Creating customer loyalty through service customization

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Autor(a) principal: Coelho, Pedro S.
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Henseler, Jörg
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211202503
Resumo: Coelho, P. S., & Henseler, J. (2012). Creating customer loyalty through service customization. European Journal Of Marketing, 46(3-4), 331-356. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211202503
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spelling Creating customer loyalty through service customizationCustomer loyaltyCustomer satisfactionEuropean Customer Satisfaction IndexPersonalizationService customizationMarketingCoelho, P. S., & Henseler, J. (2012). Creating customer loyalty through service customization. European Journal Of Marketing, 46(3-4), 331-356. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211202503Purpose: Although practitioners and scholars alike embrace service customization as a possibly powerful management instrument, its impact on customer relationships as well as contingencies for its effective application are not well understood. Drawing from relationship marketing and exchange theory, this paper aims to develop a model of customer relationship outcomes of service customization and the efficacy of service customization. Design/methodology/approach: Two large-scale, representative, cross-sectional studies in different service industries based on the European Customer Satisfaction Index framework are conducted, and PLS path modeling is applied to test the model. Findings: Customization increases perceived service quality, customer satisfaction, customer trust, and ultimately customer loyalty toward a service provider. Customization has both direct and mediated effects on customer loyalty and interacts with the effects of customer satisfaction and customer trust on loyalty. Research limitations/implications: Service customization is a viable instrument for relationship marketing. Its efficacy depends on customer satisfaction and customer trust. While this study solely focuses on the impact of service customization, future research could assess the relative importance of service customization in the presence of other relationship marketing instruments. Practical implications: Service providers can use service customization as an effective instrument for achieving not only higher customer satisfaction, but also higher customer loyalty. Service customization is most effective for companies that have deficits in satisfying their customers, while at the same time their customer relationships are characterized by a high level of trust. These results help managers to decide upon resource allocation to enhance customer satisfaction, trust and loyalty. Originality/value: This paper investigates the simultaneous effects of service customization on customer loyalty and other relationships variables and offers new insights relatively to the nature and size of customization effects. It fills an important gap in the knowledge of customization outcomes, and clarifies under which circumstances service customization is most effective. The paper is of great value for service providers that face the decision whether to customize their offering or not.NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)RUNCoelho, Pedro S.Henseler, Jörg2019-08-05T22:30:31Z2012-03-012012-03-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article26application/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211202503eng0309-0566PURE: 13746165http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858818410&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211202503info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:35:09Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/77574Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:35:45.988921Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Creating customer loyalty through service customization
spellingShingle Creating customer loyalty through service customization
Coelho, Pedro S.
Customer loyalty
Customer satisfaction
European Customer Satisfaction Index
Personalization
Service customization
Marketing
title_short Creating customer loyalty through service customization
title_full Creating customer loyalty through service customization
title_fullStr Creating customer loyalty through service customization
title_full_unstemmed Creating customer loyalty through service customization
title_sort Creating customer loyalty through service customization
author Coelho, Pedro S.
author_facet Coelho, Pedro S.
Henseler, Jörg
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author2 Henseler, Jörg
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coelho, Pedro S.
Henseler, Jörg
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Customer loyalty
Customer satisfaction
European Customer Satisfaction Index
Personalization
Service customization
Marketing
topic Customer loyalty
Customer satisfaction
European Customer Satisfaction Index
Personalization
Service customization
Marketing
description Coelho, P. S., & Henseler, J. (2012). Creating customer loyalty through service customization. European Journal Of Marketing, 46(3-4), 331-356. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211202503
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