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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no12.969

An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Customer Learning on Customer Experience in the Context of Knowledge Product Use  

KIM, Yong Jin (Department, Sogang Business School, Sogang University)
YIM, Myung-Seong (Department of Business Administration, Sahmyook University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.12, 2020 , pp. 969-976 More about this Journal
Abstract
The role of customers has changed from that of passive users to value co-creators. Therefore, it is important to understand how customer learning takes place and how it affects customer experiences with services and products. However, while past studies insist on the importance of the issues in designing customer experiences, they do not empirically address these issues. This study investigates the support processes for customer learning, and their impact on customer learning, which in turn influences customer experience. To test the hypotheses, we employed the survey method. Target informants were the actual users of Apple iPods. A total of 200 survey questionnaires were distributed and 146 were collected. Among these, seven erroneous responses were excluded, leaving 139 usable ones. The proposed model was empirically analyzed using the Covariance-based SEM (Structural Equation Modelling) technique. The findings of this study suggest that, among the three support processes in customer learning, learning-by-doing support and learning-by-investment support positively affect customer learning, which influences customer experience. This study contributes to the literature by identifying different types of support for different kinds of customer learning processes and by empirically testing the impact of the support for the process on customer learning, and in turn, its impact on customer experience.
Keywords
Customer Experience; Knowledge Management; Customer Learning Process; Knowledge Product; Service Innovation;
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