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Word-of-Mouth as Form of Customer Citizenship Behavior – An Empirical Approach

Author(s): Maciej Mitręga, Anna Dewalska-Opitek
Subject(s): Economy, Behaviorism, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: word-of-mouth; customer citizenship behavior;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents word-of-mouth as a type of customer citizenship behavior (CCB), an emerging and dynamic area of research in management science. The main objective of the paper is to depict WOM and its general stimulants based on literature studies, as well as to identify factors determining customers’ word-of-mouth inclination on the basis of exploratory research. Factor analysis and regression methods enabled identifying social needs, customers’ innovation and gratitude demonstrated by companies as relevant stimulants of customers’ word-of-mouth.

  • Issue Year: 181/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 205-217
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish