Recently, executives and practitioners say delighting customers not only is more important than satisfying customers but helps to increase profitability of firms, loyal customers, and customer retention rate. But, whereas many research on customer sat...
Recently, executives and practitioners say delighting customers not only is more important than satisfying customers but helps to increase profitability of firms, loyal customers, and customer retention rate. But, whereas many research on customer satisfaction has been conducted, little research on customer delight exists.
This paper focuses on developing scale for delight measures and all 7 steps is processed. Step 1 is specifying domain of the construct. Step 2 is generating sample of items through literature review, focus group interview, in-depth interview, and expert survey. Step 3 is collecting data via first survey. Step 4 is purifying the measures accomplished via factor and reliability analyses. Step 5 and 6 consist of assessing the reliability of the refined list with new data. Step 7 is concerned with assessing the validity of the construct.
Finally, purpose of this paper is to find the basic causes and expected situations resulting in delight and emotions from delight. This findings better help to understand delight and provides managerial implications to the firms implementing customer delight strategies.