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Generation Z Consumers as a Challenge for a Community Manager Olga Lawinska; Anna Korombel
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 8, No 4 (2019): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
Publisher : International Journal of Supply Chain Management

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Social media - especially for young generation Z - have become an essential tool for establishing private, professional and consumer relations. People from generation Z constitute an increasingly demanding group of customers. They do not know the era when the Internet or smartphones have not existed. In fact, they have been using these technologies from their earliest years, hence they are often called digital natives. The possibility of using social media commercially for marketing purposes gave rise to a new profession - community manager. It refers to a professional who deals with day-to-day communication with fans and interacts with the recipients of published content. He or she answers questions from fans, responds to emails, and often conducts long discussions to keep fans engaged, strengthen the brand's contact with its potential customers and build a positive image of the company. The aim of this paper is to identify challenges/tasks for community managers resulting from special characteristics of generation Z members and their behaviour on social media. As well as literature review, a survey was conducted among 233 students - representatives of generation Z. Analysis of the gathered empirical data gave basis for verifying the formulated research hypotheses and concluding that people from generation Z are not loyal customers, meaning that they usually do not get attached to the brand/company, product/service, and that generation Z customers are not willing to defend a company's reputation on social media. Additionally, the strength of relationships between the analysed variables and a respondent's sex and place of residence was verified.
Building Relations with Generation Z as a Challenge for Social Customer Relationship Management Faced by Modern Enterprises - A Case of Generation Z Students Anna Korombel; Olga Lawinska
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 8, No 4 (2019): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
Publisher : International Journal of Supply Chain Management

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The Internet and access to numerous modern technological tools make it easier for modern enterprises to operate on the market, yet create ever more difficult conditions for being competitive. Competition is increasing very fast - it is currently at a mouse-click; the amount of time taken to make decisions is dramatically shrinking, enterprises' advertising and promotional campaigns are less and less effective, and the costs of attracting and retaining customers are rising. As customers' loyalty is decreasing and their awareness and expectations are increasing fast, it seems that the right solution for enterprises is to focus on building long-term relations with their customers. Such a possibility is offered by the concept of Social Customer Relationship Management (SCRM), which enables companies to develop two-way communication with customers through social media. In order to develop communication, enterprises need to find out as much as possible about their current/future interlocutor, i.e. their potential customer. There is extensive knowledge about the expectations and characteristics of social media activity of representatives of Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y/Millennials. In contrast, Generation Z, i.e. people born in 1995 or later, who are currently entering the labour market, is the least explored generation. This group differs significantly from the representatives of the previous generations, which may be due to the fact that its representatives were born into the digital world and do not know other reality. The aim of the paper is to indicate the characteristics of social media activity of representatives of generation Z as a basis for building relations and gaining advantages by enterprises. This aim has been achieved by presenting part of the findings of a study conducted among students of the Management Faculty of the Czestochowa University of Technology in the third quarter of 2018.