Purpose – The purpose of the study is to investigate loyalty building and the creation of affectionate bonds in the consumer‐firm dyad. Design/methodology/approach – The study relies on face‐to‐face personal interviews in the context of grocery store retailing. Findings – The results...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the influence of corporate social performance (CSP) on the emotional attachment of consumers to firms. In contrast to past CSR studies, this research seeks to investigate the role of personality variables as moderating factors. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the theoretical and empirical meaningfulness of a composite model of behavioral intentions in a pure mobile internet services context. Design/methodology/approach – This paper starts by investigating the influence of seven service quality...

Purpose – The satisfaction‐trust paradigm has been recently criticized regarding its ability to deliver positive consumer behavioral outcomes. This study aims to argue that – amongst others – a reason for this unpleasant situation may be the failure of service managers to account for...

There is an emerging consensus in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature suggesting that the quest for the so-called business case for CSR should be abandoned. In the same vein, several researchers have suggested that future research should start examining not whether, but rather...

Mobile phone advertisements, in the form of text messages (SMS), have been recognized as an important form of product promotion. The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing the effectiveness of SMS advertising by using a hierarchy of effects approach. We employ a simulated...

Previous studies in information systems research and service marketing treat customer behavior towards technology-based services homogeneously. However, recent studies recognize that users have different attitude towards different technologies even if these technologies used to support the same...

Since loyalty in services remains elusive and unpredictable, there is need to study consumer relationships with firms apart from the established satisfaction-loyalty chain approach. To that end, the present paper focuses on feelings of attachment and love and investigates through two empirical...