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Service Loyalty: An Integrative Model and Examination across Service Contexts

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Author
Han, Xiaoyun
Kwortnik, Robert J. Jr.
Wang, Chunxiao
Abstract

Marketing academics and practitioners generally agree that customer loyalty is vital to business success. There is less agreement on the factors that determine customer loyalty, particularly in service contexts. Research on the determinants of service loyalty has taken three distinct paths: 1) quality/value/satisfaction; 2) relationship quality; and, 3) relational benefits. In this research, the authors coalesce these paths to derive a model that links dimensions of customer loyalty (cognitive, affective, intention, and behavioral) with a system of determinants. The model is tested with data from varied services (airlines, banks, beauty salons, hospitals, hotels, and mobile telephone) and 3,500 customers in China. Results are consistent across contexts and support a multidimensional view of customer loyalty. Key loyalty determinants are customer satisfaction, commitment, service fairness, service quality, trust, and a construct new to service loyalty models—commercial friendship. The research contributes to the literature by providing a more complete, integrated view of customer loyalty and its determinants in services contexts.

Date Issued
2008-01-01
Keywords
services marketing
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customer loyalty
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relationship quality
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structural equation models
Related DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1094670508319094
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Required Publisher Statement: © SAGE. Final version published as: Han, X., Kwortnik, R. J., & Wang, C. (2008). Service loyalty: An integrative model and examination across service contexts. Journal of Service Research, 11(1), 22-42. doi: 10.1177/1094670508319094 Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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