Four decades of frontline service employee research: an integrative bibliometric review

M Subramony, M Groth, XJ Hu… - Journal of Service …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
We conducted a comprehensive review of empirical research related to frontline service
employees over the past four decades (1980-2020). Utilizing a bibliometric map** …

The effects of auditor affinity for client and perceived client pressure on auditor proposed adjustments

C Koch, SE Salterio - The Accounting Review, 2017‏ - publications.aaahq.org
This paper examines how auditors' judgments about accounting policies may differ when
experiencing different levels of affinity for client management and facing different levels of …

Beyond templates: methodological reporting practices and their impact in qualitative service research

A Valtakoski, B Glaa - Journal of Service Management, 2024‏ - emerald.com
Purpose The study aims to promote the use of qualitative methods in service research by
investigating how these methods are reported in service journals, how the level of reporting …

A multilevel analysis of customer engagement, its antecedents, and the effects on service innovation

JS Chen, HH Weng, CL Huang - Total Quality Management & …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
The present study aims to investigate the factors at both organisational and individual levels
influencing customer engagements and the effects of customer engagements on service …

Building social capital and human capital for internationalization: The role of network ties and knowledge resources

Y Suseno, AH Pinnington - Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2018‏ - Springer
This study examines the inter-relationships between network ties as social capital and
knowledge resources as human capital, in the internationalization of law firms. Using a …

HR flexibility and firm performance in professional service firms

I Beltrán-Martín, JC Bou-Llusar… - Journal of Management …, 2024‏ - cambridge.org
Human resource (HR) flexibility emerges as the most critical source of flexibility for
professional services firms (PSFs), given that the success of these companies depends on …

Articulating the service concept in professional service firms

A Beltagui, K Sigurdsson, M Candi… - Journal of service …, 2017‏ - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a solution to the challenges of professional
service firms (PSF), which are referred to as cat herding, opaque quality and lack of process …

From professionals to entrepreneurs: Human Resources practices as an enabler for fostering corporate entrepreneurship in professional service firms

C Kühn, T Eymann, N Urbach… - German Journal of …, 2016‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Professional Service Firms (PSFs) such as accounting, consulting, law, engineering or
advertising firms increasingly face changing attitudes and fluctuation among young people …

Consumer willingness to communicate in a second language: Communication in service settings

J Holmqvist, Y Van Vaerenbergh… - Management Decision, 2014‏ - emerald.com
Purpose–The service management literature emphasizes the importance of communication,
but language difficulties can make communicating in business settings more difficult. The …

Actual and perceived gaps in the supply and demand for marketing and communication services: an empirical analysis of the province of Bergamo

M Cavallone, A Pozzi, P Wassler, R Palumbo - The TQM Journal, 2024‏ - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to analyze the supply and demand of marketing and
communication consulting services and evaluate actual and perceived gaps …