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Customer Behavior in
Service Encounters
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 1
Overview Of Chapter 2
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A Framework for Developing Effective
Service Marketing Strategies
Post-Encounter Stage:
Evaluation against
expectations, future
intentions
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 3
How Differences among Services
Affect Customer Behavior
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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)
Barbers Refueling
Education
Accounting
Advertising/PR
Banking
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Four Categories Of Services
People Processing
Customers must:
Physically enter the service
factory
Co-operate actively with the
service operation
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Possession Processing
Possession Processing
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
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Information Processing
Information Processing
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 10
Customer Decision Making:
Three-Stage Model of Service
Consumption
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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 - 12
Prepurchase Stage
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 13
Prepurchase Stage: Overview
Components of customer
expectations
Post-Encounter Stage Making a service purchase decision
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Customers Seek Solutions to
Aroused Needs
People buy goods and services
to meet specific needs/wants
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 - 15
Evaluating a Service May Be Difficult
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Perceived Risks in Purchasing and
Using Services
Functional—unsatisfactory performance
outcomes
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How Might Consumers Handle
Perceived Risk?
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Service Encounter Stage
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Service Encounter Stage: Overview
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Service Encounters Range from
High-Contact to Low-Contact (Fig 2.9)
Figure 2.9
Levels of Customer Contact
with Service Organizations
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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
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The Servuction System:
Service Production and Delivery
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Service Marketing System for a
High-Contact Service (Fig 2.10)
SERVICE MARKETING SYSTEM
Service Delivery System Other Contact Points
Advertising
Service Operations System Other
Customers Sales Calls
Interior & Exterior
Market Research Surveys
Facilities
Billing/Statements
Technical The
Equipment Misc. Mail, Phone Calls,
Core Customer E-mails, Faxes, etc.
Website
Service People Random Exposure to
Facilities/Vehicles
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Service Marketing System for a
Low-Contact Service (Fig 2.11)
Mail Advertising
Market Research
Surveys
Technical Self The
Core Service Billing/Statements
Equipment Customer
Random Exposure
Phone, to Facilities/Vehicles
Fax, Web-
site, etc. Word of Mouth
Front Stage
Backstage (visible)
(invisible)
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 25
Theater as a Metaphor for
Service Delivery
William Shakespeare
As You Like It
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Theatrical Metaphor:
An Integrative Perspective
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Implications of Customer
Participation in Service Delivery
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Post-Encounter Stage
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Post-Encounter Stage: Overview
Prepurchase Stage
Evaluation of service
performance
Service Encounter
Stage Future intentions
Post-Encounter Stage
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 30
Customer Satisfaction Is Central to
the Marketing Concept
Satisfaction defined as attitude-like judgment following a service
purchase or series of service interactions
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Customer Delight:
Going Beyond Satisfaction
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Summary of Chapter 2:
Customer Behavior in Service Encounters (2)
Prepurchase stage
Customers seek solutions to aroused needs
Evaluation alternatives are more difficult when a service involves
experience and credence attributes
Customers face a variety of perceived risks in selecting,
purchasing and using services
Steps taken to reduce customers’ risk perceptions, include: (1)
guarantees and warranties, (2) previews of service and visits to
service facilities, (3) employee training, (4) instituting visible
safety procedures, (5) easy access to information, and (6) advance
notice of problems or delays
Customer expectations of service range from “desired” to
“adequate” with a zone of tolerance in between; if actual service
is perceived as less than adequate, customers will be dissatisfied
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Summary of Chapter 2:
Customer Behavior in Service Encounters (3)
Slide © 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 2 - 35