服务行业顾客重购意向的影响因素及其相互关系研究

本文探讨了转换壁垒、顾客感知价值、顾客满意对顾客重购意向的影响作用及其相互关系。以理发行业为研究对象,通过发放问卷收集数据,并运用结构方程分析软件进行了实证性检验,结果发现:顾客满意和顾客感知价值都对顾客重购意向具有直接显著影响;转换壁垒的不同维度对顾客重购意向的影响不同,社会利益对顾客重购意向产生积极的影响作用,转换成本不能增加顾客价值和顾客满意,但会对顾客产生锁定作用。对企业来说,管理者可以增加顾客满意和顾客感知价值来增加顾客重购意向,也可以通过提高顾客对转换壁垒的感知,从而对顾客起到锁定作用。     

B2C网络购物模式下物流服务质量与顾客满意的关系研究

本文在B2C网络购物环境下,以购买网络商店商品的消费者为研究对象,研究顾客感知物流服务质量的不同维度与顾客满意之间的关系,并采用问卷调查法收集数据,采用SPSS13.0软件进行数据分析,验证了在网络购物环境下顾客感知物流服务质量及其各维度对顾客满意的影响,并提出了提高顾客满意的建议及方法。     

顾客参与对顾客感知价值的影响:基于心理账户理论

心理账户理论认为消费者在购买一个产品时会在心里打开一个账户,并倾向于在心理上将利益和损失结合起来,以规避和降低先前支出带来的损失痛苦感,因为在面临一项经济交易时,消费者遵循"享乐主义加工"的原则,追求利益最大化或满意最大化.文章从心理账户的禀赋效应和支付贬值视角探讨顾客参与对顾客感知价值影响的中间心理过程,以便我们更好地理解顾客参与怎样影响消费者得失感知以及消费者在参与中为什么倾向于放大利益感知和缩小损失感知,这对于企业的营销实践具有一定的指导意义.     

零售品牌形象与顾客满意度、忠诚度研究

零售品牌形象是消费者对零售品牌要素的感知与联想的总和,它是通过消费者长期的实际购物经历或口头传播而形成的,这种品牌形象一旦形成会显著地影响消费者的购买行为。通过问卷调查,以国内零售企业为例探究零售品牌形象与顾客满意度、顾客忠诚度之间的关系,研究表明零售品牌形象对顾客满意度、顾客忠诚度存在显著的直接影响,零售品牌形象还通过顾客满意度的部分中介作用对顾客忠诚度产生间接的影响。     

积极情绪在互联网节庆消费中的扰动效应

近期国内出现的互联网节庆促销活动为电商带来了巨大的销量,同时也引起了社会的关注。网络购物促销活动唤起了消费者的积极情绪并强化了消费者的购买感知。本研究以网络购物为研究背景,以积极情绪为纽带,分析了在电商信任的影响下,价格感知和服务感知唤醒消费者积极情绪并通过积极情绪影响最终购物行为的过程。在对259份有效问卷进行分析的基础上,得出结论:1价格感知负向影响积极情绪,服务感知正向影响积极情绪;2积极情绪正向影响顾客满意和顾客忠诚;3在价格感知、服务感知与顾客满意的关系中,积极情绪起中介作用;4电商信任在价格感知刺激积极情绪产生的过程中起调节作用。     

市场导向下的顾客关系营销战略分析

营销必须以需求为条件,以价值为基础。关系与信任、利益、风险密切相关。关系本身不是目的,而是获取利益的手段。关系也是众多需求内容维度中的一项。关系需求决定和影响着关系价值。关系需求的特点和内容决定和影响着相应的营销手段和策略。由于消费者的需求以及其他利益相关者市场顾客的需求都会随着时间以及环境的变化而改变,因此关系营销创新必不可少。市场竞争本质就是顾客关系的竞争,在竞争的环境下考虑顾客关系,其目的就是为了帮助企业在竞争中建立超越竞争对手的顾客关系,从而赢得顾客。     

