Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and customer loyalty in the hotel industry: A cross-country study

The study examines the role of customer perceptions of CSR in improving customer loyalty by exploring its directand mediated effects through service quality, customer satisfaction, corporate image and corporate reputation ina cross-country setting. Data from Pakistan, China, and Italy was collected...

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Autores: Latif, Khawaja Fawad, Pérez Ruiz, Andrea|||0000-0003-3521-1783, Sahibzada, Umar Farooq
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/20705
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/20705
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Corporate Social Responsibility
Loyalty
Service Quality
Satisfaction
Image
Reputation
Cross-Country
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Sumario:The study examines the role of customer perceptions of CSR in improving customer loyalty by exploring its directand mediated effects through service quality, customer satisfaction, corporate image and corporate reputation ina cross-country setting. Data from Pakistan, China, and Italy was collected through surveys to explore customers'hotel experiences. The hypotheses were tested with SmartPLS-3. Findings for the overall sample revealed thatCSR affected customer loyalty positively and significantly. Nonetheless, this relationship was insignificant in thesamples from Pakistan and Italy, while it was found to be only partially significant in China. Thefindings alsorevealed a direct, positive and significant impact of CSR on service quality, customer satisfaction, corporateimage and corporate reputation. The direct relationships among all these variables were also significant acrosssamples. Customer satisfaction and corporate image were identified as significant mediators of the CSR-loyaltylink, but service quality and corporate reputation were found insignificant.