Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space

Nepotism, favouritism and discrimination: issues that exist not only in business and politics, but also, in shopping malls! Research has shown that customers will likely receive benefits and superior service when they demonstrate a common “bond” with the people who serve them. Perks include free pro...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.ksmu-13372018-07-09T04:16:27Z Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space Knowledge@SMU Nepotism, favouritism and discrimination: issues that exist not only in business and politics, but also, in shopping malls! Research has shown that customers will likely receive benefits and superior service when they demonstrate a common “bond” with the people who serve them. Perks include free products, upgrades, queue-jumps and other value-adds, such as staff recommendations and extra attentive service. While such “allowances” create wonderful retail experiences for customers who receive it, is it fair for those who don’t? 2009-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/338 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1337&context=ksmu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Knowledge@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business
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Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space
description Nepotism, favouritism and discrimination: issues that exist not only in business and politics, but also, in shopping malls! Research has shown that customers will likely receive benefits and superior service when they demonstrate a common “bond” with the people who serve them. Perks include free products, upgrades, queue-jumps and other value-adds, such as staff recommendations and extra attentive service. While such “allowances” create wonderful retail experiences for customers who receive it, is it fair for those who don’t?
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title Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space
title_short Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space
title_full Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space
title_fullStr Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space
title_full_unstemmed Shopping with elephants: coming to terms with nepotism in the retail space
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
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