"Migrating" to New Service Providers: Toward a Unifying Framework of Consumers' Switching Behaviors
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Switching costs hold customers in business relationships regardless of their satisfaction with the service provider.
“The switching costs are acknowledged as a means for holding customers in business relationships, irrespective of their level of satisfaction with the service provider (Bansal et al. 2004; 2005; Burnham et al. 2003; Jones et al. 2002).”
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- Authors
- Bansal, H. S.
- Affiliations
- Wilfrid Laurier University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Bansal, H. S.
- Venue
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 96-115
- ISSN
- 0092-0703 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2150045357
- Cited by
- 975
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 71 · 2025: 99 · 2024: 82 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 68 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 55 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 40 · 2016: 38 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 33
- FWCI
- 15.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence
- Keywords
- service provider switching, customer switching, migration models, switching intention, moderating effect
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