Abstract
The Quick Service Restaurant industry has historically struggled with poor management, low compensation, and high employee turnover, which inevitably affect business results (White, 1995; Zuber, 2001). Service management theory and the service-profit chain literature have offered initial support for a framework in which employee attitudes and behaviors influence performance and customer perceptions of service, which in turn affect financial results. This research includes an examination of utilizing the employee engagement construct as a method of measuring restaurant performance indirectly through productivity measures and customer perceptions within the service-profit chain. The researcher performed a quantitative analysis of data from a cross-sectional survey at a national quick service restaurant organization and drew conclusions from the data.
Date of publication
Fall 10-11-2016
Document Type
Dissertation (Local Only Access)
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/517
Committee members
Ann Gilley, Ph.D.; Robert Jones, Ph.D.; Jerry Gilley, Ph.D.; Paul Roberts, Ph.D.
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Development
Recommended Citation
Lambert, Abbie, "THE SERVICE-PROFIT CHAIN: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, SERVICE PERFORMANCE, CUSTOMER PERCEPTIONS, AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN A QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT ORGANIZATION" (2016). Human Resource Development Theses and Dissertations. Paper 17.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/517