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Perceived justice, emotions, and behavioral intentions in the Taiwanese food and beverage industry

Jaime Ortiz (Department of Global Strategies and Studies, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA)
Tao-Sheng Chiu (Department of Tourism and Leisure Management, Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism University, Hualien, Taiwan)
Chih Wen-Hai (Department of Business Administration, National Dong Hwa University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Che-Wei Hsu (Department of Cardio-Metabolic and Neuroscience, Novartis (Taiwan) Co., Ltd, Taipei, Taiwan)

International Journal of Conflict Management

ISSN: 1044-4068

Article publication date: 14 August 2017

2010

Abstract

Purpose

The research framework of this study is based on tri-component attitude model (cognition-affect-conation) which explores consumers’ positive or negative emotions, as well as various types of thoughts and actions, triggered by their perceived justice in the context of service failure. This study aims to probe the possible mediating and moderating effects caused by the process where consumers form their thoughts and actions.

Design/methodology/approach

This study conducts a survey to consumers after restaurant dining. This study collects data from 262 respondents and analyzes the data with the structural equation modeling.

Findings

The results indicate that perceived justice has significant effect on empathy, anger, positive word-of-mouth, repurchase intention and revenge. Empathy has a significant and positive effect on positive word-of-mouth. Anger has significant and positive effects on revenge and avoidance. Empathy is a mediator between perceived justice and positive word-of-mouth. Blame attribution and service failure severity are the moderators in the relationship between perceived justice and empathy/anger.

Research limitations/implications

Consumers might have experienced the scenarios described in the questionnaire and their responses might be based on recall of their previous dining experiences in other restaurants, thereby resulting in a time lapse problem and affecting the conclusions of this study.

Practical implications

It is not adequate to gain consumers’ choices just demonstrate favorable customer perceived justice and empathy in today’s industrial highly competitiveness because blame attribution and perception of service failure severity result in different positive and negative emotions and behavioral intentions. Therefore, food and beverage industry must have a various recovery approaches to recover service failure and create a more appealing relationship with consumers.

Originality/value

This study investigates the relationships among perceived justice, emotions and behavioral intentions which are seldom discussed in the past studies. In addition, this study investigates the mediating effect of empathy in the relationship between perceived justice and positive word-of-mouth. The results of this study indicate that blame attribution and service failure severity are the moderators between perceived justice and emotions (empathy/anger). The mediator of empathy and the moderators of blame attribution and service failure severity can enhance the research gap in the context of service recovery for the tri-component attitude model.

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Citation

Ortiz, J., Chiu, T.-S., Wen-Hai, C. and Hsu, C.-W. (2017), "Perceived justice, emotions, and behavioral intentions in the Taiwanese food and beverage industry", International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 437-463. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-10-2016-0084

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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