Zyad M. Alzaydi
A review of service quality and service delivery: Towards a customer co-production and customer-integration approach
Alzaydi, Zyad M.; Al-Hajla, Ali; Nguyen, Bang; Jayawardhena, Chanaka
Authors
Ali Al-Hajla
Bang Nguyen
Chanaka Jayawardhena
Abstract
© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide researchers with an overview of the service quality and delivery domain, focussing on the inclusion of customer co-production and customer integration. Specifically, this paper concentrates on service quality (including quality measurement), the service environment, controls and their consequences. Design/methodology/approach: A comprehensive review of the literature is conducted, analysed and presented. Findings: The review shows that service delivery is both complex and challenging, particularly when considering the unique characteristics of services and the high level of customer involvement in their creation. The facilitation, transformation and usage framework identifies how failures can occur at each stage of service delivery, beginning with the characteristics of the service environment, while control theory offers insights into the formal and informal controls that may be applied in the facilitation and transformation stages, which may reduce the likelihood or extent of such failures. Originality/value: Despite the fact that it is widely accepted that service quality is an antecedent to customer satisfaction, it is surprising that this customer co-creation aspect has been largely neglected in the extant literature. As such, the role that customer co-production plays in service quality performance has been examined in this paper. It is hoped that this examination will enhance both theoretical and practical understanding of service quality. It would be useful to find modern tools that can help in improving service quality performance.
Citation
Alzaydi, Z. M., Al-Hajla, A., Nguyen, B., & Jayawardhena, C. (2018). A review of service quality and service delivery: Towards a customer co-production and customer-integration approach. Business process management journal, 24(1), 295-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-09-2016-0185
Acceptance Date | May 8, 2017 |
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Publication Date | Feb 2, 2018 |
Deposit Date | May 9, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 3, 2018 |
Journal | Business process management journal |
Print ISSN | 1463-7154 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 295-328 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-09-2016-0185 |
Keywords | Service quality, Service delivery, Customer co-production, Customer integration, Co-creation, Service controls |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/451159 |
Publisher URL | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/BPMJ-09-2016-0185 |
Additional Information | This is a description of an article accepted for future publication in: Business process management journal. The full text is not currently available in this repository. |
Contract Date | Jan 3, 2018 |
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