A store-level analysis of frontline employees as enhancers of store loyalty

dc.contributor.authorKotze, Theuns G.
dc.contributor.authorMostert, P.G. (Pierre)
dc.contributor.emailpierre.mostert@up.ac.za
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-20T11:43:01Z
dc.date.available2025-11-20T11:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2025-08
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the relationships between frontline employees’ (FLEs’) shared perceptions of service-oriented high-performance work systems (SO-HPWSs), work engagement, and service climate. It also investigated how these shared perceptions related to store managers’ assessments of FLEs’ collective in-role and extra-role service performance, customer satisfaction, and store loyalty in the same retail chain. Data were collected from 781 FLEs, 70 store managers, and 803 customers from 70 stores in the same retail chain. Findings showed that SO-HPWSs predict work engagement and service climate; work engagement predicts service climate; and service climate predicts in-role and extra-role service performance and customer satisfaction.
dc.description.departmentBusiness Management
dc.description.departmentMarketing Management
dc.description.librarianhj2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by University of Pretoria.
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/journal/11628
dc.identifier.citationKotzé, T., Mostert, P. A store-level analysis of frontline employees as enhancers of store loyalty. Service Business 19, 17: 1-31 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11628-025-00589-z.
dc.identifier.issn1862-8516 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1862-8508 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s11628-025-00589-z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/105402
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2025. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.subjectFrontline employees (FLEs)
dc.subjectService-oriented high-performance work systems (SO-HPWSs)
dc.subjectWork engagement
dc.subjectService climate
dc.subjectIn-role and extra-role service performance
dc.subjectCustomer satisfaction
dc.subjectStore loyalty
dc.titleA store-level analysis of frontline employees as enhancers of store loyalty
dc.typeArticle

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