Conceptualizing Loyalty in the South African Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Krishna K Govender

Conceptualizing Loyalty in the South African Mobile Telecommunications Industry

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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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Krishna Govender. 2017. "Conceptualizing Loyalty in the South African Mobile Telecommunications Industry". Global Journal of Management and Business Research, Global Journal of Management and Business Research - E: Marketing GJMBR-E Volume 16 (GJMBR Volume 16 Issue E6).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJMBR

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Submission ReceivedDecember 8, 2015
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Published January 15, 2016

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Country: South Africa

Subject: Global Journal of Management and Business Research

Authors: Simon Nicolas Morgan, Krishna K Govender (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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