Title :
Study on the Influence of Commitment on Customer Behavior in the Stage of Pre-purchase and Post-Purchase
Author_Institution :
Bus. Sch., Dept. of Marketing, Hohai Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Company´s public commitment is the measurable and compared information with competitors. Especially when commitment is clear and measurable, it will influent customer purchase decision as the main variable. In post-purchase stage commitment and restrictive condition influent customer brand selection compared with customer expectation. The quality of commitment implementation then influent customer satisfactory compared with customer perception. So company should plan and manage commitment systematically. Drawing on the Service Quality Gap Model, company must pay attention to five gaps of commitment quality to promote customer selection and satisfaction. Those conclusions will broaden commitment study field in marketing and point out commitment influence to customer purchasing behavior.
Keywords :
consumer behaviour; customer profiles; customer satisfaction; customer services; market research; purchasing; customer behavior; customer brand selection; customer expectation; customer perception; customer purchase decision; customer satisfaction; marketing study; postpurchasing; prepurchasing; public commitment; service quality gap model; Analytical models; Companies; Customer satisfaction; Industries; Psychology; Standards; brand selection; commitment; customer satisfaction;
Conference_Titel :
Management of e-Commerce and e-Government (ICMeCG), 2010 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8507-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMeCG.2010.47