Managing customer loyalty through the mediating role of satisfaction in the DIY retail loyalty program

被引:93
作者
Vesel, Patrick [1 ]
Zabkar, Vesna [2 ]
机构
[1] Big Bang Doo, Smartinska 152, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
[2] Univ Ljubljana, Fac Econ, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
关键词
Customer loyalty; Loyalty program quality; Customer satisfaction; Personal interaction quality;
D O I
10.1016/j.jretconser.2009.05.002
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The focus of this study is the determinants of customer loyalty among members of retail loyalty programs. With data collected from a DIY loyalty program in a Central European country (a preliminary sample of 116 club members and a representative sample of 416 members), the study empirically tests the nature of the effect of the quality of personal interactions and perceptions of the quality of the loyalty program on customer loyalty through the mediating variable of customer satisfaction. Although the findings suggest that the quality of personal interactions bears no direct influence on members' loyalty, it has a stronger influence on members' satisfaction than the perceived quality of the loyalty program does. Influence on members' loyalty is stronger from the mediating variable of customer satisfaction than from perceived quality of the loyalty program. This finding confirms the role of customer satisfaction as an important determinant of customer loyalty in the DIY setting. Offering a diagnostic tool in terms of selected direct and indirect determinants influencing customers' loyalty, the paper also contributes to comprehension of loyalty programs' effectiveness and members' responses to the quality of loyalty programs, which contribution provides important implications for management and development of retail loyalty programs. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:396 / 406
页数:11
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