GRIN Verlag Perceived Justice, Service Failure Attribution, Disconfirmation and Recovery Satisfaction among Subscribers of Mobile Money Transfer Services in Kenya

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: A, University of Nairobi (School of Business), course: Business Administration, language: English, abstract: The study seeks to assess the influence of perceived justice, service failure attribution, and recovery disconfirmation on recovery satisfaction among subscribers of mobile money transfer services in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study are to determine the influence of perceived justice on recovery satisfaction; assess the mediating effect of recovery disconfirmation on the relationship between perceived justice and recovery satisfaction; establish the moderating influence of service failure attribution and to determine the joint effect of the three variables on recovery satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is crucial in maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship between service providers and their customers. While service organizations make great efforts to ensure customer satisfaction, unique features of services such as variability and intangibility make service failure inevitable. Service failure comprises any real or perceived problem that occurs during a customer's interaction with the service provider. It may include unavailability, poor delivery, inconsistent outcomes or any incident where a service fails to meet customer expectations. The negative disconfirmation following a service failure leads to dissatisfaction with the likely consequence of increased customer complaints, negative word-of-mouth and erosion of patronage of the service provider. Organizations strive to develop and implement service recovery strategies in order to restore satisfaction. Customers evaluate service recovery from a perspective fairness of process, interaction and outcome in line with the dimensions of perceived justice. The population of the study comprised mobile money transfer service subscribers in Kenya. A descriptive cros