Three Decades of Customer Value Research: Paradigmatic Roots and Future Research Avenues

Item Type Journal paper
Abstract The last three decades have witnessed a resurgence of research on the topic of customer value. In search of a comprehensive integration and analysis of this research—including conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement—we examined the myriad journal publications on the construct. We acknowledge that while some of the literature can be fully integrated, other parts are more difficult because they represent three different paradigms: positivist, interpretive, and social constructionist. We begin by briefly describing these three paradigms. Next, we detail the many studies representing the positivist paradigm, literature capturing customer value from just the customer’s perspective and using deductive logic. We designate the second paradigm as interpretive, in that researchers are interested in understanding the subjective nature of customer value along with its emergence through inductive logic. The third paradigm, the social constructionist, frames customer value as emerging from value co-creation practices in complex ecosystems. Building upon the commonalities and differences among research studies stemming from the positivist, interpretive, and social constructionist paradigms, we propose how researchers can complement one another to move the customer value field forward.
Authors Zeithaml, Valarie A.; Verleye, Katrien; Hatak, Isabella; Koller, Monika & Zauner, Alexander
Journal or Publication Title Journal of Service Research
Language English
Subjects business studies
HSG Classification contribution to scientific community
Refereed Yes
Date 13 August 2020
Publisher Sage Publications
Volume 23
Number 4
Page Range 409-432
ISSN 1094-6705
Depositing User Prof. Dr. Isabella Hatak
Date Deposited 16 Aug 2020 11:39
Last Modified 12 Jan 2021 14:06
URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/260798

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Zeithaml, Valarie A.; Verleye, Katrien; Hatak, Isabella; Koller, Monika & Zauner, Alexander (2020) Three Decades of Customer Value Research: Paradigmatic Roots and Future Research Avenues. Journal of Service Research, 23 (4). 409-432. ISSN 1094-6705

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