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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2014.14.10.255

The Mediating Role of Affective Commitment in Explaining Relationship between Characteristics of Service-offer and Loyalty: Focused on Department Stores  

Choi, Chul-Jae (단국대학교 경영학부)
Huh, Young-Soo (단국대학교대학원 경영학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.14, no.10, 2014 , pp. 255-269 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study confirmed structural causal relations among concepts such as characteristics of service-offer, satisfaction, trust, affective commitment, and loyalty and surveyed mediating roles of affective commitment. The results are as follows. First, Customized service and service reliability influenced satisfaction while service competency did not. Service reliability affected trust while customized service and service competency did not. Second, satisfaction influenced trust and affective commitment but not loyalty while trust affected affective commitment and loyalty. Third, affective commitment influenced loyalty through the mediating role. The results mean that the seller-buyer relationship is a dynamic relationship. Finally, we discussed the role of affective commitment and the strategies of affective commitment development, and suggested future studies.
Keywords
Characteristics of Service-offer; Satisfaction; Trust; Affective Commitment; Customer Loyalty;
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