Title: Leadership, trust, and marketing effectiveness in service businesses

Authors: Luu Trong Tuan

Addresses: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract: This research analyses the linkages between leadership, organisational trust, and marketing effectiveness in service businesses within three service categories (healthcare, hotel, and resort) in Vietnam. The research resorts to ANOVAs and structural equation model. The findings revealed that transactional leadership is correlated with calculus-based trust. Transformational leadership, on the other hand, cultivates identity-based trust and knowledge-based trust, which in turn positively impact marketing effectiveness. A direct relationship between transformational leadership and marketing effectiveness is also detected.

Keywords: transformational leadership; transactional leadership; marketing effectiveness; organisational trust; Vietnam; healthcare services; hotel services; resort services; ANOVA; structural equation modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.043466

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2011 Vol.10 No.4, pp.449 - 466

Published online: 11 Mar 2015 *

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