Empowerment and role stress in the human interface between the firm and its markets
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2010
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Resumo |
Frontline employees constitute one of the key interfaces that service organisations have with their markets. Many strategies to enhance the ability of these employees to satisfy the needs of customers have been proposed. Amongst these, empowering employees has been suggested to enhance the customer orientation of the firm and consequently its effectiveness in serving the market. However, the impact of empowerment in service organisations remains somewhat contentious. This paper examines the role of empowerments an organisational service strategy and identifies its consequences for role stress, job satisfaction and the willingness of service employees to serve their customers. |
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Publicador |
Inderscience |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/33290/1/c33290.pdf DOI:10.1504/IJSTM.2010.034330 Lings, Ian & Sood, Aarti (2010) Empowerment and role stress in the human interface between the firm and its markets. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 14(2/3), pp. 233-249. |
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. |
Fonte |
QUT Business School; School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations |
Palavras-Chave | #empowerment #role stress #job satisfaction #customer orientation #frontline staff #marketing #services |
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Journal Article |