Healing the Digital Divide - Journal of Service Research Article - 2nd ServCollab Research Article

The purpose of the second ServCollab research article was to explore how the digital divide affects customers experiencing vulnerability. Service interactions in essential service settings (health care, education, and social services) were empirically investigated and practices service system members might adopt to address vulnerability were identified. This research upframes the pillars of service inclusion framework to define human capabilities that result from service inclusion practices.

This article, like all ServCollab articles, is intended to encourage more research on important serving humanity topics.

Fisk, Raymond P., Andrew S. Gallan, Alison M. Joubert, Jenine Beekhuyzen, Lilliemay Cheung and Rebekah Russell-Bennett (2023), "Healing the Digital Divide with Digital Inclusion: Enabling Human Capabilities," Journal of Service Research, 26 (4), 542-559.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10946705221140148

Publication of the First ServCollab Special Issue!

Sertan Kabadayi and Rodoula H. Tsiotsou are pleased to inform you that the Special Issue they guest-edited: "Broadening and Reinvigorating the Service Discipline to Reduce Human Suffering and Improve Well-Being," has been published in the Journal of Services Marketing.

The Special Issue includes one editorial, two commentaries, and eight articles.

Guest editorial: The Triple-A framework for serving humanity with service research

—Sertan Kabadayi, Rodoula H. Tsiotsou

Commentary – The ServCollab Perspective on Elevating Human Experience

—Raymond P. Fisk

Macroservicing: a commentary on services as constructive engagement for sustainable peace, prosperity and well-being

—Clifford J. Shultz

Human enhancement technologies and the future of consumer well-being

—Vitor Lima, Russell Belk

Promoting social resilience in service communities: a molecular biology perspective

—Elina Tang, Christopher Blocker

A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees

—Ilayaraja Subramanian, Jörg Finsterwalder, C. Michael Hall

Customer service co-creation literacy for better service value: evidence from the health-care sector

—Tram-Anh Ngoc Pham, Hau Nguyen Le, Dung Tien Nguyen, Thuy Ngoc Pham

Improving service interactions through inclusive language for Sindh’s Sheedis

—Ameer Ali, Maya Khemlani David, Abdul Razaque Channa

A transformative service research perspective on caste-based discrimination in microcredit lending in India

—Kanika Meshram, Rohan Venkatraman

Service inclusion for tourists with disabilities: scale development and validation

—Maheen Iqbal Awan, Amjad Shamim, Muhammad Shoaib Saleem, Shahbaz Shabbir Gill

A voice for the silent: uncovering service exclusion practices

—Sylvia C. Ng, Hui Yin Chuah, Melati Nungsari

You can access the special issue here:

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0887-6045/vol/36/iss/7

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#3 - 2021 Service Science Article - First ServCollab Perspective Article

Our first ServCollab Perspective article by Fisk and Alkire (2021, p. 194), which proposed the metaphor of service ecosystem health “as the interdependent state of private, public, and planetary well-being necessary for sustaining life.”

This article reimagined service science, broadened transformative service research, build the service ecosystem health metaphor, outlined the Goldilocks Civilization thought experiment, and explored designing for a Goldilocks civilization.

The goal of that article was to elevate service science to uplift human well-being.

https://doi.org/10.1287/serv.2021.0281