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Customer oriented service culture and its impact on customer loyalty in organised retail context

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  • Tejas R. Shah
  • Amit Jain

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Customer service plays an important role in customers' purchase decisions. Culture is the vital ingredient in the service delivery process. The service dominant logic of retail organisations has led to emphasis on development of service culture and its outcomes. The objective of this paper is to find the characteristics of retail service culture. This research also tends to study the relationships between antecedents of development of retail service culture and impact of service culture on its outcome variables. The final sample size includes 202 employees of an organised retail organisation. The results of a factor analysis revealed five dimensions of retail service culture, namely, reliability, responsiveness, support, attitude towards customers and competitive framework. Top management commitment, cultural socialisation and participative/supportive leadership were found to create a significant positive impact on building a customer oriented service culture. A customer oriented service culture was found to create a significant positive impact on customer satisfaction, trust and loyalty.

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  • Tejas R. Shah & Amit Jain, 2015. "Customer oriented service culture and its impact on customer loyalty in organised retail context," International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(1), pages 23-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijicbm:v:11:y:2015:i:1:p:23-42
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