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Customer Enthusiasm and Brand Loyalty to
Airlines Services in the Nigeria Aviation Industry
Agbeche, Aaron
Micheal and Cecilia Ibru University, Ughelli, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This work is aimed at investigating the connection that exist amid
customer enthusiasm and brand loyalty among airlines service
providers in the Nigeria aviation industry. The specific objectives
were to inspect the degree to which enthusiasm relates with product
commitment and product support among airlines service providers in
the Nigeria aviation industry. The populations of this study consist of
customers of all airlines service providers in the Nigeria. Data were
collected through a structured questionnaire from 299 customers of
the airlines. Hypothesis for the study was tested and data for the work
was analyzed to determine the mean, standard deviation. The
statistical tool for social science version 22.0 was used. The analysis
discovered that enthusiasm has optimistic and important relationships
with brand commitment and brand support. In view of these findings,
it was concluded that when customers of airlines are enthusiastic with
the airlines brand they become loyal by way of showing brand
commitment and support. Therefore, the study recommended that,
airlines providers should make customers to be passionate and
enthusiastic about their products and service, and constantly interact
with customers to enhance loyal behaviour among its customers.
KEYWORDS: Customer Enthusiasm, Brand Loyalty, Brand
Commitment, Brand Support
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1. INTRODUCTION:
Globally, the growing commitment that customers in
the aviation industry have for a particular brand or
product is increasing at a very high rate. In Nigeria
for example, fifteen airlines with nine being local
carrier, among which two (Air Peace and Arik Air)
are the largest and operates both internationally and
domestically sees the need to have loyal customers.
These two airlines provide more than a quarter of the
domestic seats on a monthly base. This shows the
degree of loyalty customers have for the airlines.
Loyalty is associated with the perceived
characteristics (brand value, brand equity, brand
equality, satisfaction and trust) that the product or
brand brings to her teaming customer population. As
such, the aviation industry’s customers get committed
to aviation’s products, such customers are likely to
repurchase the product over time and in most cases
make recommendations of the product or brand to
new and potential customers by helping them build
strong brand loyalty (Islam, Rahman & Hollebeek,
2017).Brand loyalty could be seen as the preference
that a customer has over a product when compared
with another. Hence, Coelho and Henseler (2012)
offer in his claim that a customer should be seen as
loyal to a product only such a customer has trust for
the product. For Belás and Gabčová (2016) they
identify two perspectives - attitudinal and behavioural
perspectives from which customer-brand loyalty can
be viewed.
Furthermore, when a customer feels that a particular
product can meet up with its needs, such a customer
becomes addicted and loyal to the product not even
minding the price variations when compared to other
products. As such, a customer that is addicted to a
product will not only repeat the purchase of product
that they seem necessary for their wellbeing, but will
help encourage other potential customers make
decision as it relates to the product (Kwon & Lennon,
2014). As a higher “customer loyalty implies a higher
market share and an ability to demand relatively
higher prices compared to those of competitors”
(Hsieh & Kai, 2015).Loyalty is a process of retaining
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or rising consumers’ patronage over long term; thus,
mounting the value of consumer to the company.
Bowen and Chen (2001) in “support of the brand
loyalty said selling products and services to new
customers cost 3 to 6 times more than selling to
existing (repeat) customers, thus, marginal increases
in customer retention can lead to dramatic increases
in profits”. For this article, brand loyalty will be
viewed from brand commitment and brand support
identified (Simon& David, 2010).
On the other hand, customer enthusiasm refers to the
joy ascribe to a product that allows the individual to
have a repeat purchase, for example service
provider/offerings (So et al., 2012). The actual
understanding of the positive excitement that
customers have toward a product is an essential guide
that allows the aviation industry operators (airlines) to
increase their level of engagement with their
customer. As a matter of fact, brand loyalist tends to
put customers in group on the base of their positive
excitement. As technology has indeed created an
avenue where businesses or firms can sell or reach
their customers with ease. For this to be attained,
some sort of new ideas or techniques that support
customer orientation and awareness creation on the
existence of new products is now on the fore front of
modern day’s organization (IBM Corporation, 2014).
However, aresearch by IBM Corporation (2014)
shows companies understands the relevance with
which buyers interact with new products from their
brand. And as a result, one cannot talk of brand,
without considering the three basic brand loyalty of
communication desired by consumer; willing to
provide input for consumers and the degree of
comfort with customers sharing personal data with
the company(IBM Corporation, 2014). Most
customers to an organization love to be informed of
the existence of new goods in the market. Likewise,
organizations have customers that want to always
associate with new development (innovative ideas
and techniques) in the industry. Finally, for most air
service providers to stay relevant, they must be
willing to share ideas with their customers and be
willing to understand their customers in terms of their
willingness to share their personal feeling about a
product with them.
