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Customer engagement: exploring customer relationships beyond purchase.
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Using qualitative studies involving executives and customers, this study explores the nature and scope of customer engagement (CE), which is a vital component of relationship marketing. We define CE as the intensity of an individual's participation in and connection with an organization's offerings and/or organizational activities, which either the customer or the organization initiate. We argue that it is composed of cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social elements. Finally, we offer a model of CE, in which the participation and involvement of current or potential customers serve as antecedents of CE, while value, trust, affective commitment, word of mouth, loyalty, and brand community involvement are potential consequences.
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- Authors
- Vivek, S. D., Beatty, S. E., & Morgan, R. M.
- Affiliations
- Eastern Michigan University (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- ORCID
- Beatty, Sharon E.
- Venue
- Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-04
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 122-146
- ISSN
- 1069-6679 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-7175
- OpenAlex
- W2023071763
- Cited by
- 2,089
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 91.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Keywords
- customer engagement, relationship marketing, customer relationships, customer participation, customer involvement, cognitive engagement, emotional engagement, behavioral engagement, social engagement, customer value, trust, affective commitment, word of mouth, customer loyalty
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