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Research profile
I, dr. Jeroen J.L. Schepers, am Associate Professor of Frontline Service and Innovation at the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. My research interest is centered on optimizing service performance and customer experience by means of frontline service employees and technology. Also see...
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Research background
The service encounter is where the tyre meets the road. In the interaction with a firm’s employee(s) or technological interface(s), customers shape their attitudes towards the products and services of the firm. As positive customer experiences lead to customer satisfaction and loyalty intentions towards the company, creating high-quality service encounters is crucial for firms to be successful in the market.
Today’s service encounter is increasingly dominated by technology. Especially developments in artificial intelligence enable smart, customized service experiences that are available 24/7. For instance, hotels now implement check-in and luggage service robots, call centers are staffed by voicebots and chatbots, and health care providers empower patients in their treatment with wearable trackers. Although such technologies may provide customers more control over the service, they also dramatically change the relationship between customer and firm. This raises questions such as: Why and when do customers adopt these innovations? Do these technologies benefit or harm the value offered by the firm? How do employees and technology jointly deliver the best service for customers? I focus on answering these and other relevant questions.
We also see firms embed artificial intelligence in their products and services to make them “smart”. Service engineers now face copying machines that autonomously determine their optimal settings, service support employees operate on digital twins to offer remote maintenance of lithography machines, intelligent warehouse automation offers dashboards that make the customer smarter and more empowered than ever, field service engineers wear hololenses and use augmented reality for faster and more accurate problem diagnosis, and financial advisors now collaborate with artificial intelligence to realize “collaborative intelligence” in offering loans and other products to customers. How does this affect employees? Do they adopt these innovations? How can they use these technologies to perform better services? What are the repercussions for business-to-business relationships? This is another research direction in which I specialize.
Output
I have published papers on these and other topics in Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Service Industries Journal, Information & Management, among others. My current h-index is 24; i10-index is 27 (according to Google Scholar, updated January 23). I am happy to have received multiple best paper awards.
Education, student and PhD supervision
I love teaching and am honored to have won multiple best teacher awards at Eindhoven University of Technology. I have also supervised over 90 master theses, conducted in cooperation with a wide range of companies, and multiple PhD students whose work has been published in high-quality academic journals. I enjoy coaching young, talented people...
- to think critically;
- to conceptually model complex real-world service phenomena;
- to gather and analyze data in an academically valid and reliable way;
- to come up with valuable business implications;
- to write up their story in a concise, convincing, and attractive style;
- with the ultimate goal: to grow in their personal development and have a successful career within or outside of academia!
If you are interested in to deepen your knowledge in my field of research, and to invest in developing your personal skills to benefit your future career, then contact me for the possibilities for doing a Ph.D. under my supervision. Eindhoven University of Technology offers attractive opportunities for external Ph.D. candidates ("externe promovendi"). We offer you a customized trajectory of 3 to 5 years in which you can combine the work at your company with a Ph.D. project at the university.
Practice
On request, I also provide in-company workshops and seminars for management teams or employees. Do you as a manager want to know ...
- how service robots could enrich your customer service?
- how your customers would respond to your artificial intelligence initiatives?
- how employees and technology jointly deliver the best service for customers?
Then contact me for further information!
Ervaring
- I hold an MSc and a BSc in Information Management (with honors) from the Faculty of Economics, Tilburg University.
- I have published papers in top marketing and business journals and presented and contributed to proceedings service and marketing conferences.
- I am a member of the editorial review board of Journal of Service Research, and ad-hoc reviewer for International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Journal of Service Management.
- I have won several best paper awards in conferences (e.g., AMA Winter Educator's conference) and journals (e.g., Journal of Service Management, Service Industries Journal).
- I have won multiple best teacher awards, for courses both in bachelor and master programs.
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
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Projecten
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"Brabant Center of Entrepreneurship"
Keizer, J. A., van Weele, A. J., Wouters, J. P. M., Reymen, I. M. M. J., Royakkers, L. M. M., Snijders, C. C. P., Podoynitsyna, K. S., Schepers, J. J. L., Cloodt, M. M. A. H., Romme, A. G. L., Nijssen, E. J., Langerak, F., Weggeman, M. C. D. P. & Smits, J. M.
15/07/08 → 30/06/13
Project: Onderzoek direct
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How Smart Should a Service Robot Be?
