Service Quality and the Consumer’s Experience: Towards an Interpretive Approach  

Oleh:

Schembri, Sharon ; Sandberg, Jorgen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Marketing Theory vol. 2 no. 2 (Jun. 2002), page 189–205.
Topik: consumer orientation; interpretivism; ontology; phenomenography; phenomenology; service quality
Fulltext: 189MT22.pdf (110.15KB)

Isi artikel

As marketers and researchers we understand quality from the consumer’s perspective, and throughout contemporary service quality literature there is an emphasis on what the consumer is looking for, or at least that is the intention. Through examining the underlying assumptions of dominant service quality theories, an implicit dualistic ontology is highlighted (where subject and object are considered independent) and argued to effectively negate the said necessary consumer orientation. This fundamental assumption is discussed, as are the implications, following a critical review of dominant service quality models. Consequently, we propose an alternative approach to service quality research that aims towards a more genuine understanding of the consumer’s perspective on quality experienced within a service context. Essentially, contemporary service quality research is suggested to be limited in its inherent third-person perspective and the interpretive, specifically phenomenographic, approach put forward here is suggested as a means of achieving a first-person perspective on service quality.

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