著者

上元 亘 Wataru Uémoto

出版者

麗澤大学経済学会

雑誌

麗澤学際ジャーナル = Reitaku Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (ISSN:21895333)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.25, pp.39-51, 2017-03-10

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The proportion of the service industry to Japan’ s whole economy is increasing year by year and it has been a subject of interest among the government and companies to enhance the productivity of the service industry that is significantly lower than that of other developed countries. The service standardization hasattracted attention as a means to enhance this productivity; however, little research has been done so far. Furthermore, former researches have paid little attention to the consumer behaviour in service standardization. This research, from the findings of customer-to-customer interaction researches and the consumer culture theory, suggests that customers can standardize their consumption behaviours themselves in service settings and that they may vary depending on service types and customer’scharacteristics.