Despite the debates on the issue of customer
enthusiasm and brand loyalty among customers of
airlines in the aviation sectors globally, it has been
discovered that scholars, professional and industry
personalities on a daily bases tends to disagree as to
what brand loyalty is and what constitute the
enthusiasm of customers.As such, the issue of brand
loyalty is addressed frombrand commitment and
brand support identified. These indicators will not
only help address the lack of adequate excitement for
service and brand provided among airlines in the
aviation industry, but will provides solution to the
lack of belongingness or perceived oneness among
customers of these airlines in the aviation sector.
Hence, the paper specifically examines the extent to
which customer enthusiasm relates with brand loyalty
of airlines in the aviation sector in Nigeria.
Research Hypotheses
H01: There is no significant relationship between
customer enthusiasm and brand commitment of
airlines’ customer in the aviation sector in Nigeria.
H02: There is no significant relationship between
customer enthusiasm and brand support among
customers of airlines in the aviation sector in Nigeria.
2. Literature Review
The congruity theory is the underpinnings upon
which this study was anchored. The congruity theory
believes that customers will get more attached to a
product or brand only if they get a high level of
satisfaction from the usage of the brand(Lee &Jeong,
2014).This theory further agrees with marketing
relationship theory (Rather, 2018) and service
dominant logic (Hollebeek, Conduit & Brodie,
2016).Both theories see customers as the main reason
why businesses exist (Vargo & Lusch, 2017).That is
why customers are seen to exhibit some sort of good
behaviour when it has to do with goods and services
that meet their express need (Raouf, Shehnaz &
Shakir, 2018).
Customer Enthusiasm
As earlier define, enthusiasm refers to the joy shown
toward a product by customers (Vivek, 2012; So et
al., 2012). Although joy and a feel of excitement
relates, brand enthusiasm goes far beyond just
excitement but leads to repeat purchase of the
products by the customer. As according to Michael
(2018)“organizations must build their brands from the
outside by identifying what their customers want,
combined with what the brand value proposition is
and delivering upon to truly become a passion brand”.
This is why some products or services rendered are
seen as power brand. As products with the inscription
of “power brand” gives lot of joy to customers on a
daily bases. Their appreciation of the products is seen
in manner with which the tell others about the
existence of the brand. And even encourage others to
advertise the products to other non-users of the said
product(Michael, 2018).
Brand Loyalty
Loyalty refers to the continuous commitment to a
product and its features. Brand reliability refers to a
continuous faith that a customer has for a product
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over others products of close substitute. A given
customer can get commitment or loyal to a product if
the product gives he or she the right type of
satisfaction that the deserved or expect from the usage
of the said product. According to Gunarathne (2014)
a customer can become a brand loyalist if they get
involve in what is seen as repeated buying, trust and
attainment of satisfaction. If a customer consistently
buys a product among the various brands available,
one can say that the level of loyalty express by such a
customer is intense. Customer’s loyalty “happens
when the consumer feels that the brand consists of
right product features and quality at right price”
(Gunarathne, 2014).
Brand Commitment
For an organization to determine the degree of loyalty
to its brand, such a business must give consideration
to how often customer repeat purchase of its products
(Lariviere, Keiningham, Cooil, Aksoy & Malthouse,
2014).As the repeat purchase shows at a glance the
extent of commitment among products users. Apart
from satisfaction which is central issue on
commitment, if a customer is not in love with a given
product, their level of commitment and patronage will
be severely affected. As such, the study by Ercis,
Sevtap, Burcu and Hatice (2012)depicted that in
addition to customer satisfaction, “brand trust and
brand equityare important determinants of brand
loyalty”.
Brand Support
Brands should be doing everything possible to
promote customer loyalty. If customers to a product
do not show its satisfaction on the usage of the
product, the will not communicate the existence of
the products to other potential customers (Karmarks,
2005). So for a brand to be promoted, such brands
need to be communicated and the behaviors of the
products most correlate with the brand. This will
encourage other buyers to believe in the features and
the uniqueness of the products (Karmark, 2005). As
Karmark (2005) brand support can only be seen from
the values and the norms that customers show or
exhibit to a product..
Customer Enthusiasm and Brand Loyalty
Rather and Sharma (2017) looks at customers
involvement in aiding customer trust in hospitality
industry in India. To carry out the research work, they
apply the descriptive forms of research and also apply
correlation and regression analysis. As such a sample
of 230 service customers were served the copies of
questionnaires. Sample is made up of 4 stars airline
and 5 star airlines products in India. The work
discovered that with absorption, enthusiasm,
attention, interaction and identification a magnificent
impact do exist between customer’s loyalty and
affective commitment.