Schepers, J. J. L., Belanche Gracia, D., Casaló, L. V. & Flavián, C., nov. 2022, In: Journal of Service Research. 25, 4, blz. 565-582 18 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand15 Citaten (Scopus)681 Downloads (Pure) -
Service robot implementation: a theoretical framework and research agenda
Belanche Gracia, D., Casaló, L., Flavián, C. & Schepers, J., 11 mrt. 2020, In: Service Industries Journal. 40, 3-4, blz. 203–225 23 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand229 Citaten (Scopus)1065 Downloads (Pure) -
Robots or frontline employees? Exploring customers’ attributions of responsibility and stability after service failure or success
Belanche, D., Casaló, L. V., Flavián, C. & Schepers, J., 24 sep. 2020, In: Journal of Service Management. 31, 2, blz. 267-289 23 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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A meta-analysis of frontline employees’ role behavior and the moderating effects of national culture
Schepers, J. J. L. & van der Borgh, W., aug. 2020, In: Journal of Service Research. 23, 3, blz. 255-280 26 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand32 Citaten (Scopus)33 Downloads (Pure) -
Innovation in the frontline: Exploring the relationship between role conflict, ideas for improvement, and employee service performance
Schepers, J. J. L., Nijssen, E. J. & van der Heijden, G. A. H., 2016, In: International Journal of Research in Marketing. 33, 4, blz. 797-817Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
36 Citaten (Scopus)7 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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What Gets Measured Gets Done: Can Self-Tracking Technologies Enhance Advice Compliance?
Wittkowski, K. (Ontwerper), Klein, J. F. (Ontwerper), Falk, T. (Ontwerper), Schepers, J. J. L. (Ontwerper), Aspara , J. (Ontwerper) & Bergner, K. N. (Ontwerper), SAGE Journals, 14 feb. 2020
Dataset
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How Smart Should a Service Robot Be?
Schepers, J. J. L. (Ontwerper), Belanche, D. (Ontwerper), Casaló, L. V. (Ontwerper) & Flavián, C. (Ontwerper), SAGE Journals, 25 jun. 2022
Dataset
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A Meta-Analysis of Frontline Employees’ Role Behavior and the Moderating Effects of National Culture
Schepers, J. J. L. (Ontwerper) & van der Borgh, W. (Bijdrager), SAGE Journals, 17 jul. 2020
Dataset
Prijzen
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Highly cited paper "Robots or frontline employees?" (top 1% of the academic field of Economics & Business)
Schepers, Jeroen J.L. (Ontvanger), okt. 2022
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Highly cited paper "Service robot implementation" (top 1% of the academic field of Economics & Business)
Schepers, Jeroen J.L. (Ontvanger), okt. 2022
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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AEMARK Best Paper Award 2022
Schepers, Jeroen J.L. (Ontvanger), sep. 2022
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Industria Education Award 2020-2021
Schepers, Jeroen J.L. (Ontvanger), 27 jan. 2022
Prijs: TU/e › Anders › Wetenschappelijk
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Top downloaded paper in Journal of Product Innovation Management
Schepers, Jeroen J.L. (Ontvanger), jun. 2022
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
Activiteiten
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Innovation Master program manager
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Lid)
1 jul. 2016 → 1 sep. 2021Activiteit: Types andere activiteiten › Overige › Wetenschappelijk
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PhD defense Eline Hottat: Toward a more balanced customer perspective on automated service interactions (Evenement)
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Lid)
13 jan. 2023Activiteit: Types lidmaatschap › Lidmaatschap van jury › Wetenschappelijk
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SERVSIG (Externe organisatie)
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Lid)
2023 → …Activiteit: Types lidmaatschap › Lidmaatschap van jury › Wetenschappelijk
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Universidad de Zaragoza
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Bezoekende onderzoeker)
2023 → …Activiteit: Types bezoeken aan een externe instelling › Bezoek externe academische instelling › Wetenschappelijk
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Let's talk about service
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Bijdrager)
7 dec. 2022 → 9 dec. 2022Activiteit: Types deelname aan of organisatie van een evenement › Workshop, seminar, cursus of expositie › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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Robots als horecapersoneel: wie houden we verantwoordelijk bij fouten?
14/10/21
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Onderzoek
Impacts
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Acquired funding for external PhD project of David Leiño Calleja
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Onderzoeker) & David Leiño Calleja (Onderzoeker)
Impact
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Acquired funding for external PhD project of Jelle de Vries
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Content manager)
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