Document Type
Journal Article
Department/Unit
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
Title
Investigating customers' satisfaction with brand pages in social networking sites
Language
English
Abstract
The brand page is a popular business application of Social Networking Sites (SNS) that allows companies to create added values for their brand and customers. Studies have shown that satisfied followers of a brand page are more likely to spread positive word of mouth about the brand to connected friends. However, most current research on brand pages is essentially descriptive and lack clear understanding about what factors contribute to customers ‘satisfaction with brand pages. This study relies on the Customer Value Theory, and develops a framework that investigates how multidimensional customer values enhance brand page satisfaction, and how such satisfaction further affects positive word of mouth intention. We use partial least square (PLS), which is a component based structural equation modeling technique, to analyze a survey sample including 375 “followers” of brand pages. The result reveals the significant role of customer value in determining brand page satisfaction and positive word of mouth.
Keywords
Social Networking Site, Brand Page, Customer Value, Satisfaction, Positive Word of Mouth
Publication Date
2015
Source Publication Title
Journal of Computer Information Systems
Volume
55
Issue
2
Start Page
48
End Page
58
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
DOI
10.1080/08874417.2015.11645756
Link to Publisher's Edition
ISSN (print)
08874417
ISSN (electronic)
23802057
Recommended Citation
Chow, Wing Sing, and Si Shi. "Investigating customers' satisfaction with brand pages in social networking sites." Journal of Computer Information Systems 55.2 (2015): 48-58.