Jan, Raphael and Achim (2014) carried out a study on
customer satisfaction and customer enthusiasm from
the perspectives of small retailers in the organic
market in Germany. After the application of the
statistical techniques, the association between
customer’s satisfaction and shop data confirm with
the economic effects. The work entails an analysis of
948 customers of 12 organic food shops in Germany.
The regression analysis shows a strong connection
and this connection indicate that customer satisfaction
account for 32% of the overall sales of the
organization. Irrespective of these findings, we
hypothesize that:
H01: There is no substantial affiliation among
customer enthusiasm and brand commitment of
airlines customers in the aviation sector in Nigeria.
H02: There is no note worthy connection amid
customer enthusiasm and brand support of airlines
customers in the aviation sector in Nigeria.
3. METHODS
The research design adoptedfor this report is a cross
sectional survey.The cluster technique was used for
the report. Accessible population of airlines in the
aviation industry in Nigeriawas considered. The data
for the study was collected from primary and
secondary data sources. The instrument for data
collection used for the study is the questionnaire. The
data collected was aanalyzed with Pearson Product
Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistical tool.
Findings
Data Analysis
This part of the study involves analysis of each of the
variables. In the same vein, the hypotheses stated
were tested using Pearson Product Moment
Correlation.
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Univariate Analysis
Table 1: Descriptive Statistics of Enthusiasm
N Minimum Maximum Sum Mean
Std.
Deviation
Variance
I am passionate about this airline product 299 1 5 903 3.02 1.497 2.241
I am enthusiastic about this airline product. 299 1 5 1024 3.42 1.327 1.762
I feel excited about this airline product 299 1 5 1052 3.52 1.329 1.767
I love this airline product 299 1 5 1065 3.56 1.247 1.556
I am heavily into this airline product 299 1 5 1021 3.41 1.389 1.928
Valid N (list wise) 299
Source: SPSS Output from Survey Questionnaire, 2022.
As shown from the results of the analysis on Table 1, the high mean scores indicate that customers of airlines in
the aviation industry sector affirmed to a high extent and very high extent that they are enthusiastic about their
airlines. Specifically, question 4 has the highest sum of 1065 and hence the highest mean score of 3.56.
Table 2: Descriptive Statistics of Brand Commitment
N Minimum Maximum Sum Mean Std. Deviation Variance
I get excited when I think of
traveling in this airline product.
299 1 5 1101 3.68 1.469 2.157
I feel rewarded when I patronize
in this airline product.
299 1 5 1110 3.71 1.485 2.206
I do not feel personally satisfied
when I travel in this airline.
299 1 5 1102 3.69 1.452 2.109
I feel emotionally attached to this
airline product.
299 1 5 1129 3.78 1.232 1.517
Using this airline product gets me
to think about luxury
299 1 5 1143 3.82 1.305 1.703
Valid N (list wise) 299
Source: SPSS Output from Survey Questionnaire, 2022
As shown from the results of the analysis shown on Table 2, the high mean scores indicate that customers of
airlines in the aviation sector affirmed to a high extent and very high extent to the questions concerning brand
commitment. Specifically, question 5 has the highest sum of 1143 and hence the highest mean score of 3.82.
Table 3: Descriptive Statistics of Brand Support
N Minimum Maximum Sum Mean
Std.
Deviation
Variance
I would recommend this airline product
to someone who seeks my advice
299 1 5 1145 3.83 1.188 1.410
I would encourage friends to do business
with this airline product
299 1 5 1141 3.82 1.180 1.392
I would say positive things about this
airline product to other people
299 1 5 1161 3.88 1.320 1.741
I would do more business with this
airline product in the next few years
299 1 5 1073 3.59 1.339 1.793
I am a loyal customer of this airline
product
299 1 5 1031 3.45 1.099 1.208
Valid N (list wise) 299
Source: SPSS Output from Survey Questionnaire, 2022
As shown from the results of the analysis shown on Table 3, the high mean scores indicate that customers of
airlines in the aviation sector affirmed to a high extent and very high extent to the questions concerning brand
support. Specifically, question 3 has the highest sum of 1161 and hence the highest mean score of 3.88.
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Table 4: Showing the degree and direction relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment.
Enthusiasm Brand Commitment
Enthusiasm
Pearson Correlation 1 .564**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000
N 299 299
Brand Commitment
Pearson Correlation .564**
1
Sig. (2-tailed) .000
N 299 299
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Source: SPSS Output, 2022.
