客户忠诚驱动因素探析—基于通信行业

本文在明晰客户忠诚概念的基础上,运用层次分析法对通信业客户忠诚度驱动因素进行应用研究,认为客户信任、客户满意和转网成本是影响通信企业客户忠诚的主要因素,其次是客户价值。通信运营商要建立客户忠诚,必须以客户导向的营销理念作为企业经营管理的主导思想;与客户之间建立相互信任的合作关系;提高服务质量,加强技术创新;建立转网成本,以建立客户忠诚。     

客户忠诚驱动因素探析—基于通信行业

本文在明晰客户忠诚概念的基础上，运用层次分析法对通信业客户忠诚度驱动因素进行应用研究，认为客户信任、客户满意和转网成本是影响通信企业客户忠诚的主要因素，其次是客户价值。通信运营商要建立客户忠诚，心须以客户导向的营销理念作为企业经营管理的主导思想；与客户之间建立相互信任的合作关系；提高服务质量，加强技术创新；建立转网成本，以建立客户忠诚。     

基于客户信任的忠诚形成机制研究

客户忠诚可以划分成客户对公司的忠诚和客户对员工的忠诚,这两种忠诚的形成机制是怎样的？哪些因素决定客户对谁忠诚？这两个问题是理论界和实务界普遍面临难题。文章从信任的角度考察了两种忠诚的形成机制,并基于我国销售企业和服务性企业进行了实证分析。研究结果表明：客户对公司的信任可以导致客户对公司的忠诚;客户对员工的信任可以直接导致客户对员工的忠诚,并通过客户对员工的忠诚的中介作用,间接影响客户对公司的忠诚;企业可以通过信任来影响客户对谁忠诚。     

顾客忠诚的驱动因素分析及培育模式探讨

企业处在激烈的市场竞争中,建立并提升顾客忠诚可以保持本企业的市场竞争力。顾客忠诚是一个多层次涵义的概念,忠诚顾客能为企业带来现实的与潜在的价值,影响顾客忠诚建立的驱动因素主要包括:产品质量、顾客让渡价值、顾客信任、顾客满意、转移成本等。从顾客忠诚建立的驱动因素入手,培育顾客忠诚的途径可以归纳为:提高产品和服务质量,提升顾客满意度;推行顾客价值管理以增强顾客忠诚;增强顾客的信任巩固顾客忠诚;提高转移成本留住顾客忠诚等策略。     

客户-员工忠诚、客户-公司忠诚形成机制研究

客户忠诚可以划分成客户对公司的忠诚和客户对员工的忠诚,许多企业更多存在的是客户对员工的忠诚,随着企业规模的扩张,这种忠诚成为制约企业成长的瓶颈。怎样促进客户对公司的忠诚,避免客户对员工的忠诚?怎样把客户对员工的忠诚转化为客户对公司的忠诚?是我国企业面临的两个现实问题。本文在客户忠诚强度和忠诚方向驱动因素分析的基础上,提出了客户—员工忠诚、客户—公司忠诚形成和转化机制模型。     

如何提高客户-员工忠诚、客户-公司忠诚及案例研究

客户忠诚可以分为客户对公司的忠诚和客户对员工的忠诚,中国文化背景下的许多企业更多存在的是客户对员工的忠诚,随着企业规模的扩张,这种忠诚成为制约企业成长的瓶颈。怎样提高客户对公司的忠诚,避免客户对员工的忠诚?怎样把客户对员工的忠诚转化为客户对公司的忠诚?是我国企业面临的两个现实问题。本文通过分析客户员工忠诚、客户公司忠诚的特点,探讨其形成和转化机制模型,并基于中电电气集团进行了案例分析。     

好的表演需要好的观众——顾客察觉准确性在员工情绪劳动影响中的作用

基于385对顾客和员工的问卷调查的配对数据，考察了员工的情绪劳动如何影响顾客的信任和忠诚，以及顾客察觉准确性在其中的调节作用。研究结果表明员工的深层表演会促进顾客的信任，进而促进顾客忠诚；顾客对深层扮演的高察觉准确性会加强员工的深层扮演与顾客信任之间的正向关系，而当顾客对表面扮演察觉准确性低时，员工的表面扮演会对顾客信任有正向的影响；顾客的深层/表面扮演察觉准确性加强了深层/表面扮演、顾客信任和忠诚之间的中介效应。研究帮助从情绪的视角更好地理解服务情境中信任的前因变量，发现顾客的察觉准确性在情绪劳动影响过程中的重要作用，有助于服务企业从情绪劳动的角度来建立顾客信任和忠诚。     

