The purpose of this study is examine the importance of relationship marketing of family restaurants and connection of relation marketing, relationship quality, commitment and royalty.
For these purposes the author developed a structural model which c...
The purpose of this study is examine the importance of relationship marketing of family restaurants and connection of relation marketing, relationship quality, commitment and royalty.
For these purposes the author developed a structural model which consists of several variables. In order to empirically investigate the proposed model, the data were collected from 300 respondents randomly selected from among the customers who visited the family restaurants. But availability questionnaires of 300questionnaires is 288. The data were analyzed with SPSS 12.0. Several statistical methods were used including frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis, T-test, ANOVA. The results can be summarized as follows:
First, human services, food services are positively associated with satisfaction and trust. And customer marketing, price policy are only positively associated with satisfaction.
Second, relationship qualities(satisfaction, trust) are positively associated with commitment, royalty.
Third, commitment is positively associated with royalty.
It is interesting to note that royalty is through commitment better simple factor of trust, satisfaction. And family restaurants effort to get customer's satisfaction ; for example, use the activities of relationship marketing as differentiating strategies. At the end of the paper, managerial implication, limitation are discussed.
The results of studies show the customer royalty is closely related to the relationship marketing, relationship quality and commitment.