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Customer complaining of service failure(Fostering Joint International Research)

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15KK0095
Research Category

Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Commerce
Research InstitutionChuo University

Principal Investigator

Matsushita Koji  中央大学, 戦略経営研究科, 教授 (40329008)

Project Period (FY) 2016 – 2019
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,960,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,760,000)
Keywordsサービス / サービスの失敗 / 不平 / 満足 / 苦情 / グループ消費 / 社会的比較 / 満足度 / 文化 / 目標 / サービス・リカバリー / 商学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Extant research on consumer satisfaction and complaint has largely focused on the individual consumption context. Relatively little is known about consumer satisfaction and complaint behavior in the context of group-based consumption--engaging in a consumption activity along with other individuals. Our research adds to the extant understanding of group-based consumption by investigating the process through which consumer derive satisfaction and engage in complaint behavior in such context.
Our research makes important contributions. Complementing the extant research on consumer satisfaction, we show that superior services can lead to more complaints in group consumption contexts. More broadly, our research highlights that, compared to individual consumption contexts, group consumption contexts can evoke different goals and different satisfaction assessment and processes.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の最大の学術的貢献は、個人顧客のサービス消費研究とは違った、グループ消費に特有なパターンとその心理メカニズムを導き出したことである。グループ消費では、優れたサービスを受けると、グループ消費の文脈では、より多くの不満が生じるという、直感に反する結果を生じる。自分自身が受けるサービスが他のグループメンバーよりも優れているとき、優れたサービスは個人目標を十分に満たすことができるものの、一方で、グループ内の他のメンバーとの良好な関係を育むという目標を阻害してしまい、顧客の罪悪感を引き起こされる。このようなネガティブな感情が、顧客の満足度を低下させ、結果として、不平行動を引き起こすのである。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2019 2017

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Johns Hopkins University(米国)2017

    • Year and Date
      2017-09-01
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] なぜ優れたサービスを受けると苦情を言うのか?:グループ消費の心理プロセス2019

    • Author(s)
      松下光司
    • Organizer
      日本認知心理学会 公開シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] When Providing Better Services Leads to Complaints2019

    • Author(s)
      Koji Matsushita, Haiyang Yang, Kaichi Saito, Haruko Tsuchihashi,
    • Organizer
      Society for consumer psychology 2019 Annual conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] When Might Better Services Lead to More Complaints?2019

    • Author(s)
      Koji Matsushita, Haiyang Yang, Kaichi Saito, Haruko Tsuchihashi,
    • Organizer
      ACR Asia-Pacific Conference 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] When Might Better Services Lead to More Complaints?2019

    • Author(s)
      Koji Matsushita, Haiyang Yang, Kaichi Saito, Haruko Tsuchihashi
    • Organizer
      Asia-Pacific Conference of the Association for Consumer Research
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] When Providing Better Services Leads to Complaints2019

    • Author(s)
      Koji Matsushita, Haiyang Yang, Kaichi Saito, Haruko Tsuchihashi
    • Organizer
      Society for Consumer Psychology
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Complaining in Group Consumption2017

    • Author(s)
      Koji Matsushita, Haiyang Yang, Kaichi Saito, Haruko Tsuchihashi
    • Organizer
      SCP-JACS Collaborative Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-10-04   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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