RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Benefits from the standardisation of the complaint management system A1 Rodríguez Escudero, Ana Isabel A1 Phabmixay, Chanthaly S. A1 Rodríguez Pinto, Javier K1 Relaciones con los clientes - Gestión K1 Gestión de empresas K1 Gestión de quejas K1 consumidor - satisfación K1 5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas AB This research provides new developments in the conceptualization of the complaintmanagement system by examining the benefits of the standardization of the complaintmanagement process. In line with a mechanistic approach of organizational behaviour,we posit that standardization of complaint handling can help to overcome defensivebehaviour by employees and managers, who can view receiving complaints as adecidedly negative experience. Specifically, we investigate the influence of three typesof guidelines —procedural, behavioural, and outcome— on achieving fairer solutionsfor customers and, consequently, greater satisfaction with the system. The modelproposed in the present research is tested considering the managers’ perspective andusing data from a representative sample of manufacturing companies covering multipleindustries. Our findings provide novel and interesting insights on the factors to whichmanagers in manufacturing firms should pay closer attention when designing aneffective complaint management system. All three types of guidelines help to explainperception of justice in the solution of complaints and, thus, customer satisfaction, butimportant differences exist for the different types of guidelines and their correspondingdimensions. PB Taylor & Francis SN 1478-3363 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/39060 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/39060 LA eng NO Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, p. 1-21 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 25-abr-2024