Linking CRM strategy, customer performance measures and performance in the hotel industry

Customer relationship management (CRM) has been increasingly adopted because of its benefits of greater customer satisfaction and loyalty, which in turn, leads to enhanced financial and competitive performance. This paper reports on a study that examines the relationship between CRM strategy and per...

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Main Authors: Abu Kasim, Nor Aziah, Minai, Badriyah
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39467/1/39467.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.394672015-08-03T05:03:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39467/ Linking CRM strategy, customer performance measures and performance in the hotel industry Abu Kasim, Nor Aziah Minai, Badriyah Customer relationship management (CRM) has been increasingly adopted because of its benefits of greater customer satisfaction and loyalty, which in turn, leads to enhanced financial and competitive performance. This paper reports on a study that examines the relationship between CRM strategy and performance and determines whether the use of customer performance measures plays a mediating role in the relationship between CRM strategy and performance. This study contributes to the limited literature on CRM strategy since little is known about the use of CRM strategy and customer performance measures and their relation with performance in the hotel industry in Malaysia. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of hotels in Malaysia. Hierarchical regression analyses on a sample of 95 hotels revealed that only the information technology dimension of CRM strategy has a significant and positive effect on performance. In addition, the hypothesis concerning the role of customer performance measures as a mediator was supported. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2009-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39467/1/39467.pdf Abu Kasim, Nor Aziah and Minai, Badriyah (2009) Linking CRM strategy, customer performance measures and performance in the hotel industry. International Journal of Economics and Management, 3 (2). pp. 297-316. ISSN 1823-836X http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol3_no2.htm
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description Customer relationship management (CRM) has been increasingly adopted because of its benefits of greater customer satisfaction and loyalty, which in turn, leads to enhanced financial and competitive performance. This paper reports on a study that examines the relationship between CRM strategy and performance and determines whether the use of customer performance measures plays a mediating role in the relationship between CRM strategy and performance. This study contributes to the limited literature on CRM strategy since little is known about the use of CRM strategy and customer performance measures and their relation with performance in the hotel industry in Malaysia. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of hotels in Malaysia. Hierarchical regression analyses on a sample of 95 hotels revealed that only the information technology dimension of CRM strategy has a significant and positive effect on performance. In addition, the hypothesis concerning the role of customer performance measures as a mediator was supported.
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title Linking CRM strategy, customer performance measures and performance in the hotel industry
title_short Linking CRM strategy, customer performance measures and performance in the hotel industry
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title_fullStr Linking CRM strategy, customer performance measures and performance in the hotel industry
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publisher Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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