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Purpose:Recent marketing research provides conceptual models to investigate the well-being of collectives, but service system well-being (SSW) remains untested empirically. This research conceptualises and develops a measure for SSW at the micro, meso and macro levels.Design/methodology/approach:Using a series of studies, a multidimensional SSW scale is developed and validated to ensure its generalisability. After the development of preliminary items, Study 1 (N = 435 of service employees) was used to purify items using factor analyses. Study 2 (N = 592 of service employees) used Structural equation modelling (SEM) with AMOS and SmartPLS to test the scale's dimensionality, reliability, and validity.Findings:The results confirm the validity and reliability of the nine dimensions of SSW. The measure was validated as a third-order micro-, meso- and macro-level construct. The dimensions of existential and transformative well-being contribute to micro-level well-being. The dimensions of social, community and collaborative well-being contribute to meso-level well-being. Government, leadership, strategic and resource well-being drive macro-level well-being. In addition, a nomological network was specified to assess the impact of SSW on service actor life satisfaction and customer orientation.Research implications:We contribute to services literature by theorising SSW as a hierarchical structure and empirically validating the dimensions and micro-meso-macro levels that contribute to SSW.Practical implications:The SSW scale is a useful diagnostic tool for assessing levels of well-being across different systems and providing insights that can develop strategies and programs to improve the well-being of collectives.Originality/value:The research is the first study to theorise the micro-meso and macro levels of service system well-being and operationally validate the SSW construct.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Laud, G and Chou, CY and Leo, Cheryl
Keywords:	collective well-being scale, service system well-being, scale development, multilevel, multidimensional scale, multilevel
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Service Management
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN:	1757-5818
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1108/JOSM-06-2021-0224
Copyright Information:	© Emerald Publishing Limited 2022
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Laud, G
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