Pomiar lojalności na rynku usług - empiryczna weryfikacja trafności wybranych symptomów lojalności

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically hypothesized validity of a set of symptoms of customer loyalty. Inspired by the customer loyalty literature, the author sets a number of hypotheses, which are then verified using primary data coming from a sample of 693 valid responses. The author found empirical evidence of significant, yet weak relationship between prefer- ence for the service-provider when faced with a choice, and commitment to continue using provider’s services. Unfortunately, the confirmed symptoms are not able to fully account for customer loyalty, which implies the need to identify other valid symptoms to complement the model. In addition to that, it seems reasonable to seek further verification of the obtained results in a series of studies conducted in a variety of specific service contexts.