The relationship among service experience, perceived value and behavioural intentions of customers in a group fitness class

Understanding the importance of the customer perception during the experience in the fitness centre is fundamental to comprehend behavioural intentions for fitness centre managers. This study attempts to understand how important and necessary is consumer’s assessment of service experience, perceived...

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Autores: Baena Arroyo, Manuel Jesús, Gálvez Ruiz, Pablo, Sánchez Oliver, Antonio Jesús, Bernal García, Ainara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/58290
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/58290
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Service experience
Perceived value
Behavioural intentions
Fitness centres
Group fitness class
Virtual fitness class
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Sumario:Understanding the importance of the customer perception during the experience in the fitness centre is fundamental to comprehend behavioural intentions for fitness centre managers. This study attempts to understand how important and necessary is consumer’s assessment of service experience, perceived value, and behavioural intention, and the relationships among theses variables into group fitness class (GFC), and Virtual fitness class (VFC). Data was collected from 1.943 customers. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated an adequate goodness-of-fit-indexes for the model obtained. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed the positive and significant effect of service experience on customers’ perceived value and behavioural intention, but results show that perceived value has poor fit on behavioural intentions. The overall customer’s perception of GFC and VFC can be a focus for fitness centre’s managers aiming to improve fitness service supply related to new technologies in the fitness industry to increase intentions to repurchase.