Results of the SPSS output in the correlation model on table 4 showed the strength and direction of relationship
between enthusiasm and brand commitment. The correlation coefficient(r) shows the strength and direction of
the relationship between the variables. As shown in the model, correlation coefficient(r) is 0.564 which means,
the relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment is moderate. Furthermore, the analysis showed that
the valid number of questionnaire used in the model is 299 represented by N, i.e. N = 299, and the probability
value (i.e. Sig.) is less than the critical value (i.e. p = 0.000 < 0.05). This means that there is a statistically
significant relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment (r = 0.564, N = 299, p = 0.000 < 0.05).
Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between customer
enthusiasm and brand commitment to airline service in the aviation sector in Nigeria; and accept the alternate the
hypothesis. In other words, there is a significant relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment:
H01: There is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand commitment in the aviation
sector in Nigeria.
Table 5: Showing the Degree and Direction Relationship between Customer Enthusiasm and Brand
Support
Customer Enthusiasm Brand Support
Customer Enthusiasm
Pearson Correlation 1 .638**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000
N 299 299
Brand Support
Pearson Correlation .638**
1
Sig. (2-tailed) .000
N 299 299
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Source: SPSS Output, 2022.
Results of the SPSS output in the correlation model
on Table 5 showed the strength and direction of
relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand
support. The correlation coefficient(r) shows the
strength and direction of the relationship between the
variables. As shown in the model, correlation
coefficient(r) is 0.638 which means, the relationship
between customer enthusiasm and brand support is
strong. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the
valid number of questionnaire used in the model is
299 represented by N, i.e. N = 299, and the
probability value (i.e. Sig.) is less than the critical
value (i.e. p = 0.000 < 0.05). This means that there is
a statistically significant relationship between
customer enthusiasm and brand support (r = 0.638, N
= 299, p = 0.000 < 0.05). Therefore, we reject the null
hypothesis which states that there is no significant
relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand
support to airlines service in the aviation sector in
Nigeria; and accept the alternate hypothesis. In other
words, there is a significant relationship between
enthusiasm and brand support:
H02: There is no significant relationship between
customer enthusiasm and brand support in the
aviation sector in Nigeria
Discussion of Findings
Results of the analysis on the association amid
enthusiasm and brand support and commitment. The
findings of this study confirmed findings of previous
studies. For example, our study results corroborated
the findings of Rather and Sharma (2016) who
investigated the relationship between customer
engagements in strengthening customer loyalty in
hospitality sector in India. The findings suggest that
absorption, enthusiasm, attention, interaction and
identification have impact on brand loyalty. More so,
our findings are agrees with the report of Jan et al.
(2014) that carried out a study on customer
satisfaction and customer enthusiasm from the
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perspectives of small retailers in the organic market in
Germany. In view of these previous studies that are in
line with the findings of our study, it is clear that
when customers of airlines in the aviation sectors are
enthusiastic with the airline brand they become loyal
by way of showing brand commitment and support.
4. Conclusion and Recommendations
Based on the report from the tested hypotheses and
consistency with previous reports, it is concluded
that; when customers of airlines in the aviation sector
are enthusiastic with the airlines brand they show
their loyalty through constant commitment and
support. The report recommended that:
1. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority should sets
out policy that will regulate the way and manner
that these airlines renders services to their
customers as this will make its customers to build
more trust and confidence on the aviation sectors
and its brands.
2. Airline should make customers to be passionate
and enthusiastic about their products and service
the render on a daily bases if they want to sustain
their patronage.
3. Airlines should make customers feel like they are
part owners of the business as this will make them
brand ambassador to the airline and also
encourage new customer to patronize the product.
4. Airlines should consider customer participation as
an important component of co-production to elicit
brand commitment and brand support.