顾客参与创新:第三方消费者对产品创新性的感知

作为顾客参与创新的目标消费群体,第三方消费者如何评价顾客参与创新的成果具有重要的意义。文章通过社会认知理论的视角探讨了顾客参与创新对第三方消费者的影响。通过三组实验发现,顾客参与创新会显著促进第三方消费者对产品创新性的感知,这种创新性感知受到第三方消费者对参与创新顾客身份认同的中介作用。同时,第三方消费者与参与创新顾客的关系紧密性以及参与创新过程的透明度会调节顾客参与创新与身份认同感之间的关系,进而影响第三方消费者对顾客参与创新成果感知创新性的评价。其中,第三方消费者与参与创新顾客的关系紧密性越强,其对参与创新顾客的身份认同度越高;顾客参与创新过程的透明度越高,第三方消费者对参与创新顾客的身份认同感越高。     

顾客感知价值对消费者网购行为影响研究——以大学生群体为例

顾客感知价值一直是国内外学术界相关学者研究的重要课题,在移动网络普及的今天,网上购物已经成为广大消费者日常生活中不可缺少的一部分。本文从感知利得、利失及网络评价三个部分研究了顾客网购行为,提取了情境价值、信息价值、网站售后服务价值、辅助价值、情感价值、产品风险、服务不满等8个维度,研究这8个维度对消费者网上购买行为的影响。结果显示,信息价值、网站售后服务价值、辅助价值、情感价值等正向影响顾客网上购买行为,产品风险、服务不满负向影响顾客网上购买行为,网络评价正向影响顾客网络购买行为。据此,网络商家应关注信息提供、售后服务、辅助服务、消费者购物体验及网络评价等因素,降低消费者对产品的风险感知和对服务的不满。     

基于感知价值的消费者即时零售平台使用意愿影响因素探究

文章基于感知价值的价值接受模型从感知的利益价值、功能价值、社会价值和情感价值四个维度提出即时零售平台消费者使用意愿影响因素的假设,并运用SPSS和Amos对收集的数据进行了实证分析,假设得到验证。接着,从提高消费者即时零售平台使用的利益获得感和使用体验,培养消费者即时零售平台使用习惯与认同感等方面给出了对策建议。     

论客户感知价值及其增值途径

企业只有使消费者感知的价值最大化，才能赢得竞争优势。在不增加成本的前提下增加顾客的可感知价值，才是赢得市场的最佳选择。其具体措施如改进服务质量、实施顾客导向的企业运行机制、贴近顾客的情感、实现关系价值最大化、提升企业的品牌形象等。     

Contextualizing customer organizational citizenship behaviors: The changing nature of value cocreation and customer satisfaction across service settings

This study identified economic, emotional, and relational value as outcomes of customer organizational citizenship behaviors (COCBs; Study 1: in‐depth interviews). Study 2 (filed survey) found that COCBs have the strongest impact on emotional value compared with economic and relational value. Economic, emotional, and relational value also lead to customer satisfaction. Specifically, the findings supported that emotional value asymmetrically influences customer satisfaction, whereas economic and relational value symmetrically and positively influence customer satisfaction. Study 3 (filed survey) demonstrated that emotional value through COCBs has a greater and symmetrical influence on satisfaction in hedonic rather than utilitarian service contexts. However, economic value through COCBs is negatively associated with satisfaction in hedonic contexts, and there is no significant difference in the impact of relational value on satisfaction between service contexts. This study furnishes empirical evidence for the associations among COCBs, value perceptions, and customer satisfaction, along with their dynamic relationship patterns across service contexts.     

The antecedents of customer loyalty: A moderated mediation model of customer relationship management quality and brand image

This study examines the mediating role of customer relationship management (CRM) quality to better explain the effects of service evaluation variables (service quality, customer satisfaction and customer value) on customer loyalty. The study also investigates the moderating effect of brand image on these mediated relationships. The mediating role of CRM quality on the relationship between the service evaluation variables and customer loyalty is supported. Further, it is found that the indirect effect of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty via CRM quality is stronger when perceived brand image is high than when it is low. The results have implications for relationship managers, brand managers and scholars who use service evaluation and relational metrics to predict customer loyalty.     

