Kierkegaardova temeljna naloga je bila kritično premisliti, kaj pomeni biti kristjan. Buber ga je zato imenoval »preizpraševalec kristjanov«. To preizpraševanje je Kierkegaard zastavil na vprašanju ...vere. Pristna krščanska vera ima Boga za absolutni kriterij vsega delovanja. Verujoči mora izvrševati Božjo voljo tudi za ceno suspenza naravnih etičnih norm (suspenz etike). Kierkegaard to dejstvo pojasnjuje na primeru biblične zgodbe o Abrahamovi daritvi sina Izaka. Storiti tako dejanje poslušnosti Božji volji je mogoče le v absolutni predanosti Bogu, kar zmore le posamičnik, ki se odloči za brezpogojno ljubezen do Boga. Kierkegaard je v brezpogojni veri in zvestobi evangeljskemu etosu našel izhod iz svojih eksistencialnih muk. Take vere v svojem okolju Kierkegaard ni našel. Zato ga je to dejstvo navedlo h kritiki institucionalizacije krščanskih cerkva, ki se zadovoljujejo s pripadnostjo, torej le s formalno vernostjo, ki pričakuje le zadovoljevanje religioznih potreb, in tako z ustreznim etičnim relativizmom. Kierkegaard opozarja, da je krščanstvo pot vere, ki verujočega vodi k osebni poslušnosti Božji volji in etosu ljubezni do bližnjega. S svojim pogledom na vero kot osebno eksistencialno odločitev in etično zavezanost je vplival na personalistično filozofijo (Levinas, Kocbek) in sodobno krščansko moralno teologijo (Tilich). V tem smislu je aktualen posebno danes, v času dekristjanizacije zahodne družbe in njenega etičnega relativizma.
Perceived value and its antecedents and consequences have been claimed to be important in industries with higher customer involvement. The aim of this paper is therefore to empirically assess the ...conceptual model, with perceived service value as its central component. It also investigates how it affects loyalty and satisfaction, how it is influenced by its antecedents, and to compare with other studies investigating partial relationship between variables.
A total of 800 patients were enrolled in the main study, and the data was analysed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. By modelling linear structural equations, we assessed reliability and established the convergent and discriminant validity of the questionnaire in the same way as in the pilot study.
In the conceptual model for testing our hypotheses, we also included the relationship between patient satisfaction and loyalty. In this manner, the fitting of data to the model was significantly improved. After including the additional relationship, global fit indices had the following values: Chi-square=349.6 (sig.=0.00), df=143, RMSEA=0.05, NFI=0.96, CFI=0.97. All relationships between the constructs were statistically significant, thus confirming all our hypotheses.
The major conclusion of this paper is that an especially higher reputation and higher perceived service quality can contribute to perceived service value and therefore to more satisfied patients. The research approach has a few limitations. In the future, the model of perceived service value can be extended with variables such as emotions, patient trust, and commitment as well.
Image has become one of the most important factors of stores’ survival and development. In this paper, a model of relationships among the multidimensional variables of store image, positive affect, ...satisfaction with the store, trust and commitment to the store is formed and tested with a sample of 209 customers in three stores in the Pomurje region of Slovenia. The important conclusion of the research is that several interrelations among store image, positive affect, satisfaction, trust and store commitment exist. The results also show significant gender differences in perceptions of store image. These results provide several important insights for managing supermarkets in the Slovenian market and are also important for future research.
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