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  • 1. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) Volume 6 Issue 3, March-April 2022 Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49704 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 3 | Mar-Apr 2022 Page 1354 Customer Enthusiasm and Brand Loyalty to Airlines Services in the Nigeria Aviation Industry Agbeche, Aaron Micheal and Cecilia Ibru University, Ughelli, Nigeria ABSTRACT This work is aimed at investigating the connection that exist amid customer enthusiasm and brand loyalty among airlines service providers in the Nigeria aviation industry. The specific objectives were to inspect the degree to which enthusiasm relates with product commitment and product support among airlines service providers in the Nigeria aviation industry. The populations of this study consist of customers of all airlines service providers in the Nigeria. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from 299 customers of the airlines. Hypothesis for the study was tested and data for the work was analyzed to determine the mean, standard deviation. The statistical tool for social science version 22.0 was used. The analysis discovered that enthusiasm has optimistic and important relationships with brand commitment and brand support. In view of these findings, it was concluded that when customers of airlines are enthusiastic with the airlines brand they become loyal by way of showing brand commitment and support. Therefore, the study recommended that, airlines providers should make customers to be passionate and enthusiastic about their products and service, and constantly interact with customers to enhance loyal behaviour among its customers. KEYWORDS: Customer Enthusiasm, Brand Loyalty, Brand Commitment, Brand Support How to cite this paper: Agbeche, Aaron "Customer Enthusiasm and Brand Loyalty to Airlines Services in the Nigeria Aviation Industry" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3, April 2022, pp.1354- 1360, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49704.pdf Copyright © 2022 by author (s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) 1. INTRODUCTION: Globally, the growing commitment that customers in the aviation industry have for a particular brand or product is increasing at a very high rate. In Nigeria for example, fifteen airlines with nine being local carrier, among which two (Air Peace and Arik Air) are the largest and operates both internationally and domestically sees the need to have loyal customers. These two airlines provide more than a quarter of the domestic seats on a monthly base. This shows the degree of loyalty customers have for the airlines. Loyalty is associated with the perceived characteristics (brand value, brand equity, brand equality, satisfaction and trust) that the product or brand brings to her teaming customer population. As such, the aviation industry’s customers get committed to aviation’s products, such customers are likely to repurchase the product over time and in most cases make recommendations of the product or brand to new and potential customers by helping them build strong brand loyalty (Islam, Rahman & Hollebeek, 2017).Brand loyalty could be seen as the preference that a customer has over a product when compared with another. Hence, Coelho and Henseler (2012) offer in his claim that a customer should be seen as loyal to a product only such a customer has trust for the product. For Belás and Gabčová (2016) they identify two perspectives - attitudinal and behavioural perspectives from which customer-brand loyalty can be viewed. Furthermore, when a customer feels that a particular product can meet up with its needs, such a customer becomes addicted and loyal to the product not even minding the price variations when compared to other products. As such, a customer that is addicted to a product will not only repeat the purchase of product that they seem necessary for their wellbeing, but will help encourage other potential customers make decision as it relates to the product (Kwon & Lennon, 2014). As a higher “customer loyalty implies a higher market share and an ability to demand relatively higher prices compared to those of competitors” (Hsieh & Kai, 2015).Loyalty is a process of retaining IJTSRD49704
  • 2. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49704 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 3 | Mar-Apr 2022 Page 1355 or rising consumers’ patronage over long term; thus, mounting the value of consumer to the company. Bowen and Chen (2001) in “support of the brand loyalty said selling products and services to new customers cost 3 to 6 times more than selling to existing (repeat) customers, thus, marginal increases in customer retention can lead to dramatic increases in profits”. For this article, brand loyalty will be viewed from brand commitment and brand support identified (Simon& David, 2010). On the other hand, customer enthusiasm refers to the joy ascribe to a product that allows the individual to have a repeat purchase, for example service provider/offerings (So et al., 2012). The actual understanding of the positive excitement that customers have toward a product is an essential guide that allows the aviation industry operators (airlines) to increase their level of engagement with their customer. As a matter of fact, brand loyalist tends to put customers in group on the base of their positive excitement. As technology has indeed created an avenue where businesses or firms can sell or reach their customers with ease. For this to be attained, some sort of new ideas or techniques that support customer orientation and awareness creation on the existence of new products is now on the fore front of modern day’s organization (IBM Corporation, 2014). However, aresearch by IBM Corporation (2014) shows companies understands the relevance with which buyers interact with new products from their brand. And as a result, one cannot talk of brand, without considering the three basic brand loyalty of communication desired by consumer; willing to provide input for consumers and the degree of comfort with customers sharing personal data with the company(IBM Corporation, 2014). Most customers to an organization love to be informed of the existence of new goods in the market. Likewise, organizations have customers that want to always associate with new development (innovative ideas and techniques) in the industry. Finally, for most air service providers to stay relevant, they must be willing to share ideas with their customers and be willing to understand their customers in terms of their willingness to share their personal feeling about a product with them. Despite the debates on the issue of customer enthusiasm and brand loyalty among customers of airlines in the aviation sectors globally, it has been discovered that scholars, professional and industry personalities on a daily bases tends to disagree as to what brand loyalty is and what constitute the enthusiasm of customers.As such, the issue of brand loyalty is addressed frombrand commitment and brand support identified. These indicators will not only help address the lack of adequate excitement for service and brand provided among airlines in the aviation industry, but will provides solution to the lack of belongingness or perceived oneness among customers of these airlines in the aviation sector. Hence, the paper specifically examines the extent to which customer enthusiasm relates with brand loyalty of airlines in the aviation sector in Nigeria. Research Hypotheses H01: There is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand commitment of airlines’ customer in the aviation sector in Nigeria. H02: There is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand support among customers of airlines in the aviation sector in Nigeria. 