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An Examination Of The Effects Of Service Brand Dimensions On Customer Satisfaction, Athanasios Krystallis, Polymeros Chrysochou

Polymeros Chrysochou

The present study intends to examine how consumers evaluate service brands. Building on past literature, several causal relationships are examined between key brand dimensions and consumer satisfaction using the airline industry as an exemplary branded service category. Results reveal price, core service, feelings and self-image congruence to be the most important dimensions of a service brand which, in turn, impact significantly on consumer satisfaction. Except price, these attributes are intangible components of the service brand that can only be assessed by the customer during the use stage of decision-making. Besides these brand components, controlled communications are also found to strongly …