Antecedents of customer satisfaction and brand loyalty of smartphones among Generation Y students

• Autorzy: Redda Ephrem Habtemichael , Shezi Nkosinamandla

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2019.20.2.37

Warianty tytułu

PL

Przeszłość działań w zakresie satysfakcji klienta i lojalności marki smartfonów wśród studenckiego pokolenia Y

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The market for smartphones is growing rapidly in South Africa, particularly due to the popularity of smartphone brands among young consumers, labelled as Generation Y. The Generation Y cohort comprises the youth of today who are a technologically astute consumer group with an increasing appetite for technology products such as smartphones. The purpose of this study is to investigate the antecedents of customer satisfaction and brand loyalty of smartphones among Generation Y students at selected South African universities. This study used a quantitative research method. Data was collected using a self-administrated questionnaire from university students registered at two public higher education institutions (HEIs), one traditional university and the other a university of technology in South Africa. The questionnaires were adapted from previously validated scales. Descriptive analysis and regression analysis were applied to achieve the objectives of the study. The results of the study indicate that brand image, product design, functionality and price of smartphones are the main antecedents of customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the study has found that brand image, product design and functionality are the drivers of Generation Y’s loyalty towards smartphones. In addition, customer satisfaction is found to be a predictor of customer loyalty in respect of smartphones. These product features and corporate factors are important antecedents that influence the success of marketing efforts among Generation Y students. This study elucidates that Generation Y students are highly informed consumers when it comes to smartphones. Therefore, it is recommended that manufacturers of smartphones devise special marketing efforts to target this technologically astute generational cohort, as they have shown an insatiable appetite for smartphones. Therefore, they should build on their brand image, continuously improve the product design and functionality of their smartphones, and offer them at competitive prices to enhance customer satisfaction and attain customer loyalty among Generation Y students.

PL

Rynek smartfonów szybko rośnie w Południowej Afryce, szczególnie ze względu na popularność marek smartfonów wśród młodych konsumentów, oznaczonych jako Generation Y. Kohorta Generation Y obejmuje dzisiejszą młodzież, która jest technologicznie bystrą grupą konsumentów o rosnącym apetycie dla produktów technologicznych, takich jak smartfony. Celem tego badania jest zbadanie poprzedników zadowolenia klientów i lojalności marki smartfonów wśród studentów pokolenia Y na wybranych uniwersytetach w RPA. W badaniu wykorzystano metodę badań ilościowych. Dane zebrano za pomocą kwestionariusza administrowanego samodzielnie przez studentów uniwersytetów zarejestrowanych w dwóch publicznych szkołach wyższych (HEI), jednym tradycyjnym uniwersytecie, a drugim uniwersytecie technologicznym w Południowej Afryce. Kwestionariusze zostały dostosowane z wcześniej zatwierdzonych skal. W celu osiągnięcia celów badania zastosowano analizę opisową i analizę regresji. Wyniki badania wskazują, że wizerunek marki, projekt produktu, funkcjonalność i cena smartfonów są głównymi czynnikami warunkującymi zadowolenie klienta. Ponadto badanie wykazało, że wizerunek marki, konstrukcja produktu i funkcjonalność są motorem lojalności generacji Y w stosunku do smartfonów. Ponadto okazuje się, że zadowolenie klientów jest predyktorem lojalności klientów w odniesieniu do smartfonów. Te cechy produktu i czynniki korporacyjne są ważnymi poprzednikami, które wpływają na sukces działań marketingowych wśród studentów pokolenia Y. Badanie to wyjaśnia, że studenci pokolenia Y są dobrze poinformowanymi konsumentami, jeśli chodzi o smartfony. Dlatego zaleca się, aby producenci smartfonów podjęli specjalne działania marketingowe w celu ukierunkowania tej technologicznie sprytnej grupy pokoleniowej, ponieważ wykazali nienasycony apetyt na smartfony. Dlatego powinni opierać się na wizerunku swojej marki, stale ulepszać projekt produktu i funkcjonalność swoich smartfonów, a także oferować je po konkurencyjnych cenach, aby zwiększyć zadowolenie klientów i lojalność klientów wśród studentów pokolenia Y.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

branding; consumers; generation loyalty; smartphones

PL

branding; konsumenci; lojalność generacji; smartfon

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 20, No. 2
• Strony: 441--453
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Redda Ephrem Habtemichael

• North-West University

autor

Shezi Nkosinamandla

• University of Johannesburg

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Uwagi

1. Bibliografia : poz. 11 bibliografii jest powtórzeniem poz. 10 bibliografii oraz poz. 20 bibliografii jest powtórzeniem poz. 19 bibliografii.

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).