The role of service empathy and assurance in building customer loyalty in the Nigerian road transport industry

  • Madumere Humphrey Ikenna Department of Marketing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (NG)
  • Cletus I. Emeti Department of Office and Information Management, Niger Delta University, Nigeria (NG)
  • Agu Godswill Agu Abia State University, Nigeria (NG) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-9430
  • Nwaizugbo Ireneus Chukwud Department of Marketing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. (NG)
Keywords: Service Quality, RATER, Organized Road Transport Industry, Nigeria

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Abstract

Basing on the RATER model of service quality, we explored the role service empathy and assurance in building road transport customers’ loyalty intention. Being a quantitative study, data from 318 valid responses, analyzed with simple regression analysis in SPSS 21.0, indicate that the two constructs – service empathy and service assurance are positive and significant predictors of customer loyalty. Further, with 82% and 78.8% variance explained for assurance and empathy respectively, results indicate that service assurance drives more customer loyalty than service empathy in the organized road transport industry in Nigeria. To attract and retain customers, operators in the industry must be service quality conscious.



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Published
2020-12-23
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Articles
How to Cite
Humphrey Ikenna, M., I. Emeti, C., Agu, A. G., & Ireneus Chukwud, N. (2020). The role of service empathy and assurance in building customer loyalty in the Nigerian road transport industry. Quantitative Economics and Management Studies, 2(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.35877/454RI.qems248