and Background: This is the penultimate empirical chapter of my dissertation (indeed, it is still structured as a chapter rather than a standalone paper). The dissertation itself investigates what factors lead Members of Parliament to toe the party line or to dissent. In the aggregate, this amounts to asking what factors foster or undermine party cohesion. Previous chapters demonstrated that a ...

In this paper, we present a conceptual framework that helps to better understand and assess the impacts of information technology on customer loyalty in retail banking. To do so, we define the concept of customer loyalty and identify its antecedents. A conceptual framework describing the impacts of information technology on loyalty is developed based on the literature in marketing, social psych...

E-services have been recognized for their contribution to strengthening customer relationships and fostering customer loyalty. While prior research has focused on the role of e-services in business-to-consumer interactions, this chapter studies e-services in the business-to-business domain. More specifically, it explores how the preferences for e-services and electronic channels change over tim...

Loyalty is considered as a key concept in the establishment and maintenance of long term relationships. In this work in progress communication, a theoretical framework is proposed on the basis of the relationship marketing paradigm and commitment trust theory. Loyalty is conceived according to Oliver (1997) as a causal chain composed by cognitive loyalty, affective loyalty, conative loyalty and...

Herbal products are readily available over the counter in health food stores and are often perceived to be without risk. The current Canadian adverse event reporting system suffers from severe underreporting, resulting in a scarcity of safety data on herbal products. Twelve health food store personnel in the Greater Toronto Area were interviewed about their responses to herbal product-related a...

Customer perception is a very important factor concerning green marketing management and is viewed as a motivational construct influencing subsequent consumer behaviour. This research uses four constructs i.e. perceived quality, perceived value, perceived risk and customer loyalty in the context of environmentally-friendly electronic products in Thailand. It employs an empirical study using the...

The proposed model is theoretically grounded in the multi-attribute attitude literature. It is proposed that the antecedents of customer loyalty are be partitioned into three categories. First, supply-side (firm-controllable) customer loyalty antecedents are those satisfaction drivers that comprise total customer experience (TCE). Eight distinct TCE dimensions are identified through preliminary...

CONTEXT One of the challenges in the fiercely competitive space of health organizations is responding to customers and building trust and satisfaction in them in the shortest time, with best quality and highest productivity. Hence the aim of this study is to survey the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) on organizational productivity, customer loyalty, satisfaction and trust in se...

Although knowledge of torture and physical and psychological abuse was widespread at both the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and known to medical personnel, there was no official report before the January 2004 Army investigation of military health personnel reporting abuse, degradation or signs of torture. Military medical personnel are placed in a position of ...