• DocumentCode
    1673875
  • Title

    On The Cultural Conflict During The Course Of Service Delivery

  • Author

    Jia, Shenghua ; Geng, Xianfeng

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    1341
  • Lastpage
    1345
  • Abstract
    Service brings company the competitive advantages, which has drawn the national and worldwide attention both in theory and in practice. The core problem is to improve the service quality. But it is difficult to measure service quality and manage the service. After the review of service management, the article finds cultural factor is important and determinant, which is neglected by most of the researchers. Service-Profit Chain has clearly exhibited the procedure of service delivery, which has helped us to develop an analytical framework. Through this framework, this article also discusses the importance of management of cultural conflict during the course of service delivery. After the analysis of inner and outer cultural conflict, the article tries to put emphasis on the strategy of cultural conflict management
  • Keywords
    organisational aspects; service industries; cultural conflict management; cultural factor; service delivery; service management; service quality; service-profit chain; Banking; Credit cards; Cultural differences; Data security; Delay; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Quality management; Technological innovation; Testing; cultural conflict; service delivery; service management; service quality;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Systems and Service Management, 2006 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Troyes
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0450-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0451-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSSSM.2006.320703
  • Filename
    4114685