Several studies have catalogued the consumer's conperceived image of the firm as an antecedent of due perceived image of the firm as an antecedent oftheir expectations (Clow et al., 1997; Faché, 2000;Grönroos, 1984; Kurtz & Clow, 1991a; Mazursky &Jacoby, 1986). First, one support for the close relation-ship between image and expectations is that, in viewof the high uncertainty caused by the intangibility ofservices, the image of the provider acts as a signalof the true capabilities of the company (Weigelt &Camerer, 1988). Consequently, users can evaluateeasier the service before its use, and therefore, they can form more firmly their expectations of a future encounter with the service. Second, users interaction with the employees and physical installations of the company, an essential element to form corporateimage (Grönroos, 1990), leads to a mental repre-sentation of the service that is closer to reality.Consequently, users can anticipate more accurately theservice performance. Thus, the following hypothesis isproposed:2.2. Expectations and satisfaction