2. Literature Review The congruity theory is the underpinnings upon which this study was anchored. The congruity theory believes that customers will get more attached to a product or brand only if they get a high level of satisfaction from the usage of the brand(Lee &Jeong, 2014).This theory further agrees with marketing relationship theory (Rather, 2018) and service dominant logic (Hollebeek, Conduit & Brodie, 2016).Both theories see customers as the main reason why businesses exist (Vargo & Lusch, 2017).That is why customers are seen to exhibit some sort of good behaviour when it has to do with goods and services that meet their express need (Raouf, Shehnaz & Shakir, 2018). Customer Enthusiasm As earlier define, enthusiasm refers to the joy shown toward a product by customers (Vivek, 2012; So et al., 2012). Although joy and a feel of excitement relates, brand enthusiasm goes far beyond just excitement but leads to repeat purchase of the products by the customer. As according to Michael (2018)“organizations must build their brands from the outside by identifying what their customers want, combined with what the brand value proposition is and delivering upon to truly become a passion brand”. This is why some products or services rendered are seen as power brand. As products with the inscription of “power brand” gives lot of joy to customers on a daily bases. Their appreciation of the products is seen in manner with which the tell others about the existence of the brand. And even encourage others to advertise the products to other non-users of the said product(Michael, 2018). Brand Loyalty Loyalty refers to the continuous commitment to a product and its features. Brand reliability refers to a continuous faith that a customer has for a product
  • 3. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49704 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 3 | Mar-Apr 2022 Page 1356 over others products of close substitute. A given customer can get commitment or loyal to a product if the product gives he or she the right type of satisfaction that the deserved or expect from the usage of the said product. According to Gunarathne (2014) a customer can become a brand loyalist if they get involve in what is seen as repeated buying, trust and attainment of satisfaction. If a customer consistently buys a product among the various brands available, one can say that the level of loyalty express by such a customer is intense. Customer’s loyalty “happens when the consumer feels that the brand consists of right product features and quality at right price” (Gunarathne, 2014). Brand Commitment For an organization to determine the degree of loyalty to its brand, such a business must give consideration to how often customer repeat purchase of its products (Lariviere, Keiningham, Cooil, Aksoy & Malthouse, 2014).As the repeat purchase shows at a glance the extent of commitment among products users. Apart from satisfaction which is central issue on commitment, if a customer is not in love with a given product, their level of commitment and patronage will be severely affected. As such, the study by Ercis, Sevtap, Burcu and Hatice (2012)depicted that in addition to customer satisfaction, “brand trust and brand equityare important determinants of brand loyalty”. Brand Support Brands should be doing everything possible to promote customer loyalty. If customers to a product do not show its satisfaction on the usage of the product, the will not communicate the existence of the products to other potential customers (Karmarks, 2005). So for a brand to be promoted, such brands need to be communicated and the behaviors of the products most correlate with the brand. This will encourage other buyers to believe in the features and the uniqueness of the products (Karmark, 2005). As Karmark (2005) brand support can only be seen from the values and the norms that customers show or exhibit to a product.. Customer Enthusiasm and Brand Loyalty Rather and Sharma (2017) looks at customers involvement in aiding customer trust in hospitality industry in India. To carry out the research work, they apply the descriptive forms of research and also apply correlation and regression analysis. As such a sample of 230 service customers were served the copies of questionnaires. Sample is made up of 4 stars airline and 5 star airlines products in India. The work discovered that with absorption, enthusiasm, attention, interaction and identification a magnificent impact do exist between customer’s loyalty and affective commitment. Jan, Raphael and Achim (2014) carried out a study on customer satisfaction and customer enthusiasm from the perspectives of small retailers in the organic market in Germany. After the application of the statistical techniques, the association between customer’s satisfaction and shop data confirm with the economic effects. The work entails an analysis of 948 customers of 12 organic food shops in Germany. The regression analysis shows a strong connection and this connection indicate that customer satisfaction account for 32% of the overall sales of the organization. Irrespective of these findings, we hypothesize that: H01: There is no substantial affiliation among customer enthusiasm and brand commitment of airlines customers in the aviation sector in Nigeria. H02: There is no note worthy connection amid customer enthusiasm and brand support of airlines customers in the aviation sector in Nigeria. 3. METHODS The research design adoptedfor this report is a cross sectional survey.The cluster technique was used for the report. Accessible population of airlines in the aviation industry in Nigeriawas considered. The data for the study was collected from primary and secondary data sources. The instrument for data collection used for the study is the questionnaire. The data collected was aanalyzed with Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistical tool. Findings Data Analysis This part of the study involves analysis of each of the variables. In the same vein, the hypotheses stated were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation.
