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Zachowania konsumentów a budowanie relacji na rynku edukacji wyższej
Consumers’ Behaviours and Building Relationships in the Market for High Education

Author(s): Urszula Chrąchol, Kamila Peszko, Grażyna Rosa
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Higher Education , Financial Markets, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: consumer; consumers’ behaviour; building relationships; market for higher education;

Summary/Abstract: An aim of considerations is to present relationships between consumers’ behaviours and building relationships by those entities. The considerations start from the theoretical introduction concerning building relationships of a high school with the environment and their impact on consumers’ decisions in the market for high school services, supported by proposals of one’s own relationship marketing approach. Next, the authors presented the selected results of surveys referring to the factors and tools determining consumers’ behaviours and efficacy of the measures determining building further relationships with consumers. Within the article, the authors presented the determinants of the selection of high schools by the two groups surveyed (students and postgraduates), which had to illustrate what actions affect further consumers’ behaviours. Moreover, presenting the promotional tools applied by high schools, which are noticed by potential users, the authors show how much effective are the activities aimed at reaching prospective students in order to build relationships with them. The article is of the research nature.

  • Issue Year: 356/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 239-250
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish