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The Effects of Relationship Benefits on Relationship Quality——Concurrently Discussing the Moderating Effect of Customers Attachment Avoidance

WANG Xiao-fei1,2,WANG Quan-yong3,YU Yi-ping2   

  1. 1.International Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029,China;2. Business School, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao 266520, China; 3. School of Economics and Management, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
  • Received:2016-10-31 Online:2017-03-03

Abstract: On the basis of the attachment theory, this article takes the customer attachment avoidance as moderator variable to analyze the relationship between customers′ relational benefits and relational quality to service company. The study finds that the extent of customer attachment avoidance can moderate the relationship between relationship benefit and relationship quality. With increasing levels of attachment avoidance, the positive relationship between economic benefit and trust becomes stronger,the positive relationship between social benefit and affective commitment becomes stronger,and the positive relationship between psychological benefit and trust becomes stronger.

Key words: relationship benefit, relationship quality, attachment avoidance