Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context

Strategies for relational practice can vary considerably, depending on which constructs are driving customer retention. In this sense, we developed and tested a theoretical model considering the constructs: perceived value, service provider reputation, trust, and switching costs as antecedents to cu...

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Autores principales: Luciene Eberle, Gabriel Sperandio Milan, Celso Augusto de Matos
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a48b730e7f084922b1143b4bced00fbb2021-11-11T15:48:06ZAntecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context1807-734Xhttps://doaj.org/article/a48b730e7f084922b1143b4bced00fbb2016-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123043477001https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XStrategies for relational practice can vary considerably, depending on which constructs are driving customer retention. In this sense, we developed and tested a theoretical model considering the constructs: perceived value, service provider reputation, trust, and switching costs as antecedents to customer retention. This quantitative descriptive study began from a survey, which was applied to a sample of 269 companies-customers of a health plans operator. The data was analyzed with the use of a structural equation modeling. The results show that the perceived value influences on reputation; that reputation impacts on trust and switching costs; that switching costs are configured as antecedent to customer retention; and that customer retention is influenced by reputation. Finally, the moderating effect of customer time was investigated by means of the hierarchical regression, there being no statistically significant relationship between switching costs and customer retention.Luciene EberleGabriel Sperandio MilanCelso Augusto de MatosFUCAPE Business Schoolarticleperceived valuereputationtrustswitching costscustomer retentionBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-23 (2016)
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PT
topic perceived value
reputation
trust
switching costs
customer retention
Business
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spellingShingle perceived value
reputation
trust
switching costs
customer retention
Business
HF5001-6182
Luciene Eberle
Gabriel Sperandio Milan
Celso Augusto de Matos
Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context
description Strategies for relational practice can vary considerably, depending on which constructs are driving customer retention. In this sense, we developed and tested a theoretical model considering the constructs: perceived value, service provider reputation, trust, and switching costs as antecedents to customer retention. This quantitative descriptive study began from a survey, which was applied to a sample of 269 companies-customers of a health plans operator. The data was analyzed with the use of a structural equation modeling. The results show that the perceived value influences on reputation; that reputation impacts on trust and switching costs; that switching costs are configured as antecedent to customer retention; and that customer retention is influenced by reputation. Finally, the moderating effect of customer time was investigated by means of the hierarchical regression, there being no statistically significant relationship between switching costs and customer retention.
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author Luciene Eberle
Gabriel Sperandio Milan
Celso Augusto de Matos
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Gabriel Sperandio Milan
Celso Augusto de Matos
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title Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context
title_short Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context
title_full Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context
title_fullStr Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context
title_full_unstemmed Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context
title_sort antecedents to customer retention in a corporate context
publisher FUCAPE Business School
publishDate 2016
url https://doaj.org/article/a48b730e7f084922b1143b4bced00fbb
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