A light in the dark: The benefits of co-production in service failures




Pacheco Natália Araújo, Braz Becker Larissa Carine, Brei Vinícius Andrade

PublisherElsevier

2017

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

34

95

101

7

0969-6989

1873-1384

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2016.09.012(external)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2016.09.012(external)

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/17151555(external)



Co-production is increasingly common but, at the same time, services failures are inevitable. Considering that previous studies are controversial about the effects of failed co-produced services, the goal of this research is to investigate the influence of co-production on causal locus attribution, in addition to emotional and attitudinal outcomes. Two experimental studies show that co-production reduces the self-serving bias, a result that brings implications for the services literature and practice. In addition to the positive effects of co-production, evidenced by previous studies, this research shows that companies and customers can benefit from co-production even when failures occur.


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