The mediating role of the perceived value on the relationships between customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and e-marketing

Abstract

The online markets have been growing during the last near years, and many businesses have gen-erated customer satisfaction and loyalty by developing their marketing activities. The main aim of this study is to review the related body of the literature to develop a thorough conceptual research framework including e-marketing in order to determine the respective antecedent factors of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Another study aim is examining the mediating role of the perceived value on the interrelationships between e-marketing, customer satisfaction and loyalty. Through a questionnaire survey, the study collected the data from various online shoppers in Jordan with about 482 participants. The study results indicated that e-marketing had a significant effect on customer satisfaction but did not generate customer loyalty, and the customer satisfaction had a significant effect on customer loyalty. Another key result is the perceived value mediated the relations between e-marketing and both customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The study's respective implications offer new insights in marketing literature and conclude that the successful marketing activities should focus on the perceived value that is felt by the customers.