Appropriate dress for service contact personnel will result in greater purchase intent than will inappropriate dress.
1.2. The effect of service expectations on purchase intent
Purchase intent refers to a consumer's intention to purchase a product, or to patronize a service firm. Past research has supported the link between service quality and purchase intent (Bitner, 1990 and Boulding et al., 1993; Zeithaml, 1996). Accordingly, it is likely that there is also a positive relationship between expectations of service performance (where expectations are formed before the service is actually experienced) and purchase intent. Therefore, it is hypothesized that: