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The impact of automated service quality on bank financial performance and the mediating role of customer retention have received little attention, as scholars have focused on issues of usability and measurement. This study begins by showing the impact of technology on the way banks conduct business and proceeds to discuss automated service quality definitions and the potential influence of automated service quality on retention and financial performance. A mediating model that links service quality to bank financial performance through customer retention in the automated service context is proposed. The results of this empirical study confirm the role of customer retention as a mediator in the effect of automated service quality on financial performance. Implications of the findings are discussed and the limitations of the study and the potential for future research are considered.
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Al-Hawari, M. The effect of automated service quality on bank financial performance and the mediating role of customer retention. J Financ Serv Mark 10, 228–243 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.fsm.4770189
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.fsm.4770189
Keywords
- banking
- customer relations
- e-business
- e-commerce
- financial brokers
- financial engineering
- financial institutions
- financial marketing
- financial models
- financial planning
- financial training
- insurance
- intermediation
- knowledge management
- management
- marketing
- marketing strategy
- pensions
- services quality
- virtual organisations
- Service quality
- automated context
- retention
- financial performance
- banking