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Effects of Social Rapport and Friendship on the Relational Outcomes

사회적 라포와 프렌드십의 관계마케팅 성과에의 영향

  • Received : 2012.11.23
  • Accepted : 2013.01.14
  • Published : 2013.01.28
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Abstract

Service marketing is the important part in relationship marketing researches because it can make not only a functional aspect, but a social connection with customers as well through the interactive process in service encounters. Therefore, we have to examine whether or not customers' strong emotional bonds which can be created by the interaction in service encounters have influences on the variables related to relationship marketing in service. As results, social rapport and friendship as customers' strong emotional bonds were stimulated by a relational antecedent(communication), and eventually could effect on customer loyalty as a relational outcome positively. It means that customers' strong emotional bonds are critical components to lead relational outcomes in relationship marketing of service. Also, It suggests that customers' strong emotional bonds should be considered in the process from the relational efforts to relational outcomes.

서비스마케팅은 서비스 접점에서의 상호작용과정을 통해 기능적인 요소 외에 사회적인 요소를 발생시키고 있으므로 관계마케팅 연구의 중요한 대상이 되고 있다. 따라서, 서비스마케팅 분야에서의 관계마케팅 연구는 서비스접점에서의 상호작용과정을 통해 발생할 수 있는 고객의 강력한 감정적인 결속이 관계의 발전과 유지에 어떤 영향을 미치는 지 살펴보아야 한다. 본 연구의 결과, 고객의 감정적인 결속으로 대표될 수 있는 사회적 라포와 프렌드십이 관계적 선행변수(커뮤니케이션)에 의해 자극될 수 있고, 궁극적으로는 고객충성도와 같은 관계적 성과를 이끌어 낼 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 관계마케팅 연구에서 고객의 강력한 감정적인 결속의 중요성을 시사하는 것이며, 뿐만 아니라 관계적 노력에 의한 관계적 성과를 설명하는 과정에서 고객의 감정적인 결속의 중요성을 제안하고 있는 것이다.

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