The impact of linguistic style on customer satisfaction: a cross-cultural empirical study in Ecuador

Purpose – Drawing on the dual process theory and the cultural dimension of power distance, the current research investigates the impact of a specific service clue—the linguistic style of address forms (salutation) in hotel manager letters to guests—on customer satisfaction in a hotel context in Ecua...

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Main Authors: Alei Fan, Hubert B. Van Hoof, Xueting Dou, Ana Lucia Serrano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2023-06-01
Series:International Hospitality Review
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IHR-04-2021-0028/full/pdf