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Consumer behavior in service
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Lecture 2
Consumer Behavior in Service,
Customer expectation of service and
Customer Perceptions of service
Course Instructor: Sneha Sharma (PhD*, MBA, Dip T & D)
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Consumer Behavior
⢠The behavior that consumers display in
âSearching
âPurchasing
âUsing
âEvaluating
âDisposing
Of products and services that they expect
will satisfy their needs.
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Need Arousal
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Decision to buy or use a service is triggered by need
arousal
Triggers of need:
Consumers are then motivated to find a solution for their
need
Unconscious minds
(e.g., personal
identity and
aspirations)
Physical conditions
(e.g., hunger )
External sources
(e.g., a service firmâs
marketing activities)
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Understanding User Costs for Services
Search Costs
Purchase and
Use Costs
After costs
Money
Time
Physical Effort
Psychological
Burdens
Sensory Burdens
Necessary Follow up
Problem Solving
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Information Search
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Need arousal leads to attempts to find a
solution
-Evoked set â a set of products and brands
that a consumer considers during the
decision-making process â that is derived
from past experiences or external sources
Alternatives then need to be evaluated before a
final decision is made
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Evaluation of service alternatives :
Evoked Set
⢠The evoked set of alternatives likely to be smaller with
services than goods
⢠Competitive services can not be displayed for
comparison ď always a single brand
⢠Available service providers in geographical area is small.
⢠Difficult to obtain adequate pre-purchase information
about service
⢠The Internet may widen this potential
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Evaluating Alternatives â Service
Attributes
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- Search attributes help customers evaluate a product before
purchase.
- E.g., type of food, location, type of restaurant and price .
- Experience attributes cannot be evaluated before purchase.
- The consumer will not know how much she/he will enjoy the
food, the service, and the atmosphere until the actual
experience .
- Credence attributes are those that customers find impossible to
evaluate confidently even after purchase and consumption.
- E.g., hygiene conditions of the kitchen and the healthiness
of the cooking ingredients.
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Perceived Risks of Purchasing and Using
Services
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⢠unsatisfactory performance outcomes
Functional
⢠monetary loss, unexpected extra costs
Financial
⢠wasted time, delays leading to problems
Temporal
⢠personal injury, damage to possessions
Physical
⢠fears and negative emotions
Psychological
⢠how others may think and react
Social
⢠unwanted impact on any of five senses
Sensory
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Understanding Customersâ Service
Expectations
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â˘Customers evaluate service quality by
comparing what they expect against what they
perceive
â˘Situational and personal factors also
considered
â˘Expectations of good service vary from one
business to another, and differently positioned
service providers in same industry
â˘Expectations change over time
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Service Encounter Stage
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⢠Service encounter
â a period of time during which a customer
interacts directly with the service provider
â Might be brief or extend over a period of time
(e.g., a phone call or visit to the hospital)
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Service Provision as Drama
⢠Drama: Create and maintain impression
â Actors, audience, setting, performance: Drama
â Actor: Service personnel
â Audience: Service customers
â Setting : Physical evidence
â Performance: Process of service assembly.
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Service Roles and Scripts
⢠Viewing Service performance as drama:
âEach player as having a role to perform
⢠Customers role: Must be well informed
educated , cooperative : Service performance
is likely to be successful.
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Service Roles and Scripts
âScript: A coherent sequence of events
expected by individual
⢠Consists of set of ordered actions ,actors and
objects
⢠Conformance with script âsatisfying the
customer
⢠Deviation with script â dissatisfaction and
confusion
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Service Encounter Stage
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⢠Models and frameworks:
⢠âMoments of Truthâ â importance of managing
touchpoints
⢠High/low contact model â extent and nature of contact
points
⢠Servuction model â variations of interactions
⢠Theater metaphor â âstagingâ service performances
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The Servuction System: Service
Production and Delivery
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⢠Servuction System: visible front stage and invisible
backstage
⢠Service Operations
â Technical core where inputs are processed and service
elements created
â Contact people
â Inanimate environment
⢠Service Delivery
â Where âfinal assemblyâ of service elements takes place and
service is delivered
â Includes customer interactions with operations and other
customers