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Relation Between Word of Mouth Communications and Behavior of Consumers to Shopping Center
Abstract
Word of mouth communications refer to the transfer of knowledge occurs between an individual who does not have commercial interest and has certain experiences regarding a a product, service, brand or mall and other one who wants to learn about theproduct, service, brand or mall. In this process, the case which triggers buying behavior in a positive or negative sense, so to speak promotes it, increases the efficiency and the credibility significantly as compared to the usual promotional activities carried out by the company because of being taken information from a source which has non-trade concerns. However, it is controversial that if the word of mouth communication can be generalized or objective.Therefore, the motivation of this study is if there is a difference between the effectiveness of demographics such as gender, age, education or income level and the properties of word of mouth both about shopping centers and in the general sense.In this respect, word of mouth communication in mentioned aspects (about shopping centers and in the general sense) and in terms of demographics is examined and it was found the phenomenon not differentiated under these characteristics.In addition, it is found that the thoughts of consumers affect word of mouth communication and word of mouth communication is also affected by the level of consumer loyalty.
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Authors
Sevilay Uslu Divanoğlu
AKSARAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Publication Date
July 14, 2016
Submission Date
July 14, 2016
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Year 1970 Volume: 8 Number: 1