Contrasting the Drivers of Switching Intent and Switching Behavior in Contractual Service Settings

Jochen Wirtz (First Author), Jeongwen Chiang (Participant Author), Naresh Malhotra (Participant Author), Ping Xiao (Participant Author)

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摘要

We examine consumer switching decisions in contractual service settings and contrast the drivers of actual switching with those of switching intent. We surveyed a panel of subscribers to all cell phone service providers in a market and recorded key marketing mix data. At four months intervals, we asked panel members about their switching intentions and then subsequently observed actual switching behavior. Consistent with construal level theory, our findings show that switching intent is explained by only a handful of desirability- or outcome-related variables (i.e., overall satisfaction, performance perceptions of important attributes, and monetary switching costs). In contrast, the results show that many more variable categories contributed to explain actual switching behavior. These findings confirm that switching intent is driven by a qualitatively different set of variables than switching behavior. Implications for theory, research and practice are discussed.
源语言英语
页(从-至)463-480
期刊Journal of Retailing
90
4
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 2014

Corresponding author email

jochen@nus.edu.sg

关键词

  • Construal level theory
  • Marketing-mix
  • Switching behavior
  • Switching intent

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  • Scopus
  • SSCI

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