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Does Customer Orientation Mediate the Effect of Job Resourcefulness on Hotel Employee Outcomes? Evidence from Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2012

Osman M. Karatepe  and
Behnaz Gharehbaghi Douri
Osman M. Karatepe*
Affiliation:
Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey
Behnaz Gharehbaghi Douri
Affiliation:
Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Osman M. Karatepe, Professor of Marketing, Faculty of Tourism, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, TRNC Via Mersin 10, Turkey. E-mail: osman.karatepe@emu.edu.tr
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Abstract

This study proposes and tests a conceptual model that investigates whether customer orientation acts as a mediator of the relationship between job resourcefulness and hotel employee outcomes. The results from a survey of 145 frontline hotel employees in Iran suggest that customer orientation has a full mediating role in the relationship between job resourcefulness and role-prescribed customer service. Contrary to the hypothesised relationships, there is no empirical support for customer orientation as a mediator of the impact of job resourcefulness on job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.

Keywords

customer orientationhotel employeesIranjob outcomesjob resourcefulness
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Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management , Volume 19 , July 2012 , e13
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Copyright © The Authors 2012

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