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Journal article
The impact of a sales team's perceived entitativity on customer satisfaction
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, v 46(2)
01 Mar 2018
Abstract
This research investigates the impact of a sales team's entitativity-the extent to which a group of individuals is perceived as a unified single entity-on customer satisfaction. Four studies demonstrate that a sales team entitativity cue, either based on appearance (e.g., wearing the same outfit) or based on behavior (e.g., explicit coordination in service), leads to heightened perceptions of service quality, which subsequently enhances customer satisfaction. Further, these two entitativity cues are shown to have interactive effects. Specifically, when both cues indicate high entitativity, customer satisfaction with the sales team exceeds the average evaluation of individual team members. However, if at least one cue suggests low entitativity (e.g., different outfits or no explicit coordination), the positive influence of the entitativity cue is undermined and customer satisfaction with the team's service is mitigated. Product category is identified as an important moderator of the main effect.
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- Title
- The impact of a sales team's perceived entitativity on customer satisfaction
- Creators
- Chen Wang - Drexel UniversityJoAndrea Hoegg - University of British ColumbiaDarren W. Dahl - University of British Columbia
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, v 46(2)
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 22
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Marketing
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000424674300003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85041552016
- Other Identifier
- 991019168978804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Business