电信业客户忠诚度特征因素的量化评估

当前我国电信业已呈现由垄断性经营到多家运营商并举的竞争格局,市场竞争日趋激烈复杂,各家同类企业提供的服务质量都相差不大,客户的争夺和忠诚客户的建立与培养是竞争的焦点和关键。本文首先阐明客户忠诚的概念,然后运用层次分析法对电信业客户忠诚度的主观影响因素进行定量分析,使电信运营商能够有针对性地对高价值客户进行优质服务,降低营销成本。     

回归客户忠诚的本质

“客户忠诚”,是指客户选择一个企业或一种产品而不是选择其他企业和产品来满足特定需要的倾向,即客户承诺与某一特定企业形成生意关系,重复购买企业的产品和服务。当客户强烈地感到,你能最好地满足他们的相关需要,因此你的竞争者实质上就被排除在了考虑范围之外,而且客户几乎专门从你推荐的东西当中购买,这时候就形成了客户忠诚。客户忠诚涉及到长期性的关系,而所有这样的关系都建立在信任的基础之上。信任是忠诚的必要条件,它是在长时间的互动中形成的,难以赢得,却易于破坏。“客户忠诚”是目前国外企业越来越重视的概念,它已经     

服务业客户流失原因及客户保持策略

顾客忠诚是服务业生存和发展的基础,是企业获取利润和持续竞争优势的源泉。但是由于顾客对服务质量不满意、企业营销政策失误及转换成本低等原因常常引起服务业客户流失。为此,企业可通过创新产品策略、超越顾客期望、完善客户关系管理等手段提高客户保持率,增强企业竞争力。     

餐饮企业客户关系管理研究

客户是餐饮企业生存与发展的基础,客户关系管理可以提高餐饮企业的顾客忠诚度。当前,餐饮业客户关系管理还存在着对客户关系管理重视不够,对客户的服务意识不到位,吸引客户的营销手段单调,企业内部组织结构不完善,对企业的价值顾客群判断不准等问题。餐饮企业应利用CRM管理系统,了解顾客,并建立良好客户关系;加强员工培训,提升员工的服务素质;制定合理的价格,维系客户永久关系;树立顾客成本概念,通过提高客户满意度和忠诚度,达到提升客户价值和提升品牌形象的目的,从而实现企业利润最大化。     

Investigating the service brand: A customer value perspective

Despite considerable interest in the nature and role of marketing using a service perspective [Vargo S., Lusch R. Evolving to a new dominant logic for marketing. J Mark 2004; 68 (1): 1-17] there is limited research about branding. Research to date tends to be qualitative [e.g., Berry L. Cultivating service brand equity. J Acad Mark Sci 2000; 28: 128-137; de Chernatony L., Segal-Horn S. The criteria for successful services brands. Eur J Mark 2003; 37 (7/8): 1095-1118] rather than quantitative. This research closes this gap by developing and testing a theory of the influence of the service brand on the customer value-loyalty process. The model includes the traditional influence of brand image plus three additional influences that more fully reflect the broader service perspective (company image, employee trust, and company trust). Using survey data of a sample of 552 airline customers, the analysis shows there is a direct influence of all the aspects of the brand on customers' perceptions of value. In addition brand image, company image and employee trust have a mediated influence on customer value through customers' perceptions of service quality. Finally the analysis shows that a service brand does not have a direct influence on customer loyalty but rather its influence is mediated through customer value. This paper concludes with a discussion of the managerial and research implications.     

Investigating the Effect of Employee Empathy on Service Loyalty: The Mediating Role of Trust in and Satisfaction with a Service Employee

Abstract

This study examines the indirect effect of employee empathy on service loyalty through the intervening effect of trust in and satisfaction with service employees during service interactions. Data were obtained through a self-administered questionnaire from university students. A total of 410 useable responses were used to perform data analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and bootstrapping for indirect effects were conducted to test the hypotheses. The results show a significant effect of employee empathy on trust in service employee and satisfaction with service employee during customer–employee interactions. Also, satisfaction with a service employee showed a significant effect on service loyalty during service interactions. The study enhances the understanding of empathy within banking services during interactions between service employees and customers. It also provides insights for service managers and frontline service employees on how empathy develops customer’s trust and satisfaction with service employee.     

