Title
Satisfying Customer Expectations: The Effect On Conflict And Repurchase Intentions In Industrial Marketing Channels
Abstract
The article investigates how the marketer's fulfillment of middleman expectations impacts upon conflict and repurchase intentions in industrial channels. The nature and key determinants of expectations in industrial buyer behavior are examined. Discrepancy theory is used to assess the (dis)confirmation of expectations process. A series of hypotheses are developed and tested in a large manufacturing and distribution network engaged in the marketing of fluid power products. Results suggest a direct causal effect of (dis) confirmed expectations on repurchase intentions and on conflict, and that the effect of expectations on repurchase intentions is not modified by the creation of conflict. Managerial implications are drawn. © 1989 Academy of Marketing Science.
Publication Date
12-1-1989
Publication Title
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Volume
17
Issue
1
Number of Pages
41-49
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726352
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
51249172608 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51249172608
STARS Citation
Joseph Cronin, J. and Morris, Michael H., "Satisfying Customer Expectations: The Effect On Conflict And Repurchase Intentions In Industrial Marketing Channels" (1989). Scopus Export 1980s. 386.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1980/386