scholarly journals Service Quality Assessment of Hospitals in Asian Context: An Empirical Evidence From Pakistan

Author(s):  
Muhammad Shafiq ◽  
Muhammad Azhar Naeem ◽  
Zartasha Munawar ◽  
Iram Fatima

Hospitals vary from one another in terms of their specialty, services offered, and resource availability. Their services are widely measured with scales that gauge patients’ perspective. Therefore, there is a need for research to develop a scale that measures hospital service quality in Asian hospitals, regardless of their nature or ownership. To address this research need, this study adapted the SERVQUAL instrument to develop a service quality measurement scale. Data were collected from inpatients and outpatients at 9 different hospitals, and the scale was developed using structural equation modeling. The developed scale was then validated by identifying service quality gaps and ranking the areas that require managerial effort. The findings indicated that all 5 dimensions of SERVQUAL are valid in Asian countries such as Pakistan, with 13 items retained. Reliability, tangibility, responsiveness, empathy, and assurance were ranked first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, respectively, in terms of the size of the quality gap. The gaps were statistically significant, with values ≤.05; therefore, hospital administrators must focus on each of these areas. By focusing on the identified areas of improvement, health care authorities, managers, practitioners, and decision makers can bring substantial change within hospitals.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-153
Author(s):  
Subandi Subandi ◽  
Muda Setia Hamid

This study seeks to analyze the effect of service quality on satisfaction, the effect of service quality on loyalty, the effect of service quality on motivation, the effect of satisfaction on loyalty, the effect of satisfaction on motivation, and to analyze the mediation of student satisfaction on the effect of service quality on student motivation and loyalty. In this quantitative research, a questionnaire was distributed to 100 fifth-semester students of Administrative Management Academy Yogyakarta. The samples were selected using a purposive sampling technique. The variable measurement used a Likert scale. Data analysis was carried out using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS 3 software. The results of the analysis show that service quality affects student satisfaction, student loyalty, and student motivation. Student satisfaction affects student loyalty and student motivation. Service quality affects student loyalty and student motivation mediated by student satisfaction. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Andy Mulyana ◽  
Devi Ayuni

This study aims to evaluate the role of satisfaction and commitment as mediating the effect of service quality on student loyalty as the user of Open University's Online Tutorial. Based on data analysis on student of Management program 229 as respondents with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), this study found the relationship between: (1) positive influence of service quality to satisfaction and loyalty of students using tuton; (2) the positive effect of satisfaction on student loyalty using tuton; (3) satisfaction is a mediator between service quality and loyalty of students using tuton. Conversely, commitment has no positive effect on student loyalty as a tuton user. In addition, commitment does not mediates the effect of satisfaction on the loyalty of tuton users. Keywords: service quality, satisfaction, commitment, loyalty


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Dang Lang ◽  
Abhishek Behl ◽  
Nguyen Trung Dong ◽  
Yama Temouri ◽  
Nguyen Hong Thu

PurposeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected the global economy. How agribusinessmen are overcoming this crisis is being noticed in emerging markets. Using social capital to diversify agribusiness for getting more customers is a useful solution for the growth of agribusiness. However, there is a lack of evidence on the aggregate measurement scale of social capital and the influence of behavioral goals on the intention toward agribusiness diversification. Therefore, this study aims to develop an integrated measurement of social capital and investigate its effect on agribusiness diversification intention using the expanded theory of planned behavior (TPB).Design/methodology/approachA mixed-methods approach is used, including four in-depth interviews, three focus group discussions and two surveys. Structural equation modeling is applied to a sample of 484 respondents to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe study shows the role of social capital in influencing the intention to diversify agribusiness under the premises of the resource-based view (RBV). The scale of social capital is also developed, which is the first integrated measurement of this asset. The findings contribute significantly to the existing knowledge of social capital, the TPB and diversifying agribusiness.Originality/valueThis is the first study to explore the comprehensive effect of the facets of social capital on behavioral intention through behavioral goals and determinants of the TPB under the premises of the RBV. The findings will help emerging economies, for example, Vietnam, where most farmers are family business owners or microscaled entrepreneurs in agriculture.


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Khazaei Pool ◽  
Ali Dehghan ◽  
Hadi Balouei Jamkhaneh ◽  
Akbar Jaberi ◽  
Maryam Sharifkhani

The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of electronic service quality on fan satisfaction and fan loyalty in the online environment. Selection of three hundred and fifty-six fans of a famous sports club was through random sampling using the club's website. AMOS used structural equation modeling for data analysis. Results provided strong support on the effect of electronic service quality (E-S-QUAL) on fan satisfaction and fan loyalty toward the website of their favorable football teams. Business enterprises have well researched e-service quality and loyalty. However, limited research exists in the sports context. This paper provides valuable insight into the measurement of e-service quality and fan loyalty in the sport and offers a foundation for future marketing research.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Shih-Tse Wang

Although consumer-perceived utilitarian value and hedonic value have been considered essential antecedents of consumer behavior, few studies have investigated the effects of both website quality and online retail performance on consumer-perceived utilitarian value and hedonic value, which in turn affect consumers' relationship commitment. This study analyzed data from 394 online shoppers using structural equation modeling. The results revealed that both utilitarian and hedonic value significantly and positively affected relationship commitment. Information quality, system quality, service quality, and price fairness were revealed to significantly and positively affect the perceived utilitarian value of online stores, whereas system and service quality increased perceived hedonic value.


