Antecedents, outcomes, and contingencies of customer engagement: a meta-analytic review

• Clarifies the conceptual scope of customer engagement (CE) from psychological and behavioral perspectives. • Synthesizes findings from 349 papers (385 studies; 173,363 respondents) through meta -analysis. • Identifies seven key customer-related drivers and eight customer- and firm-related outcomes of CE. • Demonstrates how contextual and study-related factors moderate CE’s main effects. • Offers a unified theoretical framework with implications for advancing CE research and practice.

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Journal of Business Research
Published
2026-05-31
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2026.116335
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Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
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Antecedents, outcomes, and contingencies of customer engagement: a meta-analytic review

Sudeep Rohit, Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, Martin Wetzels
Journal of Business Research
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
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Antecedents, outcomes, and contingencies of customer engagement: a meta-analytic review

Sudeep Rohit, Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, Martin Wetzels
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Abstract

• Clarifies the conceptual scope of customer engagement (CE) from psychological and behavioral perspectives. • Synthesizes findings from 349 papers (385 studies; 173,363 respondents) through meta -analysis. • Identifies seven key customer-related drivers and eight customer- and firm-related outcomes of CE. • Demonstrates how contextual and study-related factors moderate CE’s main effects. • Offers a unified theoretical framework with implications for advancing CE research and practice.

Journal of Business ResearchVol. 215
Chandragupt Institute of Management (IN), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (FR)
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
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