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The interplay of customer experience and commitment

Timothy Keiningham (St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA)
Joan Ball (St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA)
Sabine Benoit (née Moeller) (Business School, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK)
Helen L. Bruce (Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
Alexander Buoye (Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA)
Julija Dzenkovska (Business School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Linda Nasr (Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA)
Yi-Chun Ou (Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK)
Mohamed Zaki (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

Journal of Services Marketing

ISSN: 0887-6045

Article publication date: 10 April 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

This research aims to better understand customer experience, as it relates to customer commitment and provides a framework for future research into the intersection of these emerging streams of research.

Design/methodology/approach

This research contributes to theoretical and practical perspectives on customer experience and its measurement by integrating extant literature with customer commitment and customer satisfaction literature.

Findings

The breadth of the domains that encompass customer experience – cognitive, emotional, physical, sensorial and social – makes simplistic metrics impossible for gauging the entirety of customers’ experiences. These findings provide strong support of the need for new research into customer experience and customer commitment.

Practical implications

Given the complexity of customer experience, managers are unlikely to track and manage all relevant elements of the concept. This research provides a framework identifying empirically the most salient attributes of customer experience with particular emphasis on those elements that enhance commitment. This offers insight into service design to correspond with specific commitment and experience dimensions.

Originality/value

This research is the first to examine the customer experience as it relates to customer commitment – a key factor in customer loyalty, positive word of mouth and other desired outcomes for managers and marketers. This paper provides a framework for future research into these emerging topics.

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Acknowledgements

This research was developed from work at the 1st Academic – Practitioner Research with Impact Workshop (Customer Experience Management [CEM] and Big Data) at Alliance Manchester Business School, January 18-19, 2016.

Citation

Keiningham, T., Ball, J., Benoit (née Moeller), S., Bruce, H.L., Buoye, A., Dzenkovska, J., Nasr, L., Ou, Y.-C. and Zaki, M. (2017), "The interplay of customer experience and commitment", Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 31 No. 2, pp. 148-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-09-2016-0337

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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