Journal of health and human services administration
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J Health Hum Serv Adm · Jan 2009
Structural relationships between work environment and service quality perceptions as a function of customer contact intensity: implications for human service strategy.
This study assesses the importance of customer-contact intensity at the service encounter level as a determinant of service quality assessments. Using data from the U. ⋯ However, there existed significant differences across service delivery settings in the salience of customer orientation and the congruence between employee and customer perceptions of service quality, depending on the intensity of customer contact. In both contexts, managerial attention to high-performance work systems and customer-orientation has the potential to favorably impact perceptions of service quality, amplify consumer satisfaction, and enhance operational efficiency.