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Curvilinear relationship between customer engagement and responses to service failures

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SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL
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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2022.2164273

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Customer engagement; service failure; exit; voice; loyalty; neglect; relationship quality

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Drawing on theories and models, this study examines the impact of customer engagement on different types of customer responses to service failures in the mobile application context. Data from a survey of 345 South Korean customers was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results reveal a U-shaped relationship between customer engagement and negative responses, as well as an inverted U-shaped relationship between customer engagement and positive responses. Relationship quality strengthens the relationship between customer engagement and responses to service failures, except for loyalty. This study contributes to understanding the relationship between customer engagement and response to service failure and provides insights for marketing strategies for mobile applications.
Drawing on the activation theory and the Exit-Voice-Loyalty-Neglect model, this study examines how the level of customer engagement affects the four different types of customer responses to a service failure in the mobile application context. In addition, we investigate the moderating role of relationship quality in those relationships. This study used data from a self-administrated online survey of 345 South Korean customers who had experienced a mobile application service failure. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was applied to our conceptual model. The results revealed a U-shape relationship between customer engagement and destructive responses (i.e. exit and neglect), as well as an inverted U-shape relationship between customer engagement and constructive responses (i.e. loyalty and voice). Furthermore, a greater relationship quality reinforces the relationship between customer engagement and responses to service failures, except for loyalty. This study addresses the inconsistent research findings of customer engagement by suggesting the curvilinear relationship between customer engagement and response to service failure. Additionally, it provides new insights for marketers or managers to develop marketing strategies to operate mobile applications efficiently.

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