The role of trust in creating value and student loyalty in relational exchanges between higher education institutions and their students

• Published in: Journal of marketing for higher education Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 145 - 165
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Sergio W, Oliveira Mota, Márcio de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 01.01.2010; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Beziehung; Brand loyalty; Brasilien; College Environment; College students; Competition; Global Approach; Globalization; Group Unity; Higher Education; higher education institutions; Hochschule; Kooperation; Market strategy; Marketing; Non-Profit-Organisation; perceived value; Private Sector; relational exchanges; School Personnel; Social Exchange Theory; Student; Student College Relationship; student loyalty; Student Needs; Student Recruitment; student trust; Teacher Role; Trust; Trust (Psychology); Value Judgment; Zielgruppe
• ISSN: 0884-1241; 1540-7144; 1540-7144
• DOI: 10.1080/08841241003788201

The globalization of educational services and the increasing competition coming from the private sector have forced higher education institutions to market their programs more aggressively and to look at student loyalty as the key for future success. Student loyalty to higher education institutions represents not only a more stable financial basis for such institutions but also continuing support for them after graduation. The present research examines the relational exchange process between higher education institutions and their students. Specifically, it explores the process by which trust is first developed and then translated into students' perceived value of the higher education institutions, ultimately leading to the development of student loyalty toward those institutions. The identification of the components and the outcomes of student trust are presented on the basis of Sirdeshmukh, Singh, and Sabol's trust-value-loyalty framework.