Article: Performance and consumer satisfaction with mobile telecommunications Journal: International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets (IJBEM) 2017 Vol.9 No.3 pp.216 - 240 Abstract: Research findings show that the process of consumer satisfaction formation depends on the type of product or service being offered. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated if satisfaction varies among different consumer segments. The present paper aims to verify if the expectation disconfirmation model - original from a developed economy - can be used to explain the satisfaction of consumers with mobile telecommunications services in Brazil, an emerging economy with market conditions different from those in developed economies; and also whether consumer income influences satisfaction perception. The expectation disconfirmation model was tested with a sample of 1,028 college students, users of mobile telecommunications services. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling. The results show that performance, differently from expectations, has a significant influence on consumer (dis)satisfaction with mobile telecommunications services. Also, expectations, performance perception and (dis)satisfaction levels do not vary among different income consumer groups. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Performance and consumer satisfaction with mobile telecommunications

Authors: Marcus Wilcox Hemais; Victor Manoel Cunha De Almeida

Addresses: Faculdades Católicas, Departamento de Administração (IAG), Marcus Wilcox Hemais, Rua Marques de São Vicente, 225, 22451-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ' The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), COPPEAD Graduate School of Business, Rua Pascoal Lemme, 355, Cidade Universitária, 21941-918 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Abstract: Research findings show that the process of consumer satisfaction formation depends on the type of product or service being offered. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated if satisfaction varies among different consumer segments. The present paper aims to verify if the expectation disconfirmation model - original from a developed economy - can be used to explain the satisfaction of consumers with mobile telecommunications services in Brazil, an emerging economy with market conditions different from those in developed economies; and also whether consumer income influences satisfaction perception. The expectation disconfirmation model was tested with a sample of 1,028 college students, users of mobile telecommunications services. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling. The results show that performance, differently from expectations, has a significant influence on consumer (dis)satisfaction with mobile telecommunications services. Also, expectations, performance perception and (dis)satisfaction levels do not vary among different income consumer groups.

Keywords: satisfaction; performance; mobile telecommunications; income; expectation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEM.2017.086657

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, 2017 Vol.9 No.3, pp.216 - 240

Received: 28 Oct 2015
Accepted: 30 Oct 2016
Published online: 18 Sep 2017 *

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