Structured Abstract Purpose: Despite having been widely studied in traditional (bricks-and-mortar) services, the effect of service failures and recovery on customer loyalty has received only limited attention in the context of e-services. Taking the default stance that theory from traditional services will find replication in e-services, this study sets out to empirically test the following set...

Despite making significant investments in enhancing the customer service experience, long-term customer loyalty remains an elusive dream for many service providers. Particularly in the telecommunications industry, switching providers even from within continuous contract relationships is easy and companies struggle to retain their customers. Trust and value are considered cornerstones of long-te...

Product returns present one of the biggest operational challenges in the world of Internet retailing due to the sheer volume and cost of processing returns. But returns also represent an often-missed opportunity to manage customer relationships and build customer loyalty to the retailer. Based upon data from a survey of 464 customers of five different Internet retailers, this article explores h...

Customer interface quality, perceived security, and customer loyalty are critical factors for success of an e-commerce website; however, the relationships among them are not fully understood. We proposed a model for testing the relationships among them and the important outcomes of the site: switching costs and customer loyalty. Data was collected to test the model using a web-based survey, and...

The objective of this study was to explore impacts and benefits of mass customized products on emotional product attachment, favorable attitudes toward a mass customization program, and the ongoing effect on loyalty intentions. This study further investigated how benefits, attachment, attitudes, and loyalty intentions differed as a function of involvement and fashion innovativeness. 290 female ...

Despite the widespread belief that trust is a critical determinant of loyalty, empirical and anecdotal evidence calls into question the real-world robustness of the trust–loyalty link. An important reason for the fuzzy nature of the trust–loyalty link may be the fuzzy nature of trust itself. That is, stated trust judgments embody both a magnitude dimension (i.e., the position along a favorable-...

This paper aims to examine whether expectations of the student experience have an impact on student loyalty that is mediated by expectations of study outcomes at their university. To achieve this, a 15-minute pen and paper survey was self-administered to a convenience sample of students at a major university in Western Australia. The total sample size was 400 students, with 200 students each dr...

NFC (Near Field Communication) technology facilitates mobile phone usage of billions of people throughout the world that offers diverse services ranging from payment and loyalty applications to access keys for offices and houses. NFC technology is one emerging and promising technology that have adopted smart card as secure element (SE) to provide a secure area for the execution of multiple appl...

1TowsonUniversity 2University ofGeorgia Correspondence KyongseokKim,DepartmentofMassCommunicationandCommunicationStudies, Towson University, 8000YorkRoad, Towson,MD21252. Email: [email protected] Abstract Guided by the framework of self-determination theory (SDT), this study examined the effects of external rewards on undermining customers’ intrinsic motivation to engage in a retail loyal...

With the emergence and bloom of microblogging, companies are showing their increasing interests in this platform and try to establish their own enterprise accounts (called as enterprise microblogs in this case) in it, which enables them to broadcast product information, interact with consumers, and promote their brands. Despite much work focusing on how virtual brand communities take effect on ...