Switching refers to the termination of a relationship
with the service provider. This termination may either be
followed by initiating a relationship with another service
provider, by performing the service yourself, or refraining
from the service altogether. Ample research has shown that
dissatisfied consumers are more likely to switch than
satisfied customers (e.g., Loveman, 1998; Rust and
Sahorik, 1993; Solnick and Hemenway, 1992). We expect
a positive relation between regret and switching. As we
argued earlier, regret stems from ‘‘wrong decisions,’’
implying that there would have been a better alternative.
If that is the case, it is likely that customers opt for this