Personal characteristics as moderators of the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty—an empirical analysis
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Frequently Asked Questions (9)
Q2. What are the future works in this paper?
These limitations, along with the study ’ s findings, suggest directions for further research. Applying the model to other contexts, such as consumer services, would provide an interesting and fruitful area for further research. In addition, future research could also address the broad issues of transferring their model to the area of business-to-business marketing. Future research needs to examine this issue more closely.
Q3. What other personality traits can affect the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty?
A number of other personality traits (e.g., uncertainty orientation of the customer) that were not considered in their study can also have a moderating impact on the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty.
Q4. Why do older people feel more comfortable when dealing with new information inputs?
Due to their cognitive capacities they feel more comfortable when dealing with and relying on new information inputs (Hoyer, 1984; Spence & Brucks, 1997).
Q5. What is the key point of Day's criticism of the use of behavior-based loyalty measures?
In his frequently quoted article, Day (1969) criticizes the use of solely behavior-based loyalty measures because these are not able to distinguish between true loyalty and "spurious" loyalty: "The key point is that these spuriously loyal buyers lack any attachment to brand attributes, and they can be immediately captured by another brand4that offers a better deal ..." (p. 30).
Q6. What is the definition of variety seeking?
Since the authors regard variety seeking as a product-related phenomenon, meaning that people with a high need for variety will express this intrinsic motivation in some product categories, but not others (vanTrijp, Hoyer, & Inman, 1996), the authors suggest no moderating effect of variety seeking on the linkages between satisfaction with the sales process or satisfaction with the after sales service and loyalty.
Q7. What is the effect of age on the loyalty of the customer?
For younger people, satisfaction with the sales process has been posited to have a stronger effect on loyalty than for older people (H5B).
Q8. what is the effect of the two satisfaction dimensions?
the authors hypothesize that the impact of the two satisfaction dimensions which refer mainly to consulting and advisory activities of the supplier (i.e., satisfaction with the sales process and satisfaction with the after sales service) have a weaker effect on loyalty when a customer is very involved with that product (H7A and H7B).
Q9. What is the difference between satisfaction and loyalty?
findings by Oliva, Oliver, and MacMillan (1992) indicate that, depending on the magnitude of transaction costs, the relation between customer satisfaction and loyalty can be both linear and nonlinear.