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The use of disabled service employees: consumer responses and strategic implications.

Shu Yin Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-75). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ABSTRACT / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / LIST OF TABLES / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.0 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Research Objective --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Conceptual Model --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of This Study --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Outline of This Paper --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE / Chapter 2.0 --- Overview --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Review of Relevant Past Studies --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Conceptual Framework --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The more contemporary view of attitude model --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Rational appeals for reducing risk that consumers perceive --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Emotional appeals for changing consumer's feelings towards an attitude object --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Conceptual Model --- p.15 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Causal Relations Among Constructs and Hypothesis --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- "The Causal Relations between Information, Feelings and Beliefs" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- "The Causal Relations between Feelings, Beliefs and Attitude towards the service performed by disabled service staff" --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Causal Relations between Attitude towards the service performed by disabled service staff and the Intention to use such service --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- The moderating effect of types of Job --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.25 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY / Chapter 3.0 --- Overview --- p.26 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Research Design --- p.26 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Sample and Sampling Procedure --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data Collection Procedures --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4 --- Manipulations --- p.30 / Chapter 3.5 --- Operationalization of Constructs --- p.31 / Chapter 3.6 --- Data Analysis --- p.34 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Manipulation Checks --- p.34 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- MANOVA analysis --- p.35 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- MANOVA by Structural Equation Modeling --- p.36 / Chapter 3.7 --- Research Activities --- p.37 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Focus Group Interview --- p.37 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Pretest --- p.38 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- The Main Study --- p.39 / Chapter 3.8 --- Summary --- p.39 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- ANALYSIS AND RESULTS / Chapter 4.0 --- Overview --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Manipulation Checks --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- MANOVA analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3 --- MANOVA by Structural Equation Modeling --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- The Original Conceptual Model --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Structural Equation Model Results --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- The Modified Conceptual Model --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Structural Equation Model Results --- p.54 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.59 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.60 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- CONCLUSION / Chapter 5.0 --- Overview --- p.61 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of the Research --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2 --- Contributions of the Study --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Theoretical Contributions --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Managerial Implications --- p.64 / Chapter 5.3 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.66 / Chapter 5.4 --- Directions for Future Research --- p.67 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.68 / REFERENCE(S) --- p.70 / APPENDIX(ES) --- p.76

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323814
Date January 2002
ContributorsShu, Yin Man., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 94 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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