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Copyright Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração May/Jun 2014

Abstract

Signaling theory states that signals are firms' actions that communicate information about the quality of a product. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of signal quality in a servi ce context, through the investigation of the signaling effects of price and responsiveness in a service context. Perceived behavior control, regarded as an individual's perception of the ability to perform a behavior, was proposed as a moderator between signaling variables and perceived quality. Two experimental studies with factorial and inter-subject designs were conducted in order to test the hypotheses formulated from the literature review. Results from both experiments show that signaling quality through price and responsiveness can affect perceived quality. The second experiment supports the hypothesis of perceived behavior control moderation between price as a signaling variable and perceived quality, but not between responsiveness and perceived quality. These results and their implications are discussed in the final section of the paper. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
O Efeito da Sinalização de Qualidade no Contexto de Serviços/The Effect of Signaling Quality in a Service Context
Author
Solalinde, Gabriela; Pizzutti, Cristiane
Pages
261-284
Publication year
2014
Publication date
May/Jun 2014
Publisher
Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração
ISSN
14156555
e-ISSN
19827849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1528362110
Copyright
Copyright Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração May/Jun 2014