A study conducted in a Taiwanese financial services company revealed that affectand role-based loyalty are two distinct types of loyalty to supervisors. The ethical behaviour of supervisors, perceived supervisor support, interpersonal justice, and respect for hierarchy predicted affect-based loyalty, whereas only interpersonal justice and respect for hierarchy predicted role-based loyalty to th...

Do store brands aid store loyalty by enhancing store differentiation or merely draw price sensitive customers with little or no store loyalty? This paper seeks to answer the question by empirically investigating the relationship between store brand loyalty and store loyalty. First, we find a robust monotonic positive relationship between store brand loyalty and store loyalty using multiple loya...

This present study aims to compare how service brand preference influence service perceived value, customer satisfaction and loyalty in different countries—Japan and China. Moreover, this study purposes to explore whether countries’ image affect service brand preference of customer. Two customer surveys which were practiced in Japan and China were conducted to examine moderation hypotheses, whi...

Most of previous studies on mobile banking focus on the initial adoption by drawing upon the technology acceptance theories, while the post-adoption issues (e.g., loyalty) have been rarely examined. To fill this research gap, based on brand equity theory and symbolic value theory, we propose a research model to articulate the relationship between technology leadership, brand equity, and custome...

Customer loyalty is one of the important approaches for retailers to improve competitive edge. Despite the importance of customer loyalty, some of the retail stores have lack on service quality, product quality, price strategy as well as customer satisfaction whereas needs a comprehensive work to explain how customers develop loyalty to a particular store. This study aims to evaluate the retail...

Although much research on customer behaviors has demonstrated the positive role of inertia in the action loyalty phase, previous studies on inertia still emphasize the spurious dimension of customer loyalty. This study seeks to analyze how inertia varies with differing levels of alternative attractiveness, relationship length, and commitment in affecting customer loyalty. The results suggest th...

Considerable resources are expended annually on building business brands, yet the literature is virtually silent on brand loyalty in a business setting. This study examines the relationship between attitudinal loyalty and behavioral loyalty in a business services context, and attempts to identify two key antecedents of loyalty in this context. In particular, little is known about small business...

This research aims to investigate the process and factors for developing customer loyalty through eservice quality experience. Based on previous studies on e-loyalty and loyalty, we developed an integrated model of e-loyalty antecedent factors by testing the eTailQ scale including website quality, security/privacy, value perception, reliability and customer support which are mediated through tr...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Customer–brand identification Company identity Brand identity Social identity Brand loyalty This paper proposes a social identity perspective of customer–brand relationship and integrates brand identity and identification with value, trust and satisfaction in predicting brand loyalty. Two studies' empirical results support this path to brand loyalty framework. Th...

The research investigates the factors leading to user loyalty of Web 2.0 sites. Survey of users in a popular Web 2.0 site in Taiwan was conducted. Results show that sense of belonging and service quality have direct effect while trust affects loyalty indirectly via sense of belonging. In addition, service quality also affects loyalty through trust and sense of belonging. One surprising finding ...