contacts between
service firm and customers
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 26
Service Marketing System for a
High-Contact Service (Fig 2.10)
The
Customer
Technical
Core
Interior & Exterior
Facilities
Equipment
Service People
Other
Customers
Advertising
Sales Calls
Market Research Surveys
Billing/Statements
Misc. Mail, Phone Calls,
E-mails, Faxes, etc.
Website
Random Exposure to
Facilities/Vehicles
Chance Encounters with
Service Personnel
Word of Mouth
Service Delivery System Other Contact Points
Service Operations System
Backstage
(invisible)
Front Stage
(visible)
Other
Customers
SERVICE MARKETING SYSTEM
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 27
Service Marketing System for a
Low-Contact Service (Fig 2.11)
The
Customer
Backstage
(invisible)
Front Stage
(visible)
Advertising
Market Research
Surveys
Billing/Statements
Random Exposure
to Facilities/Vehicles
Word of Mouth
Phone,
Fax, Web-
site, etc.
Self
Service
Equipment
Mail
Technical
Core
Other Contact PointsService Delivery System
Service Operations
System
SERVICE MARKETING SYSTEM
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 28
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
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 29
Theatrical Metaphor:
An Integrative Perspective
 Service dramas unfold on a “stage”—settings may change
as performance unfolds
 Many service dramas are tightly scripted, others
improvised
 Front-stage personnel are like members of a cast
 Like actors, employees have roles, may wear special
costumes, speak required lines, behave in specific ways
 Support comes from a backstage production team
 Customers are the audience—depending on type of
performance, may be passive or active participants
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 30
Implications of Customer
Participation in Service Delivery
 Greater need for
information/training to
help customers to perform
well, get desired results
 Customers should be given
a realistic service preview
in advance of service
delivery, so they have a
clear picture of their
expected role
Figure 2.13: Tourists Appreciate Easy-to-
Understand Instructions When Traveling
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 31
Prepurchase Stage
Service Encounter
Stage
Post-Encounter Stage
Post-Encounter Stage: Overview
 Evaluation of service
performance
 Future intentions
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 32
Customer Satisfaction Is Central to
the Marketing Concept
 Satisfaction defined as attitude-like judgment following a service
purchase or series of service interactions
 Customers have expectations prior to consumption, observe service
performance, compare it to expectations
 Satisfaction judgments are based on this comparison
 Positive disconfirmation if better than expected
 Confirmation if same as expected
 Negative disconfirmation if worse than expected
 Satisfaction reflects perceived service quality, price/quality
tradeoffs, personal and situational factors
 Research shows links between customer satisfaction and a firm’s
financial performance
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 33
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)
 Is it possible for customers to be delighted
by very mundane services?
 Strategic links exist between customer
satisfaction and corporate performance.
 Getting feedback during service delivery
help to boost customer loyalty
 Progressive Insurance seeks to delight
customers through exceptional customer
service (Best Practice in Action 2.1)

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  • 1. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 1 Chapter 2: Customer Behavior in Service Encounters
  • 2. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 2 A Framework for Developing Effective Service Marketing Strategies Understanding Customer Needs, Decision Making, and Behavior in Service Encounters Chapter 2 Building the Service Model Part II: Chapters 3-7 Managing the Customer Interface Part III: Chapters 8-11 Implementing Profitable Service Strategies Part IV: Chapters 12-15
  • 3. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 3 A Framework for Developing Effective Service Marketing Strategies Two Key Themes in Part I of the Services Marketing Strategy Framework: Differences among Services Affect Customer Behavior Three-Stage Model of Service Consumption Prepurchase Stage: Search, evaluation of alternatives, decision Service Encounter Stage: Role in high-contact vs. low-contact delivery Post-Encounter Stage: Evaluation against expectations, future intentions
  • 4. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 4 Differences among Services Affect Customer Behavior  Consumers are rarely involved in the manufacture of goods but often participate in service creation and delivery  Challenge for service marketers is to understand how customers interact with service operations  Based on differences in nature of service act (tangible/intangible) and who or what is direct recipient of service (people/possessions), there are four categories of services:  People processing  Possession processing  Mental stimulus processing  Information processing
  • 5. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 5 Four Categories Of Services (Fig 2.1) Information processing (services directed at intangible assets):  Accounting  Banking Nature of the Service Act People Possessions Tangible Actions People processing (services directed at people’s bodies):  Barbers  Health care Who or What Is the Direct Recipient of the Service? Possession processing (services directed at physical possessions):  Refueling  Disposal/recycling Mental stimulus processing (services directed at people’s minds):  Education  Advertising/PR Intangible Actions
  • 6. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 6 People Processing  Customers must:  Physically enter the service factory  Co-operate actively with the service operation  Managers should think about process and output from customer’s perspective  To identify benefits created and non-financial costs: ― Time, mental, physical effort Four Categories Of Services
  • 7. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 7 Possession Processing Possession Processing  Customers are less physically involved compared to people processing services  Involvement is limited  Production and consumption are separable
  • 8. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 8 Mental Stimulus Processing Mental Stimulus Processing  Ethical standards required when customers who depend on such services can potentially be manipulated by suppliers  Physical presence of recipients not required  Core content of services is information-based  Can be “inventoried”
  • 9. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 9 Information Processing Information Processing  Information is the most intangible form of service output  But may be transformed into enduring forms of service output  Line between information processing and mental stimulus processing may be blurred.
