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  • How Embarrassing! An Exploratory Study of Critical Incidents Including Affective Reactions

    Author(s)
    Grace, D
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Grace, Debra A.
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    Using Critical Incident Technique (CIT), data were collected from 166 respondents who related incidents involving embarrassment experienced over a total of 44 different service environments. In applying a functional analysis, a number of embarrassment antecedents in the form of sources (e.g., customer, service provider, others present) and stimuli (e.g., criticism, awkward acts, image appropriateness, forgetfulness/lack of knowledge/error, environment/surroundings and violations of privacy) were identified. Embarrassment was found to be manifested by emotional, physiological and behavioural reactions and its long-term ...
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    Using Critical Incident Technique (CIT), data were collected from 166 respondents who related incidents involving embarrassment experienced over a total of 44 different service environments. In applying a functional analysis, a number of embarrassment antecedents in the form of sources (e.g., customer, service provider, others present) and stimuli (e.g., criticism, awkward acts, image appropriateness, forgetfulness/lack of knowledge/error, environment/surroundings and violations of privacy) were identified. Embarrassment was found to be manifested by emotional, physiological and behavioural reactions and its long-term consequences included both positive and negative behavioural intentions and word-of-mouth communications. The Functional Analysis of Consumer Embarrassment (FACE) provides an informative framework to enhance our understanding of affective reactions in service encounters and provides a solid foundation for future research.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Service Research
    Volume
    9
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200746
    Copyright Statement
    © 2007 SAGE Publications. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Commercial services
    Marketing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/15023
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