...application of the SERVQUAL scale in higher education OTÁVIO JOSÉ DE OLIVEIRA otavio@feb.unesp.br UNESP – São Paulo State University Department of Production Engineering Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, nº. 14-01 ZIP Code 17033-360, Bauru, SP - Brazil Phone +55 (14) 3103 6122 Fax (14) 3203 6146 EURIANE CRISTINA FERREIRA euricristina@hotmail.com UNESP – São Paulo State University Department of Production Engineering Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, nº. 14-01 ZIP Code 17033-360, Bauru, SP - Brazil Phone +55 (14) 3103 6122 Fax (14) 3203 6146 POMS 20th Annual Conference Orlando, Florida U.S.A. May 1 to May 4, 2009 ABSTRACT Higher education in developing countries has serious quality problems. In order to change this scenario, it is necessary to invest in quality systems and tools for improvement. The SERVQUAL scale is one of these alternatives. It is used to measure the gap between quality expectations and perceptions in services making it possible to establish action plans. The objective of this paper is to propose an adaptation of the SERVQUAL scale’s generic questionnaire for the higher education service sector and present the main results of its application in students of the production engineering program at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil. Thirty-eight questionnaires were applied to measure perception in entering students and twenty-eight to measure expectations in graduating students. Key words: SERVQUAL; Quality management; Service management, Higher...
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...Influence of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction Application of Servqual Model K. Ravichandran College of Business Administration in Alkharj, King Saud University P O Box 165, 11942, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia E-mail: varshal2@yahoo.com B. Tamil Mani Reader, Gandhigram University Dindugul, Tamilnadu, India E-mail: dr_tamilmani@rediffmail.com S. Arun Kumar Department of Management Studies, Saranathan College of Engineering Trichy, Tamilnadu, India E-mail: arunkanthh@yahoo.co.in S. Prabhakaran College of Business Administration in Alkharj, King Saud University P O Box 165, 11942, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia E-mail: jopraba@gmail.com Abstract Financial liberalization has led to intense competitive pressures and private banks dealing in retail banking are consequently directing their strategies towards increasing service quality level which fosters customer satisfaction and loyalty through improved service quality. This article examines the influence of perceived service quality on customer satisfaction. The article concludes that increase in service quality of the banks can satisfy and develop customer satisfaction which ultimately retains valued customers. Keywords: Perceived Service Quality, SERVQUAL, Customer satisfaction 1. Introduction Private Banks dealing in retail banking Industry is consequently put into lot of pressures due towards increase in global competition. Various strategies are formulated to retain the customer and the key of it is to increase the service quality level. Typically...
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...October 1994 Revised April 1995 SERVQUAL: review, critique, research agenda Francis Buttle Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK SERVQUAL: a primer SERVQUAL provides a technology for measuring and managing service quality (SQ). Since 1985, when the technology was first published, its innovators Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry, have further developed, promulgated and promoted the technology through a series of publications (Parasuraman et al., 1985; 1986; 1988; 1990; 1991a; 1991b; 1993; 1994; Zeithaml et al., 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993). The ABI/Inform database “Global edition”, (September 1994) reports that service quality has been a keyword in some 1,447 articles published in the period January 1992 to April 1994. By contrast SERVQUAL has been a keyword in just 41 publications. These publications incorporate both theoretical discussions and applications of SERVQUAL in a variety of industrial, commercial and not-for-profit settings. Published studies include tyre retailing (Carman, 1990) dental services (Carman, 1990), hotels (Saleh and Ryan, 1992) travel and tourism (Fick and Ritchie, 1991), car servicing (Bouman and van der Wiele, 1992), business schools (Rigotti and Pitt, 1992), higher education (Ford et al., 1993; McElwee and Redman, 1993), hospitality ( Johns, 1993), business-tobusiness channel partners (Kong and Mayo, 1993), accounting firms (Freeman and Dart, 1993), architectural services (Baker and Lamb, 1993), recreational services (Taylor et al., 1993), hospitals...