  • 10. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 10 The Purchase Process for Services Prepurchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-Encounter Stage
  • 11. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 11 Prepurchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-Encounter Stage Prepurchase 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
  • 12. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 12 Customers Seek Solutions to Aroused Needs  People buy goods and services to meet specific needs/wants  External sources may stimulate the awareness of a need  Companies may seek opportunities by monitoring consumer attitudes and behavior Figure 2.4 Prudential Financial’s advertising stimulates thinking about retirement needs Courtesy of Masterfile Corporation
  • 13. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 13 Evaluating a Service May Be Difficult  Search attributes help customers evaluate a product before purchase  Style, color, texture, taste, sound  Experience attributes cannot be evaluated before purchase—must “experience” product to know it  Vacations, sporting events, medical procedures  Credence attributes are product characteristics that customers find impossible to evaluate confidently even after purchase and consumption  Quality of repair and maintenance work
  • 14. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 14 How Product Attributes Affect Ease of Evaluation Source: Adapted from Zeithaml Most Goods High in search attributes High in experience attributes High in credence attributes Difficult to evaluate* Easy to evaluate Most Services Clothing Chair Motor vehicle Foods Restaurant meals Lawn fertilizer Haircut Entertainment Computer repair Education Legal services Complex surgery *NOTE: Difficulty of evaluation tends to decrease with broad exposure to a service category and frequency of use of a specific supplier
  • 15. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 15 Perceived Risks in 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
  • 16. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 16 How Might Consumers Handle Perceived Risk?  Seeking information from respected personal sources  Relying on a firm that has a good reputation  Looking for guarantees and warranties  Visiting service facilities or trying aspects of service before purchasing  Asking knowledgeable employees about competing services  Examining tangible cues or other physical evidence  Using the Internet to compare service offerings and search for independent reviews and ratings
  • 17. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 17 Strategic Responses to Managing Customer Perceptions of Risk  Offer performance warranties, guarantees to protect against fears of monetary loss  For products where customers worry about performance, sensory risks:  Offer previews, free trials (provides experience)  Advertising (helps to visualize)  For products where customers perceive physical or psychological risks:  Institute visible safety procedures  Deliver automated messages about anticipated problems  Websites offering FAQs and more detailed background  Train staff members to be respectful and empathetic
  • 18. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 18 AOL Offers Free Trial Software to Attract Prospective Customers (Fig 2.6)
  • 19. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 19 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 among differently positioned service providers in the same industry  Expectations change over time  Example: Service Perspectives 2.1  Parents wish to participate in decisions relating to their children’s medical treatment for heart problems  Media coverage, education, the Internet has made this possible
  • 20. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 20 Factors Influencing Customer Expectations of Service (Fig 2.8) Predicted Service Explicit & Implicit Service Promises Word-of-Mouth Past ExperienceDesired Service ZONE OF TOLERANCE Adequate Service Personal Needs Beliefs about What Is Possible Perceived Service Alterations Situational Factors 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): pp 1–12.