Making customer relationship management work: evidence from the banking industry in Taiwan

Soon after becoming a WTO member, Taiwan found the internationalisation and liberalisation in the financial industry ushered its domestic banks into a new era. In response to this global trend, all its banks strove to rely on customer relationship management (CRM) to enhance customer value (CV). This study aims to probe further into the connection between CV and CRM. A series of examinations revealed that (1) both functional and social value impact customer behaviour directly and positively; (2) customer satisfaction positively and directly affects customer loyalty; (3) a positive and direct relationship exists between customer loyalty and customer behaviour; and (4) the positive and significant relationship between CV and customer behaviour can be developed through mediators such as customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Consequently, banks should offer their customers different services, products, and marketing channels to meet their diversified needs to cultivate a win-win environment of CRM for both parties.     

Customer satisfaction and qualities in public service: an intermediary customer perspective

From an intermediary customer perspective, this study empirically investigates the causal relationships between service quality, relationship quality, design quality, and customer satisfaction in the public service value chain. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from social work, childcare, and healthcare services and were analyzed using structural equation modeling. It is found that all the quality dimensions are antecedents to customer satisfaction and relations between quality dimensions show distinctive patterns. The results show that relationship quality does not directly affect customer satisfaction, but can indirectly influence satisfaction through the mediation of both service and design qualities. The effect of the relationship and design qualities on customer satisfaction is stronger than that of service quality.     

An integrative approach to relationship marketing,customer value,and customer outcomes in the retail banking industry: a customer-based perspective from Turkey

Given how important it is to provide superior value to customers and to maintain customer loyalty for a sustainable competitive advantage, the aim of this paper is to examine the relationships among relationship marketing components of – trust, competency, commitment, communication, and conflict handling, – relationship investment, relationship quality, perceived customer value, satisfaction and loyalty in an integrated framework in the Turkish retail banking industry. Unlike previous studies, this research extends the literature by analysing affective as well as cognitive dimensions in the same model with a holistic view by simultaneously examining the direct and indirect effects of the related concepts. The distinctive nature of this study is its evaluation of customer satisfaction and loyalty from the perspective of actual consumers. The research model was tested using data collected from 685 retail banking customers by applying structural equation modelling. The findings show that relationship marketing induces loyalty through relationship quality, customer value, and satisfaction, which are mainly provided by trust, communication, and relationship investment. Furthermore, relationship investment and relationship quality are the most important factors in the development of customer value, satisfaction, and loyalty. The emotional value dimension, which captures the affective aspects of perceived value, has the strongest effect on both satisfaction and loyalty.     

Key account relationship management: the moderating effects of relationship duration and transaction volume

This study investigates the impact of three relational benefits (i.e. financial benefits, human interaction benefits, preferential treatment benefits) on switching barriers, customer satisfaction, and behavioral loyalty for key accounts in the context of the air express delivery industry in Taiwan. Empirical results indicate that relational benefits impact switching barriers, switching barriers influence customer satisfaction and loyalty, and customer satisfaction effects loyalty. Findings also confirm most of the hypothesized moderating effects for relationship duration and transactional volume on the relationship between relational benefits and switching barriers. Specifically, long-term key accounts place greater emphasis on the human interaction and preferential treatment benefits. Key accounts that have less established relationships based on the length of business relationship place more importance on financial benefits. Financial benefits were found to have a positive influence on switching barriers only for low annual transactional volume clients, while both human interaction benefits and preferential treatment benefits have positive effects for both low and high transactional volume key accounts.     

The Effects of Relationship Marketing on Share of Business: A Synthesis and Comparison of Models

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The article synthesizes the extensive empirical work on relationship marketing (RM) and compares the various conceptualizations to give a better understanding of the relational factors (i.e., characteristics of the business relationship) that improve a seller’s objective performance (i.e., share of business) in a business-to-business (B2B) services context. These conceptualizations, taken from the literature, link relational antecedents (i.e., communication, domain expertise, relational value, and mutual goals) to relational mediators (i.e., trust, satisfaction, commitment, relationship quality) to explore how they in turn affect a seller’s share of business.

