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<p>Customer experience quality is an important and relatively new concept for service businesses in gaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Although the literature on customer experience quality is expanding, there is a gap concerning the antecedent and consequences of customer experience in fitness services. In this context, we tested a model that explains the precursors and implications of customer experience quality in the context of fitness services. This study was based on a non-experimental, depictive, and descriptive design. Within the scope of this study, 287 participants (216 male, 71 female) selected through a convenience sampling technique applied a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equation model. The findings show that service result quality, customer–employee interaction quality, and customer–customer interaction quality affect customer experience quality, which in turn affects customer loyalty. These results show that improving the service outcome quality results in customers who experience high-quality customer–employee and customer–customer interactions becoming loyal customers.</p>
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Customer experience quality is an important and relatively new concept for service businesses in gaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Although the literature on customer experience quality is expanding, there is a gap concerning the antecedent and consequences of customer experience in fitness services. In this context, we tested a model that explains the precursors and implications of customer experience quality in the context of fitness services. This study was based on a non-experimental, depictive, and descriptive design. Within the scope of this study, 287 participants (216 male, 71 female) selected through a convenience sampling technique applied a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equation model. The findings show that service result quality, customer–employee interaction quality, and customer–customer interaction quality affect customer experience quality, which in turn affects customer loyalty. These results show that improving the service outcome quality results in customers who experience high-quality customer–employee and customer–customer interactions becoming loyal customers.

Effect of Customer Experience Quality on Loyalty in Fitness Services

Faculty of Sport Science, Department of Sport Management

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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Customer experience quality is an important and relatively new concept for service businesses in gaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Although the...

Effect of Customer Experience Quality on Loyalty in Fitness Services

Publié en ligne: 17 mars 2022

Pages: 21 - 34

Reçu: 26 avr. 2021

Accepté: 30 déc. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2022-0003

Mots clés
Interaction quality, experience quality, customer loyalty, fitness services

© 2022 Ersin Eskiler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effect of Customer Experience Quality on Loyalty in Fitness Services

Publié en ligne: 17 mars 2022

Pages: 21 - 34

Reçu: 26 avr. 2021

Accepté: 30 déc. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2022-0003

Mots clésInteraction quality, experience quality, customer loyalty, fitness services

© 2022 Ersin Eskiler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Interaction quality, experience quality, customer loyalty, fitness services