Menguc, B orcid.org/0000-0002-4116-3047, Auh, S, Katsikeas, CS orcid.org/0000-0002-8748-6829 et al. (1 more author) (2016) When Does (Mis)Fit in Customer Orientation Matter for Frontline Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Performance? Journal of Marketing, 80 (1). pp. 65-83. ISSN 0022-2429
Abstract
The role of coworkers’ customer orientation (CO) in influencing an employee’s CO has received sparse attention in the literature. This research serves two purposes. First, the study draws on person–group fit theory to develop and test a model of a frontline employee’s CO relative to that of his or her coworkers as well as the effects of CO (mis)fit on job satisfaction and service performance through coworker relationship quality. Second, the authors propose three work-group characteristics—group size, service climate strength, and leader‒member exchange differentiation—that they expect to mitigate the (negative) positive effect of employee‒coworker CO (mis)fit on coworker relationship quality. Data collected in a multirespondent (i.e., frontline employees and supervisors) longitudinal research design indicate that as group size increases, service climate becomes stronger, and group leaders develop different exchange relationships with employees, the inherently (negative) positive role of employee–coworker CO (mis)fit in influencing coworker relationship quality diminishes. Furthermore, coworker relationship quality fully mediates the associations of employee–coworker CO (mis)fit with job satisfaction and service performance. The authors close with a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of the boundary conditions of CO (mis)fit.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | customer orientation, (mis)fit, coworker relationship quality, person–group fit theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Marketing Division (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2016 16:42 |
Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 11:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jm.15.0327 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Marketing Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1509/jm.15.0327 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93261 |