  • 4. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49704 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 3 | Mar-Apr 2022 Page 1357 Univariate Analysis Table 1: Descriptive Statistics of Enthusiasm N Minimum Maximum Sum Mean Std. Deviation Variance I am passionate about this airline product 299 1 5 903 3.02 1.497 2.241 I am enthusiastic about this airline product. 299 1 5 1024 3.42 1.327 1.762 I feel excited about this airline product 299 1 5 1052 3.52 1.329 1.767 I love this airline product 299 1 5 1065 3.56 1.247 1.556 I am heavily into this airline product 299 1 5 1021 3.41 1.389 1.928 Valid N (list wise) 299 Source: SPSS Output from Survey Questionnaire, 2022. As shown from the results of the analysis on Table 1, the high mean scores indicate that customers of airlines in the aviation industry sector affirmed to a high extent and very high extent that they are enthusiastic about their airlines. Specifically, question 4 has the highest sum of 1065 and hence the highest mean score of 3.56. Table 2: Descriptive Statistics of Brand Commitment N Minimum Maximum Sum Mean Std. Deviation Variance I get excited when I think of traveling in this airline product. 299 1 5 1101 3.68 1.469 2.157 I feel rewarded when I patronize in this airline product. 299 1 5 1110 3.71 1.485 2.206 I do not feel personally satisfied when I travel in this airline. 299 1 5 1102 3.69 1.452 2.109 I feel emotionally attached to this airline product. 299 1 5 1129 3.78 1.232 1.517 Using this airline product gets me to think about luxury 299 1 5 1143 3.82 1.305 1.703 Valid N (list wise) 299 Source: SPSS Output from Survey Questionnaire, 2022 As shown from the results of the analysis shown on Table 2, the high mean scores indicate that customers of airlines in the aviation sector affirmed to a high extent and very high extent to the questions concerning brand commitment. Specifically, question 5 has the highest sum of 1143 and hence the highest mean score of 3.82. Table 3: Descriptive Statistics of Brand Support N Minimum Maximum Sum Mean Std. Deviation Variance I would recommend this airline product to someone who seeks my advice 299 1 5 1145 3.83 1.188 1.410 I would encourage friends to do business with this airline product 299 1 5 1141 3.82 1.180 1.392 I would say positive things about this airline product to other people 299 1 5 1161 3.88 1.320 1.741 I would do more business with this airline product in the next few years 299 1 5 1073 3.59 1.339 1.793 I am a loyal customer of this airline product 299 1 5 1031 3.45 1.099 1.208 Valid N (list wise) 299 Source: SPSS Output from Survey Questionnaire, 2022 As shown from the results of the analysis shown on Table 3, the high mean scores indicate that customers of airlines in the aviation sector affirmed to a high extent and very high extent to the questions concerning brand support. Specifically, question 3 has the highest sum of 1161 and hence the highest mean score of 3.88.
  • 5. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49704 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 3 | Mar-Apr 2022 Page 1358 Table 4: Showing the degree and direction relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment. Enthusiasm Brand Commitment Enthusiasm Pearson Correlation 1 .564** Sig. (2-tailed) .000 N 299 299 Brand Commitment Pearson Correlation .564** 1 Sig. (2-tailed) .000 N 299 299 **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Source: SPSS Output, 2022. Results of the SPSS output in the correlation model on table 4 showed the strength and direction of relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment. The correlation coefficient(r) shows the strength and direction of the relationship between the variables. As shown in the model, correlation coefficient(r) is 0.564 which means, the relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment is moderate. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the valid number of questionnaire used in the model is 299 represented by N, i.e. N = 299, and the probability value (i.e. Sig.) is less than the critical value (i.e. p = 0.000 < 0.05). This means that there is a statistically significant relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment (r = 0.564, N = 299, p = 0.000 < 0.05). Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand commitment to airline service in the aviation sector in Nigeria; and accept the alternate the hypothesis. In other words, there is a significant relationship between enthusiasm and brand commitment: H01: There is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand commitment in the aviation sector in Nigeria. Table 5: Showing the Degree and Direction Relationship between Customer Enthusiasm and Brand Support Customer Enthusiasm Brand Support Customer Enthusiasm Pearson Correlation 1 .638** Sig. (2-tailed) .000 N 299 299 Brand Support Pearson Correlation .638** 1 Sig. (2-tailed) .000 N 299 299 **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Source: SPSS Output, 2022. Results of the SPSS output in the correlation model on Table 5 showed the strength and direction of relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand support. The correlation coefficient(r) shows the strength and direction of the relationship between the variables. As shown in the model, correlation coefficient(r) is 0.638 which means, the relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand support is strong. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the valid number of questionnaire used in the model is 299 represented by N, i.e. N = 299, and the probability value (i.e. Sig.) is less than the critical value (i.e. p = 0.000 < 0.05). This means that there is a statistically significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand support (r = 0.638, N = 299, p = 0.000 < 0.05). Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand support to airlines service in the aviation sector in Nigeria; and accept the alternate hypothesis. In other words, there is a significant relationship between enthusiasm and brand support: H02: There is no significant relationship between customer enthusiasm and brand support in the aviation sector in Nigeria Discussion of Findings Results of the analysis on the association amid enthusiasm and brand support and commitment. The findings of this study confirmed findings of previous studies. For example, our study results corroborated the findings of Rather and Sharma (2016) who investigated the relationship between customer engagements in strengthening customer loyalty in hospitality sector in India. The findings suggest that absorption, enthusiasm, attention, interaction and identification have impact on brand loyalty. More so, our findings are agrees with the report of Jan et al. (2014) that carried out a study on customer satisfaction and customer enthusiasm from the
  • 6. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49704 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 3 | Mar-Apr 2022 Page 1359 perspectives of small retailers in the organic market in Germany. In view of these previous studies that are in line with the findings of our study, it is clear that when customers of airlines in the aviation sectors are enthusiastic with the airline brand they become loyal by way of showing brand commitment and support. 4. Conclusion and Recommendations Based on the report from the tested hypotheses and consistency with previous reports, it is concluded that; when customers of airlines in the aviation sector are enthusiastic with the airlines brand they show their loyalty through constant commitment and support. The report recommended that: 1. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority should sets out policy that will regulate the way and manner that these airlines renders services to their customers as this will make its customers to build more trust and confidence on the aviation sectors and its brands. 2. Airline should make customers to be passionate and enthusiastic about their products and service the render on a daily bases if they want to sustain their patronage. 3. Airlines should make customers feel like they are part owners of the business as this will make them brand ambassador to the airline and also encourage new customer to patronize the product. 4. Airlines should consider customer participation as an important component of co-production to elicit brand commitment and brand support. REFERENCES [1] Ashley, C. & Leonard, H. A. (2009). Betrayed by the buzz? Covert content and consumer– brand relationships. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 28(2), 212– 220. [2] Belás, J. &Gabčová, L. (2016). The relationship among customer satisfaction, loyalty and financial performance of commercial banks. E & M Economic and Management, 2(1), 132- 144. [3] Bowen, J. T., & Chen, S. (2001). The relationship between customer loyalty and customer satisfaction. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 13(5), 213-217. [4] Brodie, R. J., Hollebeek, L. D., Juric, B., &Ilic, A. (2011). Customer engagement: Conceptual domain, fundamental exchange on customer value and loyalty. Journal of Business Research, 59, 449 - 456. [5] Casalo, L., Flavian, C., & Guinaliu, M. (2007). The impact of participation in virtual brand communities on consumer trust and loyalty: The case of free software. Online Information Review, 31(6), 775-792. [6] Coelho, P. S. & Henseler, J. (2012). Creating customer loyalty through service customization. European Journal of Marketing, 46, 331-356. [7] Dwivedi, A., (2015). A higher-order model of consumer brand engagement and its impact on loyalty intentions. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2(4), 100–109. [8] Ercis, A., Sevtap, U., Burcu, F. C. & Hatice, Y. (2012). The effect of brand satisfaction, trust and brand commitment on loyalty and repurchase intentions. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 5(8), 1395-404. [9] Goetz, G. (2010). The moderating effect of customer engagement on the brand image – brand loyalty relationship. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 148, 203 – 210. [10] Hollebeek, L. D., Conduit, J. & Brodie, R. J. (2016). Strategic drivers, anticipated and unanticipated outcomes of customer brand engagement. Journal of Marketing Management, 32(5/6), 393-398. [11] Hsieh, A. T., & Kai, L. (2015). The moderating effect of brand image on public relations perception and customer loyalty. Marketing Intelligence and Planning Journal, 26(1), 26- 42. [12] IBM Corporation (2014). Brand enthusiasm: More than loyalty: How today’s consumers want to engage with your brand. Retrieved 12th June, 2020 from www.ibm.brand.enthusiasm.com. [13] Islam, J. U., Rahman, Z. & Hollebeek, L. D. (2017). Consumer engagement in online Brand communities: A solicitation of congruity theory. Internet Research, 28(1), 23-45. [14] Jan, B., Raphael, K. & Achim, S. (2014). Perspectives of small retailers in the organic market: Customer satisfaction and customer enthusiasm. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 1 – 16. Retrieved 13th June, 2020 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23510 126 [15] Kandampully, J., & Suhartanto, D. (2000). Customer loyalty in the airline product industry: The role of customer satisfaction and
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