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Pr - Customer Engagement Of South African Farmers Towards Their Fertilizer Supplier

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  • Bisschoff, C.A.
  • Craven, J.

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The postmodern ultra-competitive global marketplace makes it difficult for companies to hold on to customers. This is especially true for industries that are driven by commodity products, and the South African fertilizer industry is not excluded from this statement. It is therefore important that companies not only operate to create loyal customers, but also increase and maintain a high level of engagement with their customers. This study measures customer engagement for a South African fertilizer company. In doing so, the study makes use, firstly, of a proposed customer engagement model, secondly, a customer engagement questionnaire to measure engagement, and thirdly, measuring the reliability of the data. The results show that all the antecedents were regarded as important by the respondents, and all but one exceed the required 75% level of excellence. The data were tested for reliability and showed excellent reliability in excess of 0.90, as measured by Cronbach alpha. This model can be used by manager, future researchers in the fertilizer industry, as well as other agriculture related industries.

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  • Bisschoff, C.A. & Craven, J., 2019. "Pr - Customer Engagement Of South African Farmers Towards Their Fertilizer Supplier," 22nd Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019 345884, International Farm Management Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifma19:345884
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.345884
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