Environmental CSR, customer equity drivers and travellers’ critical outcomes: a stimulus-organism-response framework

Sanaz Vatankhah
,
A. Sepehrmanesh
,
E. Zaeri
,
Levent Altinay

Business & Management Research Institute (BMRI)

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Open access

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Abstract

While environmental corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained increased attention in sustainable tourism research, little is known about its impacts on customers in the context of the airlines. This study investigates the impact of environmental CSR on two critical customer outcomes namely purchase intention (PI) and switching behaviour (SB). In light of the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework, this study further examines the joint mediating impact of customer equity drivers (CEDs) in the previously mentioned relationships. With a sample of Iranian air travellers, the results of the structural equation model revealed that environmental CSR significantly affects CEDs. While CEDs predict PI, they failed to reduce SB. Hence, CEDs jointly mediate the impact of environmental CSR on PI only. The results of the current study revealed nuances to the service marketing research by extending the impact of environmental CSR on travellers' PI and SB via CEDs. Theoretical and practical implications are provided.