Service climate as a mediator of organizational empowerment in customer-service employees

• María Isabel Mendoza Sierra ^[1] ; Alejandro Orgambídez Ramos ^[1] ; Ana María Carrasco González ^[1] ; José Carlos León Jariego ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Huelva

     Universidad de Huelva

     Huelva, España

     
• Localización: The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN 1138-7416, Vol. 17, 2014, págs. 1-10
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2014.4
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  • The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of the service climate between organizational empowerment (i.e., dynamic structural framework, control of workplace decisions, fluidity in information sharing) and service quality (functional and relational). 428 contact employees from 46 hotels participated in the survey. Correlations demonstrated that dynamic structural framework, control decisions, and fluidity in information sharing are related to both functional and relational service quality. Regression analyses and Sobel tests revealed that service climate totally mediated the relationship between all three dimensions of organizational empowerment and relational service quality. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

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