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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2022.vol9.no6.0195

The Impact of Loyalty Program on Customer Retention: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh  

AHSAN, Syed Md. Hasib (Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Chittagong)
ALAUDDIN, Md. (Department of Marketing, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Chittagong)
ALAM, Mohammad Manjur (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, International Islamic University Chittagong)
NAZIA, Adiba (Faculty of Business Studies, Premier University Chittagong)
ISLAM, Tasnim (Department of Business Administration, Southern University Bangladesh)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.9, no.6, 2022 , pp. 195-206 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine how loyalty programs designed by retail stores affect customer retention. The present study is one of the few empirical studies finding the role of different loyalty programs that help to build customer retention. The study also seeks to explore the moderation role of customer perceived value between intrinsic motivation - customer retention and extrinsic motivation - customer retention. The researchers employed a quantitative research design to collect data from the 350 respondents who purchased goods from the retail chain/departmental stores in Bangladesh. The collected data are then analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result of their findings indicated that the size of the organizational reward has a positive effect on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; further extrinsic motivation has a significant relation to customer retention. Surprisingly, no support was found for the positive impact of intrinsic motivation on customer retention. Customer perceived value (CPV) is critical as a moderator in building client retention, which improves the positive association between extrinsic motivation and customer retention. CPV, on the other hand, was found to mitigate the negative link between intrinsic motivation and client retention.
Keywords
Customer Retention; Loyalty Program; Intrinsic Motivation; Extrinsic Motivation; Customer Perceived Value; Retail Chain;
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