TY - JOUR AB - Addresses the feasibility of applying the theatre analogy in the service industries, where terms borrowed from the stage are used frequently to describe guest‐customer relations and interaction. Principles from the fragments of Aristotle′s Peri Poietikes supplied the framework for a critical look at the hospitality industry in Norway. The authors concluded that, where investments with a purpose of improving customer satisfaction are planned, they are most likely to achieve results when applied to the human resources sector. On the theatre stage as well as in the service theatre, customer satisfaction is dependent on the actors and their performance. VL - 4 IS - 4 SN - 0959-6119 DO - 10.1108/09596119210018873 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09596119210018873 AU - Larsen Svein AU - Aske Lotti PY - 1992 Y1 - 1992/01/01 TI - On‐stage in the Service Theatre T2 - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management PB - MCB UP Ltd Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -