Customer value anticipation, customer satisfaction and loyalty: An empirical examination (original) (raw)

Customer Value Anticipation as an Operant Resource Driving Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty

A service-dominant logic by definition is inherently customer oriented and relational, reflecting deeper and more complex connections between suppliers and customers. The service mindset driving increased collaboration enables suppliers to have deeper insights to what customers value, and a fair amount has been written on customer value. Customer value perceptions are dynamic, sometimes in constant flux, necessitating anticipatory capabilities on the part of suppliers. Yet, there is a notable lack of discussion about customer value anticipation and related empirical evidence of whether or not customers care if suppliers anticipate what they value. The authors report on two survey studies that test using structural equation modeling the notion that suppliers good anticipate what customers will value realize higher customer satisfaction and loyalty. Understanding this relationship is critical for marketing managers wrestling with allocation of limited resources. We find that indeed customer value anticipation is a strong driver of satisfaction and loyalty, with satisfaction acting as a significant mediator for loyalty.

The Relationship Between Customer Satisfaction and Perceived Value on Customer Loyalty

2022

This study using structural equation modelling (SEM) investigates the relationship between customer satisfaction and perceived value on customer loyalty. The model was tested using JASP program. Cronbach's Į and McDonald's Ȧ were used for evaluate the reliability of measurement model. The conceptual model used in the study combines 3 latent variables: perceived value, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Each latent variables were described by 3 manifest variables. The survey questionnaires were distributed using snowballing method. The researches was conducted among supermarket customers from southern Poland. Respondents evaluated a total of 35 criteria-manifest variables (describing 6 latent variables). The findings revealed a significant positive correlation between customer satisfaction and loyalty, perceived value and customer satisfaction. The perceived value was found to have significant effect on customer loyalty at a lower level of significance than customer satisfaction.

Sustaining Value Creation through Knowledge of Customer Expectations

IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 2013

As the pursuit of knowledge becomes increasingly central to firms’ competitiveness, we argued that knowing what the customer expects of product offerings is a prerequisite for sustaining the delivery of value. Thus, this paper seeks to provide a theoretical contribution to the growing recognition of researches on customer as a source of firms’ competence. By building on extant literature of value creation, customer satisfaction/dissatisfaction, and the theories of firm knowledge creation, we proposed a framework of how firms can sustain value creation through knowledge of customer expectations. We argued that sustaining firms’ value creation resides in the ability of firms to continuously anticipate, integrate and configure knowledge of customer expectations to create product offerings that meet or exceed customer expectations and generate better economic returns than other competing alternative firms.

Creating value in retail buyer–vendor relationships: A service-centered model

We present a “service-centered” model of retail buyer–vendor relationships, in which retail buyers' perceptions of a vendor's economic and social resources affect their assessments of relationship value and relationship outcomes. Economic resources offered at the organizational level of the vendor include brand equity and customer support activities (e.g.,merchandising support and margin maintenance). Social resources offered at the individual level of the salesperson include special treatment and customer advocacy. Relationship outcomes include the buyer's intention to grow the business, and in the event of business termination, maintain the interpersonal relationship with the sales representative. Survey data from 532 retail buyers were collected and analysed using structural equation modeling. The results show that relationship value mediates the effects of economic and social resources on relationship outcomes. However, the process by which this occurs varies.

The Role of Customer Satisfaction Mediated Perception of Value and Service Qualityto Customer Loyalty

2020

The purpose of this study is to explain the role of customer satisfaction mediating the effect of perceived value and service quality on customer loyalty. The study was conducted in Denpasar City involving 140 respondents who used the service in Auto 2000 through a purposive sampling method. Data collection uses questionnaires. Data analysis technique used is path analysis and multiple test. The results showed the perception of value and service quality has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction, perceived value has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction positively and significantly mediates the effect of perceived value and service quality on customer loyalty. This research is expected to be able to make empirical contributions in maximizing services and benefits that build positive customer value perceptions of the company so consumers will feel satisfied and will have an attachment to the company that wil...

The Role of Satisfaction as Moderation to the Effect of Relational Marketing and Customer Value on Customer Loyalty

2020

Competition in product marketing requires entrepreneurs to integrate various marketing strategies. The factors of customer loyalty creation need to be known by marketers. This study aims to analyse the role of satisfaction as moderation to the effect of relational marketing and customer value on customer loyalty. This is a survey research. The population is traditional food stall consumers. Research like this has never been done, especially in the micro business segment, which is run traditionally. A total of 100 samples are selected by purposive random sampling. Data is collected by interviews, observations and questionnaires. The data is analysed by SEM (structural equation modelling) with AMOS 20. The results show that relational marketing, customer value, and satisfaction affect customer loyalty. Satisfaction does not moderate the effect of relational marketing and customer value on customer loyalty. This means that satisfied consumers are not directly loyal; there are other var...