Abstract
The intensifying competition in the luxury sector necessitates the need for managers to identify the factors underpinning customers' commitment to a luxury brand. Understanding commitment not only provides an insight into the question of how customers commit but also uncovers why customers commit to a particular brand. Using a questionnaire-based survey with customers, this research examines the antecedents and consequences of customer commitment to luxury brands. The findings indicate the differential influence of various antecedents on affective, calculative and normative commitment, and highlight the role played by these forms of commitment on consumption satisfaction and advocacy intentions. The results demonstrate the importance of affective commitment as a relationship enhancer, and identify managerial implications for customer commitment to luxury brands.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 323-331 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Business Research |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 19 Aug 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2016 |
Keywords
- Advocacy intentions
- Commitment
- Consumption satisfaction
- Luxury brands
- Structural equation modelling