The effect of sensory marketing factors on customer loyalty during Covid 19: Exploring the mediating role of customer satisfaction
Autor: | Ahmad Ibrahim Aljumah, Mohammed. T. Nuseir, Ghaleb A. El Refae |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | International Journal of Data and Network Science. 6:1359-1368 |
ISSN: | 2561-8156 2561-8148 |
DOI: | 10.5267/j.ijdns.2022.5.015 |
Popis: | The loyalty of the customers is very important for the survival of the organizations. Therefore, the prime objective of the present study was to examine the effect of sensory factors namely visual factors, auditory factors, and touch factors on customer satisfaction and loyalty. For this purpose, data were collected from the respondents of restaurants in the UAE in the form of survey questionnaires. A convenience sampling technique was adopted for this purpose. The usable response rate from the data collected was 75.78%. For the analysis of the data gathered PLS-SEM was used for which smart PLS was used as the tool to examine the data. The findings of the study revealed that visual factors play a very important role in developing customer satisfaction and loyalty. The same was the findings regarding the positive role of the other two sensory factors. Moreover, the mediating role of customer satisfaction was also confirmed in the present study. The gaps filled by the study are mentioned and discussed. These results can be used by academicians and policymakers as well. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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