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Purpose : Customer experience management is one of the most important activities for managers who are trying to grow and develop to achieve a favorable competitive position. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dimensions of customer experience in the process of using electronic services in information technology organizations (Hamrah-e-Aval). Method : The method of this study is quantitative. In this regard, a questionnaire was designed and distributed among the statistical population by the available sampling method. The data analysis method is structural equation modeling and the software used is SPSS25 and SMART PLS 3.0. Findings : Findings show that awareness is the first step in managing customer experience. The second step deals with the active organizational actor. The third step, or evaluation, is based on service characteristics and service arrangements. The fourth step (buying decision). Purchasing and the resulting experience is the fifth step. Step 6 (Use) is a function of activities including delivery and use. The seventh step is to repeat the purchase, complain or not react to the use of the product (service). Finally, the customer's secondary response is the last step of the customer experience model. Conclusion : Based on the findings of the present study, information interface can play a decisive role in shaping customer experiences. Therefore, it is suggested that in the active businesses in the information and communication technology industry, by studying the media and customer information tools, the most optimal and effective tools should be selected and used.

Knowing and managing the concept of customer experience is the main factor in creating competitiveness for any organization. Moreover, without customer experience management, a business cannot specify appropriate strategies to maintain the current market and business sustainability. However, most of the existing studies have looked at this subject abstractly and have not provided a comprehensive model based on steps taken in the customer journey. This research aims to fill the gap by providing the body of knowledge with a comprehensive model for customer experience management, where the stepwise nature of the concept is maintained. Using a grounded theory (GT) strategy, 20 experts in the Iranian IT sector took part in this study. Data gathered using an interview protocol that was made based on reviewing the existing literature. Both reliability (Inter-coder rating) and validity (face and content validity) measures for the data gathering tool were obtained. Three coding approaches of grounded theory (open, axial, and selective coding) were applied to analyze the data. This study introduced a stepwise model of customer management experience through the customer journey steps. The model also contains the prerequisites conditions to realize the customer experience in the IT sector and reveals the contextual factors affecting the process and finally the consequences of applying the model.