The Effect of Customer Relationship Management on Customer Loyalty (The Case of Dashen Bank s.c and Commercial bank of Ethiopia)
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2017-06-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Banking is one of the service sectors where competition is stiff to attract new or retain the
existing customers among commercial banks. Customer relationship management is one of the
strategies whereby banks are using to be competitive in financial sector. Customer relationship
management helps banks to retain customers as the practice of CRM pays attention to the need
of individual customers and eventually contributes a lot to customer satisfaction and loyalty.
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of customer relationship management on
customer loyalty for the case of Dashen Bank and Commercial bank of Ethiopia. The researcher
used the behavioral components of CRM i.e. Key customers focus, Knowledge management,
CRM Organization and Technology based-CRM as independent variables to examine its effect
on loyalty. The researcher was used descriptive and explanatory research design to meet the
research objectives. The researcher was used convenient sampling method to get representative
sample from the populations. The researcher collected data from ten branches of Dashen bank
and CBE through structured questionnaire to assess customers’ level of agreement regarding
CRM practice in their respective banks. A total of 384 questionnaires were distributed to collect
data and out of the total 352 questionnaires were returned. The collected data was analyzed
using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20.The descriptive statistics (mean,
standard deviation) and inferential statistics (correlation and regression) were used to described
demographic facts, to test hypothesis and to answer research questions. The statistical result
showed that Customer relationship management which is represented by four behavioral
components has a positive and significant influence on customer loyalty. The researcher
suggested that Dashen bank and CBE have to pay attention to CRM Organization dimension as
it has highest influence on customer loyalty.
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Customer Relationship Management, Key customers focus, Knowledge management