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...Service Quality: The Future of the Services Industry “Why is quality such an important issue in the marketing of services? Why is quality more difficult to manage in service industries than it is in the case of physical goods? Use examples to support your answer.” The concept of service quality is a relatively new construct in the marketing discipline which first emerged in the 1980’s when organisations began to consider quality not only in the already established manufacturing sector but in the rapidly evolving service industries sector also. Specifically defined service quality is a subjective experience which results from ‘an evaluation process in which the customer compares their perceptions of service with their expectations’ (McColl-Kennedy 2003). In the late 1990s and early part of the 21st century service organisations began to realise the importance of service quality and strived to narrow the gap between the customers perceptions of service and their expectations in order to deliver a quality service that linked to customer satisfaction, retention and patronage. This relisation that service quality was an important source of competitive advantage and long-term profitability for service organisation’s advocated the paradigm shift in marketing from a focus on manufacturing quality to incorporate service quality also. Moreover the modern day services firm strives to deliver a quality service on a routine basis, however due to the uncontrollable and unpredictable...
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...of its contents. Research Ethics and Governance I/We have read and understood the Lancaster University Research Ethics and Governance code of practice. Note: This form is to be used as the first page for all coursework submissions. Table of Contents 1. Abstract 3 2. Introduction 3 The Company & Programme 3 My Role and Responsibilities 4 Situation and Assignment Objective 4 3. Literature Review 5 Quality for BI software as a product 5 Quality Dimension 6 Quality for BI software as a Service 7 Literate Review Summary 10 4. Methodology 10 Questionnaire 10 Shortcomings of data collection 11 5. Finding and Interpretations 11 Software quality Model Dimensions (Kumar et al 2010) 11 6. Conclusions & Recommendations: 17 Conclusions: 17 Recommendation: 18 7. Critical Reflection 18 References 19 Appendix 20 1. Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if Quality Controls done in a Business Intelligence(BI) Software/solution development programme are enough to attain quality to meet customer’s expectations. Research...
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...October 1994 Revised April 1995 SERVQUAL: review, critique, research agenda Francis Buttle Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK SERVQUAL: a primer SERVQUAL provides a technology for measuring and managing service quality (SQ). Since 1985, when the technology was first published, its innovators Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry, have further developed, promulgated and promoted the technology through a series of publications (Parasuraman et al., 1985; 1986; 1988; 1990; 1991a; 1991b; 1993; 1994; Zeithaml et al., 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993). The ABI/Inform database “Global edition”, (September 1994) reports that service quality has been a keyword in some 1,447 articles published in the period January 1992 to April 1994. By contrast SERVQUAL has been a keyword in just 41 publications. These publications incorporate both theoretical discussions and applications of SERVQUAL in a variety of industrial, commercial and not-for-profit settings. Published studies include tyre retailing (Carman, 1990) dental services (Carman, 1990), hotels (Saleh and Ryan, 1992) travel and tourism (Fick and Ritchie, 1991), car servicing (Bouman and van der Wiele, 1992), business schools (Rigotti and Pitt, 1992), higher education (Ford et al., 1993; McElwee and Redman, 1993), hospitality ( Johns, 1993), business-tobusiness channel partners (Kong and Mayo, 1993), accounting firms (Freeman and Dart, 1993), architectural services (Baker and Lamb, 1993), recreational services (Taylor et al., 1993), hospitals...
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...University of Nottingham Measuring Service Quality in Distribution Logistics Using SERVQUAL and AHP: A Case Study in a Pharmaceutical Wholesaler in Turkey HARIKA KARPUZCU MSc Operations Management University of Nottingham Measuring Service Quality in Distribution Logistics Using SERVQUAL and AHP: A Case Study in a Pharmaceutical Wholesaler in Turkey by Harika KARPUZCU 2006 A Dissertation presented in part consideration for the degree of “MSc Operations Management” Contents List of Tables.............................................................................................................................iii List of Figures ...........................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................... iv Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... v CHAPTER 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1. SERVQUAL............................................................................................................ 2 1.2. AHP......................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Research Objectives .................
