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Emotional and rational motivations for customer loyalty in business-to-business professional services

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  • Barbara Čater
  • Tomaž Čater

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The purpose of this study is to add to the body of knowledge on customer loyalty in professional services in business-to-business markets. The authors build on the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing group constructs and relate them to affective commitment, relational benefits and, through these two, to customer loyalty. The results show that trust and social bonds positively influence affective commitment, while adaptation and knowledge transfers positively influence relational benefits. Although both affective commitment as a more emotional construct and relational benefits as a more rational construct positively influence customer loyalty, emotional motivation seems to be much stronger than rational motivation. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed on the basis of the empirical findings.

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  • Barbara Čater & Tomaž Čater, 2007. "Emotional and rational motivations for customer loyalty in business-to-business professional services," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(8), pages 1151-1169, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:29:y:2007:i:8:p:1151-1169
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060902764780
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