Investigating Factors Influencing Tejarat bank's Customer Loyalty

Subject Areas : Jounal of Marketing Management

M. A. Abdolvand ¹ , K. Abdoli ²

1 - استادیار، عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاداسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران
2 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت بازرگانی (گرایش بازاریابی بین الملل) - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران

Received: 2014-06-10 Accepted : 2014-06-10 Published : 2008-09-22

Keywords: Customer loyalty, Image, Customer Satisfaction, Service Quality, Customer Value,

Abstract :

In competitive, complex & dynamic bank industry setting, only a small distinction in service providing, will cause a great transformation. Traditional banks, according to the principals of Relationship Marketing, that considers the customers loyalty as its main goal, are going to be changed in to customer-based ones. In such dynamic setting, producing & settling strategies, which result in making customers loyal, is so important. Regarding to the importance of customers in bank industry, this research has pointed to Tejarat bank customers’ loyalty concept using the effects of variables of Image, Service quality & Satisfaction. So in order to understand how the above variables will shape loyalty in a bank setting, we have tried to recognize indices of each variable that let Tejarat bank managers to design & settle suitable & effective strategies for making their customers loyal. The research method is Descriptive one & the statistical society is Tejarat bank customers in Tehran branches of this bank. In order to gather data, questionnaire has been used. As this research has been measured a complex relationship among variables comprehensively, is new & also data analysis has been done using parametric & nonparametric statistical tests. Results show a direct effect of image, satisfaction & service quality. Service quality has a direct effect on customer satisfaction & service quality & customer satisfaction have a meaningful effect on loyalty.