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...Service Quality Surveys Many organizations struggle with measuring service quality appropriately. The most popular survey form is based on five dimensions that are “consistently ranked by customers to be most important for service quality, regardless of service industry” (Qualtrics, 2015, para. 1). The dimensions are tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. These dimensions are utilized to measure the gap between customer expectations and the perception of actual service delivery. This method of measurement, when used effectively, can benefit any company in many ways. This measurement tool is called SERVQUAL. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of service quality surveys are only utilized to their fullest when developing a consistent and ongoing information system that identifies consumers’ points of view, experiences, and feedback from many different points in time. This creates better understanding, a clearer vision, and more informed decision-making, furthering adequate recovery processes. SERVQUAL SERVQUAL is a 22/22-item scale that measures five factors of service quality: reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, and tangibles. This diagnostic tool determines the service quality strengths and weaknesses of an organization. There are two parts to the SERVQUAL measurement tool, hence the “22/22”: 22 questions that ask for expectations, and 22 questions that gauge perceptions. The gap score is created when the average expectation score...
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...4/8/2013 “Thess- Logisti”| | CITY COLLEGE | Application of the GAP model of Service Quality | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Aim of the study is evaluation of consumer satisfaction in Greek finance market in terms of quality of services in case of accounting and finance consulting agency “Thess-Logisti”. The main information about the company and gaps faced in front of the company were identified from the interview with the CEO of agency Mr. Chatziarapis. Also, the identification of gaps are identified from the private observation and analysis from the past perceived services by the agency for the “Papadopoulos Apostolos&sons” Ltd, which operating in the sector of production of halva in the Drama region in a small village – Kirgion. The first part of assignment is based on the theoretical background with brief identification of service quality, customer satisfaction and the gap model. The main purpose of the research paper was to identify the gaps accessed from observation of current agency and analyzing the main gaps. Finally, was given the proposal of some solutions which could be used to resolve the issues according service offering and to improve firm’s performance and service quality. Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1. Introduction 4 2. Literature Review 5 2.1. SERVICE QUALITY and CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. 5 2.2. Gap Model 6 3. Identification of Gaps in company’s operation 8 4. Proposed solutions to close the Gaps 11 5. Key points learned from this project 12 6. Conclusion...
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...Science and Education Service Quality Management in Hotel Industry: A Conceptual Framework for Food and Beverage Departments Ala`a Nimer AbuKhalifeh1 & Ahmad Puad Mat Som1 1 School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Correspondence: Ala`a Nimer AbuKhalifeh, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: 60-4-653-3741. E-mail: ana11_hbp046@student.usm.my Received: March 8, 2012 Accepted: May 15, 2012 Online Published: July 16, 2012 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v7n14p135 Abstract URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v7n14p135 Service quality has been an important subject of research involving food and beverage (F&B) departments of hotels. Despite a substantial number of studies on service quality, the reasons why guests revisit a hotel and why a high-quality service from the F&B department is needed have remained unanswered. This paper aims to review existing literature on service quality management in the F&B departments of hotels, its process, and the effective service quality management framework. This paper discusses famous models, and explains Parasuraman’s dimensional framework of service quality management in the area of F&B and its application to the hotel industry. The conceptual paper suggests application of the dimensional model in the F&B department and encourages hotels to improve its management to better satisfy their guests. Keywords: service quality, hotel industry, parasuraman...
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...bite. With the hectic lifestyle nowadays, it is no surprise that more people tend to eating-out in fast food restaurants. Thus, fast food restaurants are competing among each other, advertising their brands in order to attract customers. As the customers now have a huge range of fast food patterns and restaurants to choose, local fast food restaurants have to be sensitive in current demand and be innovative to ensure they meet their customer satisfaction. This research will focus only on service quality as a factor influencing customer’s satisfactions. The aim is to do an investigation about the service quality and customer satisfaction at A&W restaurant, Seksyen 7, Shah Alam. Using 5 SERVQUAL instruments, questionnaires will be designed and distributed to respondents. The findings will create awareness of service quality and customer satisfaction, thus help to develop future marketing strategy. 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Fast Food Industry The fast food industry is also known as Quick Service Restaurants (QSR). As its name suggests, fast food is any food that can be prepared and served within a short span of time. That being said, the concept encompasses all those restaurants and stores which sell or serve preheated or precooked food items to its customers (www.buzzle.com/articles/fast-food-industry.html) According to Bender and Bender (2001), fast food is a general term used for a limited menu of foods that lend themselves to production line techniques and that are typically...
