157 research outputs found
National Indigenous Palliative Care Needs Study
This study involved extensive consultation with the community to identify the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in palliative care
A Review of Transport Practices and Mortalities in pigs in Australia
The closure of abattoirs in Australia dictates that pigs will be transported over greater distances resulting in increased costs and reduced margins for producers. Factors contributing to reduced margins could include increased freight costs, reduced scale weight as a result of reduced killing out percentage and condemnations (due to injuries) plus possible increased deaths in transport. More information is needed in Australia on transport practices and mortalities to address knowledge deficiencies in our understanding of the welfare implications of road transport
Chemical-ionisation processes in time-of-flight mass spectrometers for real-time analysis of atmospheric trace species
Exploring customers' responses to online service failure and recovery strategies during Covidâ19 pandemic: An actorânetwork theory perspective
While the debate on online service failure and recovery strategies has been given considerable attention in the marketing and information systems literature, the evolving Covidâ19 pandemic has brought about new challenges both theoretically and empirically in the consumption landscape. To fully understand customers' responses to service failure during a crisis we asked 70 millennials from three European CountriesâItaly, France, and the UKâto describe their responses to service failure during the Covidâ19 pandemic (30 completed a 4âweek diary and 40 completed a 4âweek qualitative survey). Drawing on phenomenological, constructivist, and hermeneutical approaches, and utilizing an actorânetwork theory perspective, the current study proposes a new framework for understanding customers' responses to online service failure and recovery strategies during the Covidâ19 pandemic. Conclusions highlight implications for theory, policy, and management practice through extending comprehensions of service failure recovery processes by examining how marketing policies generate different social impacts during a crisis situation which facilitate the achievement of customer satisfaction and positive outcomes
Examining user-generated content, service failure recovery and customerâbrand relationships: an exploration through commitment-trust theory
Purpose: User-generated content (UGC) and service failure have attracted considerable marketing inquiry over the last two decades. Previous studies primarily focused on the outcome of service failure and the impact of UGC on perceived failure severity. This article departs from previous studies as it examines the moderating role of UGC on the relationship between service failure recovery (SFR) and customerâbrand relationship.
Design/methodology/approach: Building on commitment-trust theory and from a phenomenological hermeneutical perspective, this article explores this phenomenon through the interpretation of 60 in-depth interviews with millennials from three European countries: Italy, France and the UK. An analysis of the data was conducted using a qualitative approach to understand the main constructs and relationships derived from the data.
Findings: This study conceptualises four distinct moderating characteristics of UGC in the SFR process: satisfaction with experience and brand, dissatisfaction with experience and brand, satisfaction with brand and dissatisfaction with brand. The insights from the responsiveness, empathetic response, counterfactual thinking and brand salience (RECB) framework contribute to research on UGC and shed light on the relationship between SFR and consumerâbrand relationships in the fashion industry.
Originality/value: Overall, this study demonstrates that customer interactions with UGC significantly affect their responses to, and relationships with, a brand. The proposed framework opens up interesting avenues for future research on the moderating role of UGC on the relationship between SFR and customerâbrand relationships
Examining the role of social media influencers in service failure and recovery strategies: an empirical investigation of millennials' views
Purpose: Prior research has advanced several explanations for social media influencers' (SMIsâ) success in the burgeoning computer-mediated marketing environments but leaves one key topic unexplored: the moderating role of SMIs in service failure and recovery strategies.
Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on a social constructivist perspective and an inductive approach, 59 in-depth interviews were conducted with millennials from three European countries (Italy, France and the United Kingdom). Building on social influence theory and commitment-trust theory, this study conceptualises four distinct pathways unifying SMIs' efforts in the service failure recovery process.
Findings: The emergent model illustrates how source credibility and message content moderate service failure severity and speed of recovery. The insights gained from this study model contribute to research on the pivotal uniqueness of SMIs in service failure recovery processes and offer practical explanations of variations in the implementation of influencer marketing. This study examines a perspective of SMIs that considers the cycle of their influence on customers through service failure and recovery.
