<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/insights/posts/do_shift_coworkers_make_or_break_customer_service.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>Do Shift Coworkers Make or Break Customer Service?</title><description>Customer experiences and loyalty depend not just on individual employees or managers—but on the coworkers sharing each shift and the overall “shift climate.”</description><pubDate>06/23/2026</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/insights/posts/images/customer_service_2_913x485_72dpi.jpg" alt="Office scene with diverse employees collaborating in groups, one woman in the center talking to colleagues, with digital connection lines illustrated around her."/></image><author>Valerie Good</author><tags><tag>management</tag><tag>research</tag><tag>topfeatured</tag></tags></item>