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Why Customer Service Frustrates Consumers: Using a Tiered Organizational Structure to Exploit Hassle Costs

September 11, 2025
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Dukes, A. J. & Zhu, Y.
Many Customer Service Organizations (CSOs) reflect a tiered, or multi-level, organizational structure, which we argue imposes hassle costs for dissatisfied customers seeking high levels of redress.
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