...Xinyi Lyu; Paul Harrigan; Tiaojun Xiao; Jingquan Li Purpose Drawing attention to the tension between interpersonal commitment and platform dependence, this study examines how relationship network stability – reflecting trading-partner persistence across periods – and two dynamic components...

...Dae Hui Lee; Udo Gottlieb Purpose Artificial intelligence service quality (AI-SQ) comprises both technical and functional quality. In this study, we investigate how AI-SQ affects trust and commitment in customer engagement, including customer purchases, referrals, social influence and knowledge...

...Jyh-Liang Guan; Tzong-Ru (Jiun-Shen) Lee; Carlos Ferro-Soto; Göran Svensson; Nils M. Høgevold Purpose This study aims to examine the role that satisfaction plays between positive alter egos (i.e. commitment and trust) and negative alter egos (i.e. conflict and opportunism) in buyer and seller...

... the impact of business ethics and etiquette on inter-firm trust, commitment, and reciprocity at different business lifecycles. Design/methodology/approach A total of 3,860 responses from 92 countries were collected via an online survey. Through confirmatory factor analyses, two distinct business ethics...

...Pornpana Tangchua; Assadej Vanichchinchai Purpose This study investigates the relationships between service quality, relationship quality (i.e. satisfaction, trust and commitment) and loyalty in the business-to-business (B2B) context. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was developed...

...-creation. Therefore, the current study aims to investigate co-production in enhancing value co-creation. Previous research has predominantly explored the linear effects of commitment and asset specificity on co-production. To expand on this foundation, our study goes a step further by including...

... sustainable management and deepen industrial sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach Based on commitment theory, this paper proposes a conceptual model that includes three antecedents: perception of greenwashing, environmental, social and governance (ESG) and social media content quality...

... a sample of 127 exporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand. The authors employed partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) for analyzing the measurement and structural models. Findings Psychological contract fulfillment (PCF) enhances affective commitment...

...Jie Yang; Hongming Xie; Guangsheng Yu; Mingyu Liu; Yingnan Yang Purpose This study examines the operational and relational governances as antecedents of cooperation commitment in buyer–supplier exchanges. It also assesses the impact of cooperation commitment on operational performance. Design...

... (adaptation, cooperation and communication) on export performance. However, the authors found that the impact was mediated by trust and commitment, rather than being direct. Research limitations/implications The findings suggest that the impact of relational variables on export performance is complex...

... quality in turn also impacts customer loyalty attributes, including satisfaction, value, trust and commitment. Satisfaction is a determinant of customer trust, whereas the direct relationship between value and customer commitment is not supported. Research limitations/implications – The model...

...Owen Wright; Anthony Grace Purpose Although research in franchising is currently experiencing an advancement in the investigation of behavioural attributes, the motivators and perceptions of participants within this partnership, the key variables of trust and commitment, a key to successful...