In this article, the authors first propose a simple model summarizing the key drivers of customer loyalty. Then, on the basis of this model and drawing on key insights from the preceding articles in this issue, they outline a set of issues for further research related to the quality-valueloyalty chain. Next, the authors develop a conceptual framework that integrates the quality-value-loyalty ch...

This study aims to determine organizational citizenship behavior’s impact on customer loyalty and quality of services. That is to examine, organizational citizenship behavior of nurses and patients (customers) of the Kermanshah province hospitals by two hypotheses. Population comprised of 1524 nurses which 544 nurses were selected as sample. Also sample of same size in a random way in a period ...

Department of Management & Marketing King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Abstract. Existing streams of literature are integrated to propose a conceptual framework that highlights the antecedents of relationship marketing on customer loyalty and its outcomes. The framework aims to provide insights into the underpinnings of relationship marketing. The proposed...

BACKGROUND Previous research has addressed the relationship between customer satisfaction, perceived quality and customer loyalty intentions in consumer markets. In this study, we test and compare three theoretical models of the quality-satisfaction-loyalty relationship in the Chinese healthcare system. METHODS This research focuses on hospital patients as participants in the process of healt...

The review of the literature reveals various relationships between the constructs of social identity, customer trust, and customer loyalty. Such results lead to questioning the nature of the conceptual structure that would include these constructs as well as their interrelationships in a structural model. From this perspective, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the mediating role of cust...

This study examines the impact of major considerations of commercial website design and management, website interactivity, the important performance factor, and customer loyalty. Meaningful interactions with existing and potential customers allow e-commerce firms to enhance customer loyalty by providing satisfactory customer experience. Customer loyalty is a composite construct, yet consists of...

This study examined the mediating role of service climate in the prediction of employee performance and customer loyalty. Contact employees (N=342) from 114 service units (58 hotel front desks and 56 restaurants) provided information about organizational resources, engagement, and service climate. Furthermore, customers (N=1,140) from these units provided information on employee performance and...

Importance should be given to financial indicators of profitability, revenue growth and liquidity, indicators of customer loyalty and satisfaction, indicators of innovation, quality, range of products or speed of service, and indicators related to the tasks and satisfaction of the employees, technology and alliances. Nevertheless, the new economy companies have a series of peculiar characterist...