Author(s):  
Rejikumar G ◽  
Archana Ks

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the formation of wellness perceptions and satisfaction from antecedents that explain various attributes regarding service quality perceptions about doctors by patients. The topic is of contemporary relevance as health-care firms are reengineering their competencies to deliver personalized health services to for unmatched experience to develop long-term relationships with patients.Methods: Responses from 280 patients about service quality attributes of doctors, wellness perceptions, and their satisfaction are collected using a structured questionnaire. An exploratory factor analysis was performed using SPSS. 20 to identify significant dimensions of doctor’s service quality. The theoretical model developed with these dimensions, wellness perceptions, and patient satisfaction was estimated using partial least square-based structural equation modeling approach to test hypotheses about linkages among these constructs.Results: The dimension structure of doctor’s service quality contained constructs such as “price affordability of medicines,” “quality of diagnosis,” “interaction quality of doctor,” “appropriateness of tests prescribed,” and “quality of usage prescriptions.” These service quality dimensions of doctor significantly develop wellness perceptions and satisfaction among patients. Wellness perceptions act as a mediator in satisfaction development.Conclusions: Patient satisfaction and wellness perceptions are of primary importance in improving service quality in health care and to remain competitive. The health-care firms should train their professionals to interact with the patients more efficiently by adhering to the philosophy of patient centeredness in their service process.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Antonius Adi

Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh overallservice qualityterhadap customer loyalty melalui mediasi company reputation, customer trust, dan switching costpada Industri Perbankan di Indonesia. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui survei terhadap pelangganIndustri Perbankan dengan total 230 sampel di Jakarta. Data primer dikumpulkan dengan metodepurposive sampling. Analisis data dilakukan melalui Structural Equation Modeling untuk mengujihipotesis, dengan menggunakan software AMOS 22.0. Temuan dalam penelitian ini adalahcustomer loyalty dipengaruhi oleh switching cost, customer trust, company reputation dan overallservice quality. Switching cost paling kuat dipengaruhi oleh customer trust. Temuan lain adalahbahwa customer loyalty paling kuat dipengaruhi oleh overall service quality. Studi ini memberikankontribusi teoritis dalam bentuk model alternatif customer loyalty dalam industri perbankan danmemberikan implikasi manajerial bagi manajemen bank.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Canan Saricam

Abstract The sportswear industry has a growing market globally. In the sportswear retail market, where the primary focus is on providing customers the product, but provision of the necessary ancillary service also takes place, the service quality and its relation to customer satisfaction and customer loyalty are important. With an attempt to find out this relationship, the data for this study was obtained from 251 people living in Turkey. The service quality was described as a second-order construct with the dimensions proposed in SERVQUAL scale. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze and validate the model. The findings showed that the service quality, together with the relevant dimensions, tangibles, reliability, and assurance, has an influence on the customer satisfaction but not on the customer loyalty. Nonetheless, it was confirmed the customer satisfaction has an impact on the customer loyalty.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-130
Author(s):  
Dewiana Novitasari ◽  
Masduki Asbari ◽  
Ipang Sasono

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh religiusitas dan kualitas pelayanan (service quality) terhadap kepuasan kerja pada karyawan industri manufaktur, dengan mengambil sampel sebanyak 105 orang karyawan dari salah satu perusahaan industry manufaktur di Jawa Barat. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Metode analisis menggunakan Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Smart PLS v.3.0. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, religiusitas berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kualitas pelayanan. Religiusitas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan kerja karyawan, dan kualitas pelayanan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan kerja karyawan. Hasil penelitan dapat digunakan sebagai dasar untuk meningkatkan dan memelihara kepuasan kerja karyawan pada industry manufaktur melalui peningkatan religiusitas dan kualitas pelayanan karyawan. Serta membangun kesiapan karyawan untuk menghadapi dunia industry yang makin sadar spiritual.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 432-437
Author(s):  
Muhammad Al Fikri

Private and State Universities are still faced with competition between universities to increase the number of students especially during the Covid 19 period. This research aims to analyze the effect of each of the variables of e-service quality, e-satisfaction, positive Word of Mouth / WoM, either directly or indirectly. Data were collected from 200 students from one of the best private universities in North Sumatra (Medan), and processed using Structural Equation Modeling / SEM. From the results of data processing, all tested hypotheses can be accepted, and research found that to encourage positive WoM, PTS must be sensitive to the creation of student satisfaction. Positive WoM can be an effective advertising promotion tool for PTS to get new student candidates through existing student recommendations. In addition, to increase e-customer satisfaction, PTS is required to always improve service quality that is delivered through online services. Keywords: e-service quality, e-customer satisfaction, positive WoM, private universities.


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