Examining Customer Experience and Brand Engagement as Drivers of Customer Loyalty toward Grab Transportation in Makassar City

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Adriana
Johannes Baptista Halik
Jerliyen Pramita Londong

Abstract

This investigation aims to analyse the examining of customer experience and brand engagement on the loyalty of Grab transportation customers in Makassar City using a quantitative approach through questionnaire distribution and multiple linear regression analysis. The regression results show a customer experience coefficient of 0.363 and a brand engagement coefficient of 0.793, indicating a positive effect on customer loyalty. The t-test also proves that customer experience is greatly impacted with a t-value of 7.997 (p = 0.001), and brand engagement is significant with a t-value of 12.866 (p = 0.001). Furthermore, the F test shows the simultaneous effect of both variables with an F count of 118.09 more than the F table of 3.10 (p = 0.001). The coefficient of determination R² of 0.962 indicates that both variables explain 96.2% of the variation in customer loyalty.

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Adriana, Universitas Kristen Indonesia Paulus, Makassar, Indonesia

Student at Management Department
Universitas Kristen Indonesia Paulus, Makassar, Indonesia

Johannes Baptista Halik, Universitas Kristen Indonesia Paulus, Makassar, Indonesia

Associate Professor in Digital Marketing and Innovation
Management Program Study
Universitas Kristen Indonesia Paulus, Makassar, Indonesia

Jerliyen Pramita Londong, Universitas Kristen Indonesia Paulus, Makassar, Indonesia

Assistant Professor in Marketing Management
Management Department
Universitas Kristen Indonesia Paulus, Makassar, Indonesia

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