A Three-Component Model of Customer to Service Providers

作者: Harvir S. Bansal , P. G. Irving , Shirley F. Taylor

DOI: 10.1177/0092070304263332

关键词: Customer retentionMarketingService qualityCustomer equityCustomer to customerService level requirementCustomer advocacyBusinessService providerCustomer intelligence

摘要: Although research into the determinants of service provider switching has grown in recent years, focus been predominantly on transactional, not relational, variables. In this research, authors address role consumer commitment consumers’ intentions to switch. Drawing from organizational behavior literature, they build previous by developing a model that includes three-component conceptualization customer commitment. Structural equation modeling is used test based data survey 356 auto repair customers. The authors’ results support notion affects switch providers and psychological states underlying may differ. As such, future marketing should consider these different forms understanding retention. implications for theory practice are discussed.

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