Antecedents of trust, corporate image, and switching costs: A case in telecommunication services in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Demir, AhmetIshik University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq (författare)

Antecedents of trust, corporate image, and switching costs : A case in telecommunication services in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

This study elaborates on the direct effects of the antecedents of customer trust, corporate image, and the cost of switching service providers. It also examines the indirect effects of these antecedents on customer loyalty and satisfaction through trust, improved corporate image, and lower switching costs. The results of our analysis, which covered a sample of 514 customers in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, show that all the four antecedents studied had both direct and indirect effects on trust, corporate image, switching costs, satisfaction, and loyalty. We also observe that satisfaction is an important mediator between loyalty and the other variables. However, conflict handling has very strong direct and indirect impacts on the other dependent variables. There are some differences between our findings and those of previous research on countries like Turkey, China, and western cultures.

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Ekonomi och näringsliv Nationalekonomi hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Economics and Business Economics hsv//eng
corporate image; trust; switching costs; telecommunications service sector; GSM operators; Iraq

Budur, TaylanIshik University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq (författare)
Heshmati, AlmasJönköping University,IHH, Nationalekonomi,Department of Economics, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea(Swepub:hj)hesalm (författare)
Ishik University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, IraqIHH, Nationalekonomi (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:International Journal of Mobile Communications: InderScience Publishers19:1, s. 53-741470-949X1741-5217

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