Table 6

An overview of the consequences studied in SFR research in the luxury context

CategoryConsequence*Operating definitionRepresentative literature support
Consumer(s)Customer expectations (−)Customers’ perceptions of how the service encounter would be before they enter into the exchangeChen, Law, and Yan (2022) 
Consumer well-being (−)Reflected in consumers’ better quality of life at an aggregate levelSirgy (2021) 
Moral disengagement (+)When customers perceive negative traits or actions on the part of a brand, they tend to dissociate or avoid the brand on moral considerationsAhn (2023) 
Firm(s)Employee workaholism (−)Too much emphasis on and thinking about work both during working and non-working hoursBoadi et al. (2022) 
Employees’ fear-based silence (+)Withholding information and knowledge about an issue that needs resolution out of fear of retributionBoadi et al. (2022) 
Firm’s reputation (−)Market standing of a firm based on past conductChen et al. (2022) 
Revenues/Sales (−)Earnings of the firm without adjusting for any costsSharma and Aggarwal (2021) 
Consumer-firm relationshipAnticonsumption (+)Reduction or complete avoidance of buying from a firm or an entire product categoryMrad et al. (2022) 
Attitude toward the firm (−)/Brand attitude dilution (+)/Impaired brand imageA predisposition toward the firm, which could be positive or negative in valenceWard and Dahl (2014) 
Brand hate (+)/Brand negative affect (+)/Brand love (−)Intense negative emotions directed at the brandBryson et al. (2013) 
Brand loyalty (−)/Loyalty (−)A favorable attitude toward the brand and an inclination to purchase it despite situational benefits offered by alternativesMorgeson III et al. (2020) 
Future behavioral intention (−)/Repurchase intentions, Purchase intention, Willingness to purchase (−), Negative behavioral intention (+)Recurring inclination of continuing the buying relationship with the same firmKeaveney et al. (2007), Kozub et al. (2014) 
Marketing research cooperation (−)Customer assistance to a firm that is helpful toward improving its marketing performance through participation in new offering design, evaluating advertising campaigns, or, in general, giving opinions on any aspect of its offeringsLacey (2012) 
Negative word of mouth (+)/Positive word of mouth (−)Sharing one’s consumption experience with other individuals or groups in societyJun et al. (2017) 
Recovery satisfaction (+/−)Perceived contentment with how the firm has redressed a consumer complaint following a service failureKim and Jang (2022) 
Switching (+)Terminating a buying relationship with one firm and starting it with another competitorSahin et al. (2017) 
Trust (−)The expectation that the firm will provide goods and services of high quality, i.e., the firm is seen as dependableHan et al. (2018) 

Note(s): * These signs represent the more likely valence of the relationship between SFR and its outcomes. However, other possibilities exist, e.g., when firms offer satisfactory service recoveries

Source(s): Table by author

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