These days, the companies which focus on relationship marketing are establishing a way of the constant interaction with customers. In order to understand the members' behavior the of online community, it is necessary to study the interaction which is ...
These days, the companies which focus on relationship marketing are establishing a way of the constant interaction with customers. In order to understand the members' behavior the of online community, it is necessary to study the interaction which is occurred in the community in depth.
My research examined the types of different interactions made up in the online community interaction, examined the aspects of interaction, and then investigated these aspects and the relationship between commitment and loyalty to community or company in the concrete.
As a result, we could get these consequences. First, the passive interaction enhanced the active interaction. Second, the active interaction enhanced commitment. Third, the commitment enhanced the loyalty.
Customer-based community could be divided into topical communities and company-based communities. The topical communities are for the customers who are interested in a specific product or explore the information in detail.
In addition, the company-based community is made and run for informing its products and keeping relationship with customers.
This study examined the formation and the relationship between commitment and loyalty of interaction. Therefore these results were able to put knowledge to practical use. Moreover the study classified the aspects of interaction, commitment and loyalty and examined the each relationship respectively. These research may provide a meaningful studies for the future.