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...International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org, editorijaiem@gmail.com Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2012 ISSN 2319 - 4847 AN ANALYSIS OF THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: A CASE STUDY OF BANK SERVICE Haeryip Sihombing1, Parahsakthi Chidambaram2 and Kannan Rassiah3 1 Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan (FKP), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Main Campus – Durian Tunggal, 17609 – Melaka, MALAYSIA 2 Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan (PIS)81700 Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA 3 Politeknik Merlimau Melaka (PMM) Merlimau 77300, MALAYSIA ABSTRACT This study focuses on how to measure the customer satisfaction in the service industry towards the satisfaction aspects considered of the ServQual criteria. The questionnaires developed were using Kano criteria that manipulate the qualitative data of quality attributes into quantitative value and Likert scale based on the quantitative values. By comparing the results data of Likert scale and Kano criteria related to the service delivered, the measurement carried out in this study is towards the service of bank industry. The correlation among them, based on what the functional and dysfunctional of Kano domain compared to the Likert scale, are to validate what the main criteria required for the improvement priorities against customer satisfaction. This is due to the method of CAT ranking and graphical between CS versus DS are ambiguity for...
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...competition among service suppliers, management of staff, feelings is taken into account as a significant side in providing services to customers and influences structure out comes. Therefore service organization, supported the results of the current study, would be able to establish and manage feeling and emotions of their staff in providing top quality and superior services to focus on customers and additionally to market the spirit of service providing and effectiveness of staff, produce some competitive blessings for themselves. Within the current banking setting service quality is one among the most “weapons” that modify banks to differentiate though a really standardized and heavily regulated product from the competition. Following a technique supported service quality is extremely typically a “must” within the current marketplace. These changes compact on each the structure of the trade and also the nature of competition between banks. That’s been same; service quality has become associate more and more vital issue for living and success within the banking sector. This text assesses the effectiveness of the SERVQUAL’s 5 dimensions to the Islamic Bank and measures service quality judged by the customer’s perceptions. that the results from analysis of them supported co relational analysis, simple regression toward the SPSS version twenty for knowledge analysis, total sample two hundred, show that 'emotional intelligence has no impact on the service quality provided to customers'...
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...Impact of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry in Pakistan Ubedullah Amjad Ali Shaikh, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to contribute to the literature of service quality importance in restaurant industry. The study has been based upon the Servqual technique and Dineserv tool of improving the quality by the service providing organizations. The study is undertaken from the perspective of Pakistani Restaurant Industry and the customers' perceptions vis-à-vis restaurant dining. Two variables of Servqual, i.e. Tangibles and Responsiveness, have been examined to demonstrate the impact of service quality on the industry. The results endorse the importance of enhanced complementary service standards in restaurant industry. Ultimately, the findings provide an insight for the Pakistani restaurant service providing establishments and suggestion have been made for the caretakers of the industry on ways to improve service quality. INTRODUCTION The restaurant industry has evolved over the past few decades from merely a meals providing facility to an augmented combination of service associated features. These features are emphasized to satisfy the complementary needs of its customers. This notion of satisfaction is mainly attributed to the quality of service. Hence a lot of probing has been going on for the past few decades to rationalize and prove a direct relationship between the...
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...htm Service Quality Perspectives and Customer Satisfaction in Commercial Banks Working in Jordan Anber Abraheem Shlash Mohammad Assistant Professor, Marketing Department Petra University, Jordan, B.O.Box: 961343, Amman 11196-Jordan E-mail: mohammad197119@yahoo.com Shireen Yaseen Mohammad Alhamadani Assistant Professor, Finance and Banking Department Petra University, Jordan Abstract The aim of this research was to examine the level of service quality as perceived by customers of commercial bank working in Jordan and it's effect customer satisfaction, Service quality measure is based on modified version of SERVQUAL as proposed by Parasuraman et al. (1988), which involve five dimensions of Service quality, namely Reliability, Responsiveness, Empathy, Assurance, and Tangibles. Customer satisfaction was measured by a nine item adapted from Walfried et al. (2000), 260 questionnaires were distributed randomly to customers of commercial banks branches located (thirteen commercial banks in Jordan ) in IRBID (Acity of Jordan ). Multiple regression analysis was employed to test the impact of service quality on customer satisfaction. The results of this study indicated that service quality is an important antecedent of customer satisfaction. It is apparent from the present study that managers and decision makers in Jordanian commercial banks to seek and improve the elements of service quality that make the most significant contributions on customer satisfaction Keywords: Service quality...
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