International Journal of Business, Management and Economics
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): International Journal of Business, Management and Economics

Customer Relationship Management: A Tool for Customer Loyalty (A Case Study of Some Selected Hotels in Hawassa)

Walelign, Andualem (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Oct 2020

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to investigate customer relationship management and customers’ loyalty in Hawassa city selected hotels by applying CRM dimensions of bonding, communication, conflict handling, empathy, responsiveness and trust. Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from customers of the selected hotels. In line with the objective, descriptive research methods were used to examine the customers’ perceptions of CRM practices and future behavioral intentions. Inferential statistics were used to see the relationship between dependent and independent variables as well as to investigate cause and effect relationships. The key finding showed that there was a positive and significant effect of CRM dimensions of communication, conflict handling, empathy and trust on customer loyalty and selected hotel guests loyalty status shows that they were slightly intended to be loyal customer to the selected hotels. Bonding and responsiveness did not significantly affect guests’ loyalty.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbmer

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

International Journal of Business, Management & Economics Research (IJBMER) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers. IJBMER has been published since 2020. It is currently published quarterly (February, May, August and November). e-ISSN: 2746-1351. The Digital Object ...