scholarly journals Online Food Delivery Service Quality: Does Personal Innovativeness Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusra Yusra ◽  
Arawati Agus

The emergent of online food delivery (OFD) industry is valued as a new channel in food industry in order to grab more sales and shares and has promoted the competitiveness among the OFD players. Therefore, a sufficient understanding of the nature of the online service industry is very important for service providers in this emerging market. This study attempts to discover the characteristics and necessities of this online service. Using adapted questionnaire from M-S-QUAL (Huang et al., 2015), this study aims to examine the relationships between customers perceived service quality of online food delivery (OFD) and its influence on customer satisfaction and loyalty, moderated by personal innovativeness. The study proposed six hypothesis and results indicated the positive relationships between service quality, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty. Whilst customer satisfaction partially mediates service quality and customer loyalty, personal innovativeness has a negative moderating effect on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Wijenayaka

As a new food delivery system has emerged to capture a larger share of the industry's sales, the online food delivery sector has risen. This new business delivery system has gained widespread acceptance, particularly among young, active, and hardworking individuals. Furthermore, this business has become more competitive due to the increasing number of new business entries and the expectations of users as a result of the anxiety associated with online ordering and the convenience of ordering at any time. In order to succeed in this emerging market, Customers require online service providers to understand the true nature and requirements of their customers and all essential points of the online service industry. This study aims to gather the information that will assist online food service providers to understand the requirements and characteristics of this new service delivery system, which is currently under development. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between customers' perceived service quality for online food delivery and its effect on customer satisfaction by adopting a questionnaire from the Mobile Service Quality Study (M-S-QUAL).


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Mutmainnah Mutmainnah

<p><em>As a primary factor in satisfaction and loyalty,</em><em> </em><em>service quality and image has been given a lot of attention</em><em>. </em><em>This research used a sample of 120 respondents and analyzed the data using structural equation modeling. Findings reveal that service quality and corporate image are antecedents of customer satisfaction, but customer satisfaction surprisingly does not have positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. </em><em>The implications for service providers in any platform service industry is that customer satisfaction has not key success to loyalty but continuously improves the quality of service and corporate image of satisfaction, but it creates loyalty to buy services and recommend to others.  </em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p>


The urgent needs for Airlines around the world, especially low-cost carrier to optimize earnings and reduce their operational costs accentuate the use of self-service technologies (SSTs) in their operating system, including their check-in process. The self-check-in system (online, mobile and at kiosk) is mainly offered to reduce costs, speed and enhance the customer’s experience. Using adapted questionnaire from self-service technology quality (SSTQUAL) scale, this research aims to examine the service quality of airline self-check-in system and its impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty in an emerging market for a low-cost carrier, namely Airasia. Data for the study are collected from 123 passengers who have used the Airasia’s self-check-in service and are analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and Smart partial least square (SmartPLS). The result indicates that self-check-in service quality exhibits significant impact on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. It also found that customer satisfaction fully mediates the relationship between perceived service quality and customer loyalty.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sultan Ahmad Ansari ◽  
Jamal Ahmad Farooquie ◽  
Said Gattoufi

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction, Customer Loyalty and Operational Performance of telecom service industry in Sultanate of Oman. It also investigate how technology adds value to service delivery system and improvement of Service Quality. The empirical data were collected by administering 1,450 questionnaires and out of which 888 completed and usable responses were retrieved. The study is first of kind that evaluated well-established chain of service i.e. services provided by Original Equipment Manufacturers to Telecom Service Providers and further service provided by the Telecom Service Providers to the End Users. The feedback was taken on forward and backward chain to evaluate comprehensive service chain, instead of evaluating an individual chain i.e. Service provided by Original Equipment Manufacturers to Telecom Service Providers or vice versa or from Telecom Service Providers to the End Users. Questionnaires feedback was taken from comprehensive chain of services, i.e. forward and backward chain feedback was considered. Research findings suggest that technological support would improve service delivery system and service organizations shall put special emphasize on Service Quality for achieving critical success, which would improve overall Customer Satisfaction, Customer Loyalty, Operational Performance and Firm Profitability.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naif Mutlaq Al Otaibi ◽  
Kausar Yasmeen

