This research integrates the congruity and the social identity theories to better understand the consumer-brand relationships. A structural equation modelling approach was used to explore the drivers of brand loyalty in the context of upscale hotels. The findings suggest that the customers are...

Consumer researchers have become increasingly interested in the study of coping. This research contributes to this novel paradigm by investigating structural theories of coping with service failure using a hierarchical structure. Design/methodology/approach – For this purpose after an...

This research is divided into six parts. Firstly, the introduction, that explains what the background of this research is, the problem statement in this proposal is, what research objectives are. Secondly, it presents a literature review. It divided into three sections, which are the theory that...

This study examines the relationships between the six factors (food quality, service quality, physical environment quality, perceived value, satisfaction, and behavioral intention) in fast-casual restaurants. Nowadays, restaurants need to understand and give importance to the factors that...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine the factors influencing teenager’s perception and behavior towards food quality, service quality, and physical environment quality at drive-thru fast-food restaurants in Bangkok. 42 percent of the respondents were male while 58 percent were...

This study examines two issues which have challenged prior experimental or survey research: (1) whether the time-varying effects of service recovery on customer satisfaction may follow a long decay or short decay and (2) why and what service recovery efforts have a higher and quicker buildup,...

The main objective of this paper is to present and analyse the findings of research which aims to measure the services that a locally-based SME (Small-Medium Enterprise) campus store of a farm school provides to its customers. The examined start-up store is operated by the College students in...

This study reviews the dramatic effects of COVID-19 on the hotel service industry and provides a reflective analysis of the changes that could be made to this industry moving forward into the future. As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the hotel service industry with prodigious challenges and...

The concept of cognitive dissonance has been an important construct in consumer behaviour research ever since it was first suggested. However, longitudinal studies on dissonance related to other post-purchase constructs such as satisfaction, loyalty and complaint behaviour are still scarce. In...

The major aim of the research paper is to measure the impact of employee performance on service quality in commercial banks. Primary data has been collected from the bank employees in Manmunai North and Kattankudy divisional secretariat areas in Batticaloa District. Stratified random sampling...