Evaluating the effect of corporate social responsibility communication on mobile telephone customers
Author(s)
Chomvilailuk, Rojanasak
Butcher, Kenneth
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2016
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The broad aim of this study is to examine how perceived community value of a firm's corporate social responsibility initiative will affect service customer outcomes. Structural equation modelling was used with data collected from 258 telecommunication service users. Perceived community value was found to have a strong direct effect on CSR related word of mouth. While, CSR reputation had no significant direct effect on either word of mouth or switching cost. Trust mediated the influence of both independent variables on customer outcomes. Accordingly, perceived community value can assist our understanding of how CSR initiatives ...
View more >The broad aim of this study is to examine how perceived community value of a firm's corporate social responsibility initiative will affect service customer outcomes. Structural equation modelling was used with data collected from 258 telecommunication service users. Perceived community value was found to have a strong direct effect on CSR related word of mouth. While, CSR reputation had no significant direct effect on either word of mouth or switching cost. Trust mediated the influence of both independent variables on customer outcomes. Accordingly, perceived community value can assist our understanding of how CSR initiatives operate in a social media landscape.
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View more >The broad aim of this study is to examine how perceived community value of a firm's corporate social responsibility initiative will affect service customer outcomes. Structural equation modelling was used with data collected from 258 telecommunication service users. Perceived community value was found to have a strong direct effect on CSR related word of mouth. While, CSR reputation had no significant direct effect on either word of mouth or switching cost. Trust mediated the influence of both independent variables on customer outcomes. Accordingly, perceived community value can assist our understanding of how CSR initiatives operate in a social media landscape.
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Journal Title
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Volume
33
Subject
Marketing not elsewhere classified
Business and Management
Marketing
Tourism