The Effects of Trust, Commitment and Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty in the Distribution Sector

The main goal of this investigation is to demonstrate the main effects of trust, commitment and customer satisfaction on loyalty with a sample of customers from the distribution sector in Portugal. The results showed that trust has a positive and direct effect on commitment, also trust has a positiv...

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Main Author: Bricci, L. (author)
Other Authors: Fragata, A. (author), Antunes, J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4260
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipv.pt:10400.19/4260
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Summary:The main goal of this investigation is to demonstrate the main effects of trust, commitment and customer satisfaction on loyalty with a sample of customers from the distribution sector in Portugal. The results showed that trust has a positive and direct effect on commitment, also trust has a positive and direct effect on satisfaction, commitment has a positive and direct effect on loyalty and satisfaction has a positive and direct effect on loyalty, thus it´s important for this companies the improvement of responsibility, development of team skills, empowering employees and the company in a sense to fulfill commitments and performing the co-creation of value.