A preliminary investigation of the relationships between employee motivation/vision, service learning, and perceived service quality

Most experts agree that a learning organization whose employees have a clear vision of the importance of service quality and are motivated to provide that quality will achieve superior service quality. We develop a theoretical framework and conduct a cross-sectional empirical study to investigate th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of operations management 2001-05, Vol.19 (3), p.335-349
Hauptverfasser: Hays, Julie M, Hill, Arthur V
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Most experts agree that a learning organization whose employees have a clear vision of the importance of service quality and are motivated to provide that quality will achieve superior service quality. We develop a theoretical framework and conduct a cross-sectional empirical study to investigate the inter-relationships among these constructs. The results indicate that higher levels of both employees’ motivation/vision and organizational learning positively affect perceived service quality. Additionally, employees’ motivation/vision was found to mediate the relationship between organizational learning and perceived service quality. These results highlight the importance of employees’ motivation/vision in both the service process and the learning process.
ISSN:0272-6963
1873-1317
DOI:10.1016/S0272-6963(00)00061-9