An integrated model of customer loyalty in the Macedonian mobile service market

dc.contributor.authorPalamidovska-Sterjadovska, Nikolina
dc.contributor.authorCiunova-Shuleska, Anita
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T06:37:19Z
dc.date.available2017-08-31T06:37:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstract-translatedThe main objective of this paper is to develop and test an integrated model of customer loyalty in the Macedonian mobile service market, analysing its determinants and their interrelationships and effects on customer loyalty. The proposed research model integrates service quality, customer satisfaction, switching costs and switching barriers as the main determinants of customer loyalty, further analysing their different effects (direct/mediating/moderating) on customer loyalty. Confi rmatory factor analysis (CFA) is used in order to assess the validity of the measurement model, and the developed structural model is tested with structural equation modelling (SEM). The reported results indicate that the proposed research model as a whole has a satisfactory level of adequacy and most of the hypothesized realtionships are confi rmed. The results suggest that customer satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty and also service quality has a direct and positive effect on customer loyalty. The satisfactionloyalty relationship is not mediated nor moderated by switching barriers, but switching barriers have a direct and positive effect on customer loyalty. The presented results would be of great importance for managers for the successful development of strategies for creating mobile service users’ loyalty. The empirical evidence obtained in this study suggest that Macedonian mobile operators should have in mind alternative strategies in creating customer loyalty, emphasising the fact that customer satisfaction has a stronger positive infl uence in creating customer loyalty than switching barriers. The present research provides an integrated approach in examining customer loyalty and explores the different roles of switching barriers in the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty. In order to further develop the integrated approach of customer loyalty modelling, some additional concepts should be incorporated and examined in the future.en
dc.format17 s.cs
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationE+M. Ekonomie a Management = Economics and Management. 2017, č. 2, s. 199-215.cs
dc.identifier.doi10.15240/tul/001/2017-2-015
dc.identifier.issn2336-5604 (Online)
dc.identifier.issn1212-3609 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/26270
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTechnická univerzita v Libercics
dc.relation.ispartofseriesE+M. Ekonomie a Management = Economics and Managementcs
dc.rights© Technická univerzita v Libercics
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0cs
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subjectvěrnost zákazníkůcs
dc.subjectspokojenost zákazníkůcs
dc.subjectkvalita služebcs
dc.subjectnáklady na změnucs
dc.subjectpřekážkycs
dc.subjecttrh s mobilními službamics
dc.subject.translatedcustomer loyaltyen
dc.subject.translatedcustomer satisfactionen
dc.subject.translatedservice qualityen
dc.subject.translatedswitching costsen
dc.subject.translatedbarriersen
dc.subject.translatedmobile service marketen
dc.titleAn integrated model of customer loyalty in the Macedonian mobile service marketen
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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