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Title: A multi-group analysis of social media engagement and loyalty constructs between full-service and low-cost carriers in Hong Kong
Authors: Lee, CKM 
Ng, KKH 
Chan, HK
Choy, KL 
Tai, WC 
Choi, LS 
Issue Date: Oct-2018
Source: Journal of air transport management, Oct. 2018, v. 73, p. 46-57
Abstract: This study investigates the factors that influence customer loyalty to full-service carriers and low-cost carriers in the Hong Kong airline industry. A hypothesis model is proposed to examine the relationship of various drivers of customer loyalty. In this study, engagement in social media was used to assess the effect of advertising, while the impacts of perceived service quality were considered to measure the effect on perceived value, and their impacts on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Three hundred and fifty-six questionnaires were distributed at the Hong Kong International Airport to collect data. The multi-group analysis was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis model with two groups of passengers. The results confirmed that social media engagement, perceived service quality, and perceived value have an incidental relationship to customer satisfaction. Media engagement and service quality are the strong predictors of attitudinal and behavioural loyalty in low-cost carriers. Interestingly, our findings show that the two groups of passengers have notable differences regarding loyalty construction, which adequately explain how passengers have different service expectations and needs.
Keywords: Airline industry
Customer loyalty
Multi-group analysis
Perceived value
Social media engagement
Structural equation modelling
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Journal: Journal of air transport management 
EISSN: 0969-6997
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.009
Rights: © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
© 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
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