Waseem Bahadur, A. Khan, Ahsan Ali, Muhammad Usman
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Investigating the Effect of Employee Empathy on Service Loyalty: The Mediating Role of Trust in and Satisfaction with a Service Employee
Abstract This study examines the indirect effect of employee empathy on service loyalty through the intervening effect of trust in and satisfaction with service employees during service interactions. Data were obtained through a self-administered questionnaire from university students. A total of 410 useable responses were used to perform data analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and bootstrapping for indirect effects were conducted to test the hypotheses. The results show a significant effect of employee empathy on trust in service employee and satisfaction with service employee during customer–employee interactions. Also, satisfaction with a service employee showed a significant effect on service loyalty during service interactions. The study enhances the understanding of empathy within banking services during interactions between service employees and customers. It also provides insights for service managers and frontline service employees on how empathy develops customer’s trust and satisfaction with service employee.
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.