Toward a Model of e-Banking Service Quality, Customer Co-Creation, and eWOM

Nguyễn Thanh Lâm, Nguyễn Phước Thiện

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Advances in the development of new technology and the common use of mobile electronic devices have led customers to increase their use of electronic banking (e-banking). Many studies have focused on the factors that induce the adoption of e-banking, however, few have reviewed customers’ post-adoption behaviour. Service quality has been recognised as one of the most critical components of e-banking use, which include satisfaction, trust, and commitment. However, very rare studies have focused on the impact of e-banking quality on customer co-creation regarding electronic word of mouth (eWOM). It has been demonstrated that value co-creation promotes customer creativity, which results in mutual benefits for both business and customers, including the promotion of eWOM, but relevant empirical validations are still limited. The conceptual model was empirically tested using survey data from 265 respondents who are users of e-banking services in Vietnam. The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares and SPSS. The results indicated that both e-banking service quality and adoption intention have a significant impact on customer value co-creation and eWOM. Since previous literature regarding the antecedents to facilitate customer value co-creation and eWOM is limited, the results of this study can contribute to the existing literature by integrating relevant constructs to a comprehensive framework, which can explain the phenomenon of customer value co-creation and eWOM, especially in the context of e-banking adoption. Furthermore, the results will help professionals design marketing mix programs to promote e-banking adoption.

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