The purpose of this research examines an empirical study on expectations and achievements affecting performance of service recovery. This study includes several factors such as service recovery expectations, service recovery achievements, recovery per...
The purpose of this research examines an empirical study on expectations and achievements affecting performance of service recovery. This study includes several factors such as service recovery expectations, service recovery achievements, recovery performance, post-recovery satisfaction and post-recovery behavioral intents. Following the qualitative research tradition in the field, the study examines three hypotheses(sub-hypothese is ten). To test the hypotheses, the study analyzes customers of hotels and airlines in Korea by reliability test, validity test, multiple regression analysis and simple regression analysis. The Key findings of the study are as follows.
The results suggest that recovery expectations impacts on recovery performance significantly. Also the higher the recovery performance, the higher post-recovery satisfaction, then it increases customers'' purchase intents and words of mouth. Finally, this paper sugests the need for new service recovery strategies. Limitations and future extensions of the study are also discussed.