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ArticleJournal of business research2023

Service failures in times of crisis: An analysis of eWOM emotionality.

Maximilian H E E Gerrath, Alexander Mafael, Aulona Ulqinaku, Alessandro Biraglia

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Article in Journal of business research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maximilian H E E GerrathMarketing Department, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Maurice Keyworth Building, LS2 9JT Leeds, UK.
Alexander MafaelCenter for Retailing, Department of Marketing and Strategy, Stockholm School of Economics, Saltmätargatan 13-17, 113 59, Stockholm, Sweden.
Aulona UlqinakuMarketing Department, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Maurice Keyworth Building, LS2 9JT Leeds, UK.
Alessandro BiragliaMarketing Department, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Maurice Keyworth Building, LS2 9JT Leeds, UK.
University of Leeds · GBStockholm School of Economics · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt consumer experiences as well as service operations. Despite the magnitude of this exogenous shock, little is known about the pandemic's impact on consumers. Building on engagement theory, this study examines consumers' emotional responses to service failures on social media. Contributing to the brand equity literature, we test whether electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) emotionality is contingent on brand strength. To do so, we analyzed 327,205 tweets directed at airline brands over the first 12 months of the pandemic in addition to data from a nonaffected period. The models show that consumers' overall emotionality in tweets was lower during the pandemic than before it. Over the course of the pandemic, levels of joy were lower while levels of sadness and anger were more prominent in tweets directed at weaker brands. Thus, brand strength still acts as a "buffer" if service failures are caused by exogenous shocks.

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Automated text analysisCOVID-19eWOMExogenous shockService failure

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PMID36249711
PMCPMC9547626
OpenAlexW4303684411

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