An Organic Approach to Customer Engagement and Loyalty
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Article Title | An Organic Approach to Customer Engagement and Loyalty |
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ERA Journal ID | 32116 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Prentice, Catherine (Author), Wang, Xuequn (Author) and Lin, Xiaolin (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Computer Information Systems |
Journal Citation | 60 (4), pp. 326-335 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0887-4417 |
2380-2057 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2018.1485528 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08874417.2018.1485528 |
Abstract | The paper draws on customer engagement literature to propose an organic approach to achieving customer loyalty. The organic approach is reflected in customers’ volitional engagement in an online brand community without any deliberate marketing endeavors and incentives from the brand organization. This research employs a longitudinal study focusing on consumers in the United States of America (USA) and examines the relationships between organic customer-engagement behaviors and customer loyalty. Based on expectancy theory, customer perceived benefits are proposed to intervene in these relationships. Results from the longitudinal investigation support the study propositions. Discussion and implications are provided for researchers and practitioners. |
Keywords | Customer engagement; customer loyalty; online brand community; social commerce |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350799. Strategy, management and organisational behaviour not elsewhere classified |
350699. Marketing not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
Murdoch University | |
Texas A&M University, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7851/an-organic-approach-to-customer-engagement-and-loyalty
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