{"title":"Engaging Customers through Social Media to Improve Industrial Product Development: The Role of Customer Co-Creation Value","authors":"Ida Hidayanti, L. Herman, Naili Farida","doi":"10.1080/15332667.2018.1440137","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the effect of social media on customer loyalty with the mediation of customer co-creation value and to build a customer engagement model through co-creation value, which is supported by product improvement perceived in increasing customer loyalty. The data collection employed a survey method with structured questionnaires which were distributed to 150 respondents who were the members of social media product communities in Indonesia. The findings showed that interactions through social media are able to increase customer engagement, facilitaitng collaboration in co-creation value, allowing the company to improve and develop products based on customers' needs and desires, which will eventually increase customer loyalty.","PeriodicalId":35385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Relationship Marketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332667.2018.1440137","citationCount":"43","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Relationship Marketing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332667.2018.1440137","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Business, Management and Accounting","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the effect of social media on customer loyalty with the mediation of customer co-creation value and to build a customer engagement model through co-creation value, which is supported by product improvement perceived in increasing customer loyalty. The data collection employed a survey method with structured questionnaires which were distributed to 150 respondents who were the members of social media product communities in Indonesia. The findings showed that interactions through social media are able to increase customer engagement, facilitaitng collaboration in co-creation value, allowing the company to improve and develop products based on customers' needs and desires, which will eventually increase customer loyalty.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Relationship Marketing is a quarterly journal that publishes peer-reviewed (double-blind) conceptual and empirical papers of original works that make serious contributions to the understanding and advancement of relationship and marketing theory, research, and practice. This academic journal is interdisciplinary and international in nature. Topics of interest (not limited to): Evolution and life cycle of RM; theoretical and methodological issues in RM; types of RM, networks and strategic alliances; internal communication, quality, trust, commitment, satisfaction, loyalty, and dissolution in RM; applications of RM in different disciplines and industries; international perspectives in RM; RM strategies in services economy, higher education, and e-commerce; RM, technology, and the Web; profitability and RM; case studies and best practices in RM. If you are interested in becoming an ad-hoc reviewer, please e-mail a brief statement indicating your area of expertise and interest along with a copy of your CV.