The current study attempts to address the gap in research focusing on social
customer behavior regarding social CRM usage by introducing a comprehensive model
that has been empirically tested on social customers. This quantitative, empirical research
study has multiple purposes. The main purpose of this study is to gain an understanding
of social customers’ behavior by identifying the factors that influence their decision to
participate in social CRM programs. A comprehensive theoretical model was developed
to test social customers’ behavior. The TPB and the TAM were employed as the
theoretical basis for this comprehensive model. Along with the constructs of these two
existing models, additional constructs related to social identity and social community
were included in this comprehensive model, which was used to examine the impact of all
factors on social customers’ intention to participate in social CRM programs. Another
purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the relationship between the major
factors that influence social customers’ intention to participate in social CRM programs.