Originality/value: The study suggests that negative reactions towards service failure and recovery are reduced if customers have a relationship with influencers prior to the service failure and recovery compared with the reactions of customers who do not have a relationship with the influencer
Determinants of online brand communitiesâ and millennialsâ characteristics: a social influence perspective
Online communities have evolved to allow larger numbers of individuals to interact with other users to form a collective virtual environment influenced by members within the community. Existing studies on online brand communities (OBCs) tied millennialsâ participation and interactions to a unidimensional view. Specifically, OBCs scholars generally aggregate individual millennialsâ participation and commitment, ignoring the variance among the demographic cohort. Our exploration challenges not only the existing ensemble interpretation within studies of OBC but also the characterisation of millennialsâ burgeoning participation in OBCs. Unlike other competing epistemologies, the authors developed a conceptual framework that links a holistic set of OBCsâ characteristics (brand sentiment, identification with source, affirmative experience, conspicuous effect) to consumersâ perceptions in the fashion sector. Drawing on social influence theory along with a constructivist perspective, we conducted fineâgrained inâdepth interviews to explore millennialsâ participation in online communities and brand perceptions in the fashion industry. The main findings reveal four categories of customer engagement in OBCs (bias situators, sugarâcoaters, rationalisers, judgmentalists). These key categories are explored to create a framework for future research in this area, and further contribute to the field of online brand engagement, particularly in the fashion industry
Examining the relationships between user-generated content, dissatisfied customers, and second-hand luxury fashion brands
Given the importance of second-hand luxury fashion brands, as evidenced by existing studies, we examine an understudied area of the link between User-Generated Content (UGC), dissatisfied customers, and second-hand luxury fashion brands. A central premise of luxury fashion brands is the perceived status and privilege attributed to those that own such items. Building on an inductive qualitative study of 59 millennials from three European countries (France, Italy and the UK), and through the mediating role of UGC and dissatisfied customers, this paper develops a (SEC) conceptual framework of three dimensionalised streams of second-hand luxury fashion goods customers (spiritual consumers, entrepreneurial recoverer consumers, and carpe diem consumers). We dimensionalised these differences in terms of their experiential backgrounds and level of participation in UGC. This paper extends our understanding of UGC and dissatisfied customers using self-categorisation, and it theorises and appraises second-hand luxury fashion brands
Exploring customers' responses to online service failure and recovery strategies during Covidâ19 pandemic: an actorânetwork theory perspective
While the debate on online service failure and recovery strategies has been given considerable attention in the marketing and information systems literature, the evolving Covidâ19 pandemic has brought about new challenges both theoretically and empirically in the consumption landscape. To fully understand customers' responses to service failure during a crisis we asked 70 millennials from three European CountriesâItaly, France, and the UKâto describe their responses to service failure during the Covidâ19 pandemic (30 completed a 4âweek diary and 40 completed a 4âweek qualitative survey). Drawing on phenomenological, constructivist, and hermeneutical approaches, and utilizing an actorânetwork theory
perspective, the current study proposes a new framework for understanding customers' responses to online service failure and recovery strategies during the Covidâ19 pandemic. Conclusions highlight implications for theory, policy, and management practice through extending comprehensions of service failure recovery processes by examining how marketing policies generate different social impacts during a crisis situation which facilitate the achievement of customer satisfaction and positive outcomes
Treating Early-Stage CKD With New Medication Therapies:Results of a CKD Patient Survey Informing the 2020 NKF-FDA Scientific Workshop on Clinical Trial Considerations for Developing Treatments for Early Stages of Common, Chronic Kidney Diseases
RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: With a growing number of medications and therapies available to treat chronic kidney disease (CKD), risk-versus-benefit discussions are increasingly critical. Balancing risks and benefits requires assessing patientsâ understanding of these, as well as incorporating patient preferences and tolerance for side effects into shared decision making. STUDY DESIGN: A 26-question online survey was sent to people in the National Kidney Foundation patient email list and posted on associated social media pages to assess the respondentsâ willingness and comfort with taking preventative medications during earlier-stage CKD to inform a December 2020 scientific workshop co-sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the US Food and Drug Administration on clinical trial considerations in developing treatments for individuals with early stages of CKD. SETTING & POPULATION: Online survey of CKD patients, including broad demographic data and responses to risk-benefit scenarios, with surveys emailed to 20,249 people not identified as currently receiving kidney replacement therapy. ANALYTICAL APPROACH: Survey results are presented as descriptive data. RESULTS: Of 1,029 respondents, 45 self-identified as at risk for CKD, 566 had CKD, 267 had received kidney transplants, 51 were receiving dialysis, and 100 replied other or did not answer. Respondents reported being willing to assume some risk with the goal of preventing the progression of CKD, with a greater willingness to assume risk and treatment burdens the closer they came to late-stage disease. Clinician recommendations regarding kidney therapies and clinician willingness to work with patients to address any side effects were important in respondentsâ willingness to initiate and persevere with a new medication. LIMITATIONS: Approximately 10% response rate with limited data on respondents. CONCLUSIONS: Risk-versus-benefit discussions appear key to patients and their care partners making well-informed decisions about taking a new medication that may or may not help the progression of their kidney disease. Future tools and strategies are needed to facilitate informed discussions of treatment in early-stage kidney disease
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