Methodology/approach: All 4 models derived from the literature review were assessed using a dataset drawn from a survey of 948 client firm representatives of a Portuguese hotel chain in a B2B services context.

Findings: The best of the models in terms of model fit and prediction of share of business shows that only customer commitment directly drives a seller’s share of business, and simultaneous interrelated changes in customer trust and satisfaction, as well as customer perceptions of relational value, drive customer commitment, and so exert indirect effects on performance. The model that proposes that a seller’s performance is strengthened by simultaneous interrelated improvements in customer trust, satisfaction, and commitment (i.e., with these three mediators being conceptualized as a single, combined, higher-order mediator, termed relationship quality [RQ]) shows inferior fit. No combination of mediators (satisfaction, trust, or commitment) improves the seller’s objective performance over and above their individual effects (i.e., there are no synergistic effects).

Research implications: The literature review suggested four ways of modeling RM antecedents, mediators, and their effect on performance. Complex second-order constructs such as RQ lack explanatory power when predicting outcomes and mask the effects of individual relational mediators. Correct conceptualization is important, as conclusions vary drastically even with the same set of relational mediators and same dataset.

Practical implications: B2B service providers’ investments in RM will lead to improved share of business only if customer commitment is high or there is at least the potential to improve it. This requires an understanding of how valuable

the customer believes the relationship to be, and how the customer rates the relationship with the firm in terms of satisfaction and trust. A customer segmentation approach to relationship building and maintenance is advocated and detailed suggestions are put forward.

Originality/value/contribution: Apart from the work by Palmatier, the relationships between RM antecedents and mediators have not yet been examined simultaneously and findings are fragmented. The article provides a synthesis of this expansive literature. It contrasts different interplays between RM mediators, including their interrelationships as a higher-order construct, and explores possible synergy effects. Unlike previous work, this study focused on an objective measure of seller performance (i.e., share of business), whereas previous studies have tended to examine subjective measures, especially within the B2B context. Furthermore, four full models were assessed here, each of which included the antecedents to RM mediators and their links to objective performance.     

Asset specificity's impact on outsourcing relationship performance: A disaggregated analysis by buyer-supplier asset specificity dimensions

Using hierarchical regression analysis on a sample of UK service firms, this study tests the impact of asset specificity on outsourcing relationship performance within a disaggregated methodological framework that allows to discern the specific effects of various buyers and suppliers' individual dimensions of asset specific investments. The results indicate that the impact of asset specific investments on outsourcing relationship performance varies according to the particular specificity dimension examined. While all statistically significant dimensions of buyers' asset specificity have a negative impact on relationship satisfaction, suppliers' human and dedicated asset specific investments exert a positive and significant influence. The results also show that, in three interaction instances, reciprocal specific investments are positively associated with outsourcing relationship performance. These findings have profound theoretical and methodological implications.     

A risk worth taking: Perceived risk as moderator of satisfaction,loyalty, and willingness-to-pay premium price

This research investigates the moderating role of perceived risk in the relationship between satisfaction, loyalty, and willingness to pay premium price (WTP). A total of 364 respondents were recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk panel. Financial, social, performance, and psychological risks have significant negative effects on the relationship between satisfaction and WTP, whereas only financial risks have significant negative effects on the relationship between loyalty and WTP. Using moderated mediation analysis, we found that the mediating effects of loyalty diminish significantly in high social risk conditions and diminish completely in high financial risk conditions.     

Effects of Chinese consumers' relationship benefits and satisfaction on attitudes toward foreign fashion brands:The moderating role of country of salesperson

The paper examines the various responses of consumers depending on the country of salesperson (COS) and to look into the effects that consumer–salesperson relationship benefits have on consumer satisfaction and brand attitude. The results suggest that consumers' perceived social benefit and functional benefit positively influenced their satisfaction with salesperson, and a significant positive effect of consumers' satisfaction with salesperson on consumers' brand attitude is found. This positive relationship was moderated by COS. These findings suggest that COS will serve as an important retail mix for global marketers. Other results and management implications are also discussed.