Lack perceived quality in Saudi Arabia has been repeatedly identified as one of the most formidable barriers to people for engaging in customer loyalty.Despite, the widespread establishment of shopping malls all over the country, the statistics revealed that Saudi consumers, although trying grocery shopping in some shopping malls, still prefer to do their grocery shopping activities in traditional grocery stores and convenience stores (Othaim, 2012).This paper provides an overview perceived service quality and customer satisfaction which affect Saudi customer loyalty,,and it reviews relevant previous studies that investigate the relationships among said three variables.  This paper provides the critical remarks and direction for future research.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Sidah Idris ◽  
Fui Kiun Choong ◽  
Rini Suryati Sulong ◽  
Oscar Dausin

The Health system in Malaysia including hospitals, clinics, and community health agencies can be very different from other operational work environments. Healthcare systems are complex and there are many things that need to know about types of hospital operation systems, patient care, insurance, healthcare providers, and legal issues. This study aimed at examining the relationship between perceived service quality, customer satisfaction, and behavioural intentions in the context of the hospital in Sabah, Malaysia. Information from 208 respondents was used through questionnaires for the purposed of statistical data analysis using SmartPLS. The result showed only tangibles and empathy supports behavioural intentions in relation to the retail pharmacy within Malaysia. This study tested relationships of tangibles, assurance, and empathy with customer satisfaction respectively were shown to be significantly positive as well. A positive relationship between customer satisfaction and behavioural intentions was also observed in this study. As for the mediation analysis, the outcome indicated that tangibles, assurance, and empathy respectively have an indirect relationship with behavioural intentions mediated by customer satisfaction. Additional findings also showed that, while the direct effects of empathy on behavioural intentions were significant, the indirect impact was noted to be greater for behavioural intentions in connection with customer satisfaction as mediation. The result also showed that relative to other perceived service quality, empathy has the most impact on customer satisfaction as well as behavioural intentions respectively. The findings from this study significant to this industry which contribute to policymakers, service providers, and other stakeholders.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Dewi ◽  
Ferdian Hajadi ◽  
Yunita Wijaya Handranata ◽  
Maria Grace Herlina

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of service quality and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty of the laundry service industry in Indonesia. The research methods used were quantitative, and analyzed using multiple linear regression methods. Data were obtained by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents in Jakarta from February to March 2020. The selection of respondents used a purposive sampling technique, with the criteria of using laundry services in the past. Findings from this research revealed a significant positive effect of service quality toward customer satisfaction; and both service quality and customer satisfaction also have significant and positive effects towards customer loyalty in laundry services in Indonesia. From this research, it is expected that the entrepreneur in the laundry service industry would better understand the importance of service quality, customer satisfaction and its correlation to customer loyalty in order to improve firm sales performance.


The Internet Service Provider (ISP) sector in Palestine operates in a highly competitive market that presents many challenges related to Israeli rules and regulations concerning internet services. Such challenges emphasize the need for the various ISPs to have a detailed and clear understanding of the critical service quality dimensions that affect the loyalty of customers, and to constantly evaluate and strengthen the service they provide. Therefore, the aim of this work is to study the influence of service quality on customer satisfaction and loyalty in the Palestinian internet sector. The study used a quantitative approach based on the SERVQUAL dimensions to collect the data from internet subscribers through a questionnaire and the data was analyzed using statistical methods. The survey data was gathered from 403 valid responses covering more than eight ISP companies in the West Bank. An examination of the study variables based on the conceptual framework was achieved by using SPSS, where means of quantitative methods such as a comparison of means, and simple and multiple regressions were calculated. The results indicate that, in general, the level of service quality does not meet customer expectations. In addition, a descriptive analysis of the study variables indicates that the means of three service quality dimensions (reliability, responsiveness, and tangibility) have a medium degree level, while empathy and assurance have a high degree level. It is showed that service quality positively affects customer satisfaction. A positive relationship exists between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The study suggests that the effect of the “responsiveness” dimension on consumer satisfaction and loyalty is stronger than the effects of the other dimensions, with “tangibility” having the lowest effect. Finally, the study recommends to ISPs to improve the level of service quality in order to meet customers' needs and wants, and in order to gain long-term customer loyalty.


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