The Relationship Commitment (RC) paradigm can be further subdivided into two branches: the commitment-trust model and the relationship investment model. The commitment-trust model is based on the commitment-trust theory of relationship
marketing. It is Morgan and Hunt (1994) who first present the model’s framework, which theorizes relationship-building process with a dual-mediator (relationship commitment and relationship trust) model structure. Originally, it applies to the
context of business-to-business relationship management.