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What Do We See Through the Service-Dominant Lens? Insights from a Swedish Public Service Case

Westrup, Ulrika LU (2017) THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF RETAILING AND SERVICES STUDIES (EIRASS)
Abstract
The service-dominant logic in the context of public services has only previously been studied empirically to a very limited degree. The purpose of this article is to provide knowledge of what the theory of service-dominant logic makes visible in public service practice. The empirical material is case concerning a new public service organisation – a service centre. The professionals’ own experiences of how they perform their day-to-day work constitutes the material, which has been gathered in via interviews and focus group interviews. The result shows that the service dominant perspective makes visible: (1) the poor exchange of resources between service systems internally and externally: (2) that deeper knowledge of what is value-creating... (More)
The service-dominant logic in the context of public services has only previously been studied empirically to a very limited degree. The purpose of this article is to provide knowledge of what the theory of service-dominant logic makes visible in public service practice. The empirical material is case concerning a new public service organisation – a service centre. The professionals’ own experiences of how they perform their day-to-day work constitutes the material, which has been gathered in via interviews and focus group interviews. The result shows that the service dominant perspective makes visible: (1) the poor exchange of resources between service systems internally and externally: (2) that deeper knowledge of what is value-creating in different types of services is not made possible in professional day-to-day work: (3) that the approach whereby the organisation offers solutions and the service user receives these retains quantitative and measurable data during follow-up. In implementing the public service-dominant perspective, professional relationships are of crucial significance, thus needing management and co-workership to be in focus. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
The service-dominant logic in the context of public services has only previously been studied empirically to a very limited degree. The purpose of this article is to provide knowledge of what the theory of service-dominant logic makes visible in public service practice. The empirical material is case concerning a new public service organisation – a service centre. The professionals’ own experiences of how they perform their day-to-day work constitutes the material, which has been gathered in via interviews and focus group interviews. The result shows that the service dominant perspective makes visible: (1) the poor exchange of resources between service systems internally and externally: (2) that deeper knowledge of what is value-creating... (More)
The service-dominant logic in the context of public services has only previously been studied empirically to a very limited degree. The purpose of this article is to provide knowledge of what the theory of service-dominant logic makes visible in public service practice. The empirical material is case concerning a new public service organisation – a service centre. The professionals’ own experiences of how they perform their day-to-day work constitutes the material, which has been gathered in via interviews and focus group interviews. The result shows that the service dominant perspective makes visible: (1) the poor exchange of resources between service systems internally and externally: (2) that deeper knowledge of what is value-creating in different types of services is not made possible in professional day-to-day work: (3) that the approach whereby the organisation offers solutions and the service user receives these retains quantitative and measurable data during follow-up. In implementing the public service-dominant perspective, professional relationships are of crucial significance, thus needing management and co-workership to be in focus. (Less)
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Public service, Goods-dominant logic, Service-dominant logic, Public service-dominant logic
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THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF RETAILING AND SERVICES STUDIES (EIRASS)
conference location
Vancouver, Canada
conference dates
2017-06-26 - 2017-06-29
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English
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  abstract     = {{The service-dominant logic in the context of public services has only previously been studied empirically to a very limited degree. The purpose of this article is to provide knowledge of what the theory of service-dominant logic makes visible in public service practice. The empirical material is case concerning a new public service organisation – a service centre. The professionals’ own experiences of how they perform their day-to-day work constitutes the material, which has been gathered in via interviews and focus group interviews. The result shows that the service dominant perspective makes visible: (1) the poor exchange of resources between service systems internally and externally: (2) that deeper knowledge of what is value-creating in different types of services is not made possible in professional day-to-day work: (3) that the approach whereby the organisation offers solutions and the service user receives these retains quantitative and measurable data during follow-up. In implementing the public service-dominant perspective, professional relationships are of crucial significance, thus needing management and co-workership to be in focus.}},
  author       = {{Westrup, Ulrika}},
  keywords     = {{Public service; Goods-dominant logic; Service-dominant logic; Public service-dominant logic}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{What Do We See Through the Service-Dominant Lens? Insights from a Swedish Public Service Case}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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