Purpose – Much empirical evidence is in conflict with the expectations of the service-profit chain which suggests that increases in customer satisfaction will increase customer loyalty and earn additional profits from customers. Management focus on the achievement of customer satisfaction and...

This working paper explores affective, cognitive, conative and action consequences of customer satisfaction focusing on the dimensionality of responses to satisfaction and their interrelations. For the purpose of the present working paper, affective, cognitive, conative and action consequences...

This study focuses on a national sample of customers who used commercial bank products/services in Ghana. The results demonstrate that social and cultural influences are important determinants of marketing practices of banking institutions in Ghana. Although, societal leaders are critical of the...

Researchers have not addressed the relationship between customer perceptions of bank service quality and customers' loyalty in a sufficient and direct manner. Indirect attempts on the subject lead to contradictory conclusions. This paper examines the factors shaping bank customer perceptions of...

In recent years we see a loss of power of individual brands, despite the money and the effort invested in them. The power is now in the hands of retailers. The final challenge of an individual band is the battle it has to win in the store. One way of winning the retail battle is to grow, to...

With the advancement of technology and growth in internet penetration, the banking sector has developed different channels to customer for their banking needs such as ATM, internet banking and tele-banking. Internet banking is based on the uses of the internet and mainly used in urban areas. It...

In many industries, customer retention is considered to be one of the prerequisites of a company’s profitability, while satisfying customer needs is usually regarded as the first step towards customer loyalty. Retention and loyalty are even more important in times of economic crisis when...

Customer Satisfaction has been generally researched and is being used to attain competitive advantage. Since everyone in the market is trying to satisfy its customers, it becomes imperative for the organization to delight its customers. Customer delight in the banking sector study has found that...

Compensation systems are an essential tool to link corporate goals such as customer orientation with individual and organisational performance. While some authors demonstrate the positive effects of incorporating nonfinancial measures into the compensation system empirically, companies have...

In many industries, customer retention is considered to be one of the prerequisites of a company’s profitability, while satisfying customer needs is usually regarded as the first step towards customer loyalty. Retention and loyalty are even more important in times of economic crisis when...