Conceptualizing Loyalty in the South African Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Krishna K Govender

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Krishna K Govender

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oyalty, namely, customer satisfaction, brand image, perceived quality and perceived value

Abstract

This paper explores the concept of loyaltyin the context of the South African telecommunications industry. From a theoretical investigation, it became apparent that several variables were associated with loyalty, namely, customer satisfaction, brand image, perceived quality and perceived value. Based on the theoretical arguments, a conceptual model is being proposed which depicts proposed associations between and among the aforementioned variables. As a follow up, the model should be assessed using inferential statistical techniques to analyse the data from a representative sample of customers.

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Conceptualizing Loyalty in the South African Mobile Telecommunications Industry. (2017). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 16(E6), 1-6. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/2151

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