Corporate image,loyalty, and commitment in the consumer travel industry

Abstract

This article examines the impact and interrelationship of corporate image, satisfaction, and commitment on customer loyalty in the travel industry. A corporate image–commitment–loyalty model was developed and tested. Partial least squares (PLS) was used to test the direct and indirect linkages between the four variables, and an alternative model was proposed. The tourism and travel industry is highly price sensitive and competitive with low levels of customer loyalty. Customer loyalty is a valuable asset in highly competitive markets, and understanding factors affecting customer loyalty is important to travel agencies who are seeking ways to maintain a strong customer base. The results of a mail survey conducted in New Zealand indicate that corporate image has a positive significant influence on customer commitment and customer satisfaction. Affective commitment is the focal point in the relationship and contributed most in predicting customer loyalty. The influence of customer satisfaction, on the other hand, contributed a much smaller effect. The key implications for travel agencies are build strong emotional bonds with customers and improve corporate image through trust and service delivery.     

Antecedents of customer loyalty in residential energy markets: Service quality,satisfaction, trust and switching costs

A conceptual framework is proposed that analyses the effect of perceived service quality, customer satisfaction, trust in the energy provider and perceived switching costs on customer loyalty in residential energy markets. Three distinct dimensions of perceived service quality are identified: technical quality of core services, technical quality of peripheral services and service process quality (functional service quality). The proposed model is tested within the scope of a representative survey of Spanish residential energy customers. Regarding the dimensions of service quality, the results indicate significant effects only of service process quality on satisfaction and, indirectly, on customer loyalty. Loyalty effects of further variables in the model are significant.     

Determinants of customer brand loyalty in the retail industry: A comparison between national and private brands in South Korea

Finding motivations for customer brand loyalty is one of the most popular academic and practical research fields; in this regard, some scholars have explored motivations in the retail industry. As the concept of private brands has been one of the most widely employed strategies for business success in the industry, comparing private and national brands in terms of customer loyalty is an important topic in the retail industry. Thus, the current research focuses on exploring antecedents of customer loyalty in private and national brands, as well as investigating whether there are notable structural differences between the brands. The results, based on 1,631 responses, indicate that customer perceived service/product quality, satisfaction, trust, and cost are notable determinants of brand loyalty, while the relationship between customer satisfaction and service quality of private brands is not supported. Moreover, both indirect and direct effects of the employed factors on customer brand loyalty are reported.     

An integrative framework for customer switching behavior

Due to increased intensity of competition, retention of customers has become a major concern in many service industries. Although researchers have investigated customer switching intention and its influential factors, the complex structural mechanisms that reduce the likelihood of switching intention in the field of financial services, especially in the banking context, have remained understudied. This paper addresses the role of customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, customer trust, and customer perceived value within a new conceptual model for customer switching intention in the banking services. In particular, the paper contributes to examine the potential moderating effect of switching barriers on the relationship between customer loyalty and switching intention as well as the relationship between satisfaction and switching intention of customers in the banking services. Data are collected through a questionnaire survey, and partial least squares-structural equation modeling is used for data analysis. Empirical results confirm the proposed model and hypotheses and show that switching barriers strengthen the impact of both customer loyalty and satisfaction on switching intention. The findings of this research offer a unified view of the structural relationships that contribute to reduced switching intention and provide more in-depth insights into the role of switching barriers in the banking context.     

The influence of customer loyalty on small island economies: an empirical and exploratory study

There is growing consensus that companies' long-term success is reliant on building and sustaining strong customer relationships. This study explores the antecedents of loyalty in business to business (B2Bs) using Guernsey's telecommunication industry as a case study. It examines how these influence customer loyalty orientation and factors that help service providers improve loyalty rates. Extant literature pays little attention to the antecedents of loyalty in small island economies. Prior research focuses on cultural, environmental and macro-economic issues. Drawing on Dick and Basu's (Customer loyalty: Toward an integrated conceptual framework. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 22(Spring), 99–113, 1994) loyalty model, this research explores loyalty antecedents that are cognisant of distinct market conditions that can impact customer loyalty within the telecommunications sector of a small island economy. It seeks to advance understanding of loyalty in B2B relationships in this context and identify factors that contribute towards converting passively loyal customers to being actively loyal customers.