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A word-of-mouth approach to informal information sharing among part-time and short-term employed front-line workers in tourism
University of Borås, School of Business and IT.
2008 (English)In: Journal of Vacation Marketing, ISSN 1356-7667, E-ISSN 1479-1870, Vol. 14, no 1, p. 23-39Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article aims at understanding informal information sharing among a group of part-time front-line employees with short-term contracts in tourism, by adapting an external marketing concept, Word-of-Mouth communication (WOM), into an internal environment of an organization — the employee market. As a result of using this approach, insights have been made into the informal internal marketing activities and subsequent learning processes that occur through informal information sharing between employees. It is also evident that through this sharing of experiences front-line employees learn how to create successful service encounters and thereby find their roles as a part-time marketer within their organization. As a result of the findings a new concept is introduced and discussed — Internal Word-of-Mouth (IWOM).

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SAGE Publications , 2008. Vol. 14, no 1, p. 23-39
Keywords [en]
critical incidents, employee, temporary work, tourism, word-of-mouth, Marketing, Tourism
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Economics and Business
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-2394DOI: 10.1177/1356766707084217Local ID: 2320/3479OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-2394DiVA, id: diva2:870488
Available from: 2015-11-13 Created: 2015-11-13 Last updated: 2017-12-06Bibliographically approved

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