  • 21. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 21 Components of Customer Expectations  Desired Service Level:  Wished-for level of service quality that customer believes can and should be delivered  Adequate Service Level:  Minimum acceptable level of service  Predicted Service Level:  Service level that customer believes firm will actually deliver  Zone of Tolerance:  Range within which customers are willing to accept variations in service delivery
  • 22. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 22 Prepurchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-Encounter Stage Service Encounter Stage: Overview  Service encounters range from high- to low-contact  Understanding the servuction system  Service marketing systems: high- contact and low-contact  Role and script theories  Theater as a metaphor for service delivery: An integrative perspective  Implications for customer participation in service creation and delivery
  • 23. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 23 Service Encounters Range from High-Contact to Low-Contact (Fig 2.9) Figure 2.9 Levels of Customer Contact with Service Organizations
  • 24. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 24 Distinctions between High-Contact and Low-Contact Services  High-Contact Services  Customers visit service facility and remain throughout service delivery  Active contact between customers and service personnel  Includes most people-processing services  Low-Contact Services  Little or no physical contact with service personnel  Contact usually at arm’s length through electronic or physical distribution channels  New technologies (e.g. the Web) help reduce contact levels  Medium-Contact Services Lie in between These Two
  • 25. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 25 The Servuction System: Service Production and Delivery  Service Operations (front stage and backstage)  Where inputs are processed and service elements created  Includes facilities, equipment, and personnel  Service Delivery (front stage)  Where “final assembly” of service elements takes place and service is delivered to customers  Includes customer interactions with operations and other customers  Service Marketing (front stage)  Includes service delivery (as above) and all other contacts between service firm and customers
  • 26. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 26 Service Marketing System for a High-Contact Service (Fig 2.10) The Customer Technical Core Interior & Exterior Facilities Equipment Service People Other Customers Advertising Sales Calls Market Research Surveys Billing/Statements Misc. Mail, Phone Calls, E-mails, Faxes, etc. Website Random Exposure to Facilities/Vehicles Chance Encounters with Service Personnel Word of Mouth Service Delivery System Other Contact Points Service Operations System Backstage (invisible) Front Stage (visible) Other Customers SERVICE MARKETING SYSTEM
  • 27. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 27 Service Marketing System for a Low-Contact Service (Fig 2.11) The Customer Backstage (invisible) Front Stage (visible) Advertising Market Research Surveys Billing/Statements Random Exposure to Facilities/Vehicles Word of Mouth Phone, Fax, Web- site, etc. Self Service Equipment Mail Technical Core Other Contact PointsService Delivery System Service Operations System SERVICE MARKETING SYSTEM
  • 28. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 28 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
  • 29. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 29 Theatrical Metaphor: An Integrative Perspective  Service dramas unfold on a “stage”—settings may change as performance unfolds  Many service dramas are tightly scripted, others improvised  Front-stage personnel are like members of a cast  Like actors, employees have roles, may wear special costumes, speak required lines, behave in specific ways  Support comes from a backstage production team  Customers are the audience—depending on type of performance, may be passive or active participants
  • 30. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 30 Implications of Customer Participation in Service Delivery  Greater need for information/training to help customers to perform well, get desired results  Customers should be given a realistic service preview in advance of service delivery, so they have a clear picture of their expected role Figure 2.13: Tourists Appreciate Easy-to- Understand Instructions When Traveling
  • 31. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 31 Prepurchase Stage Service Encounter Stage Post-Encounter Stage Post-Encounter Stage: Overview  Evaluation of service performance  Future intentions
  • 32. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 32 Customer Satisfaction Is Central to the Marketing Concept  Satisfaction defined as attitude-like judgment following a service purchase or series of service interactions  Customers have expectations prior to consumption, observe service performance, compare it to expectations  Satisfaction judgments are based on this comparison  Positive disconfirmation if better than expected  Confirmation if same as expected  Negative disconfirmation if worse than expected  Satisfaction reflects perceived service quality, price/quality tradeoffs, personal and situational factors  Research shows links between customer satisfaction and a firm’s financial performance
  • 33. Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 33 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)  Is it possible for customers to be delighted by very mundane services?  Strategic links exist between customer satisfaction and corporate performance.  Getting feedback during service delivery help to boost customer loyalty  Progressive Insurance seeks to delight customers through exceptional customer service (Best Practice in Action 2.1)