Factors Affecting Switching Behavior of Mobile Service Users: The Case of Jordan

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the most critical factors affecting the customer switching behavior for mobile service providers in Jordan. A number of 580 questionnaires distributed to a random sample of Jordanian mobile users. The questionnaire contains 33 items measured on a five‐point likert scale. The data were analyzed using regression analysis. It was found that all the independent variables (pricing, inconvenience, core service failures, service encounter failures, employee responsiveness to service failures, attraction by competitors, changes in technology, switching cost) had a significant effect on switching behavior of mobile service users except change in technology and employee responsiveness to service failure. Recommendations and directions for future research are proposed.

Citation

Suleiman Awwad, M. and Awad Neimat, B. (2010), "Factors Affecting Switching Behavior of Mobile Service Users: The Case of Jordan", Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/10264116201000002