scholarly journals Evaluation of Seaport Service Quality in Tanzania: From the Dar es Salaam Seaport Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10076
Author(s):  
Msabaha Juma Mwendapole ◽  
Zhihong Jin
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Customer Dissatisfaction ◽  
Graphics Software ◽  
Quality Measurements

Many countries rely heavily on seaports to promote their well-being and economy. Unreliability of seaport services can considerably impact cargo owners, seaport customers and shipping lines resulting to their dissatisfaction. This study aimed to evaluate service quality of Tanzanian seaports considering Dar es Salaam seaport as a study area. The study discovered the negative gap on the service quality after evaluating seaport user’s perceptions and expectations of delivered seaport services, meanwhile the service quality of Dar es Salaam seaport is poor. Opinions of seaport user’s concerning seaport service quality were computed based on the SERVQUAL model which developed by Parasuraman by considering the essential measurements of Tangibility, Empathy, Reliability, Assurance and Responsiveness. Senior administrators and managers employed in numerous shipping lines in Tanzania were interviewed to check the model validity, then 314 members of Tanzania shipping and logistics associations were engaged in a study survey. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied to validate the seaport service quality measurements and to observe their association with satisfaction of seaport customers using Amos Graphics software version 26. It found that seaport service quality is a five-measure construct; responsiveness was significantly influence customer satisfaction while empathy and assurance could insignificantly influence customer satisfaction. Reliability was found significantly to cause customer dissatisfaction and tangibility was insignificantly to cause customer dissatisfaction. Academically, this research donates to management practice as seaport administrators, managers and executives can utilize the seaport service quality measurements to evaluate their customer’s satisfaction and defending for seaport service quality investments as a relational marketing strategy.

An assessment of service quality and resulting customer satisfaction in Pakistan International Airlines

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizan Ali ◽  
Bidit Lal Dey ◽  
Raffaele Filieri
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Service Quality Dimensions ◽  
International Airlines

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess foreigners and overseas Pakistanis’ evaluation of the quality of the services provided by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and its effect on customer satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – A convenience sample of 498 respondents was used to test the hypotheses of the study through structural equation modelling. Findings – The results of this study indicate that all of the hypotheses are supported and customer satisfaction of PIA customers is influenced by all of the five service quality dimensions (AIRQUAL), including airline tangibles, terminal tangibles, personnel, empathy, and image. Research limitations/implications – This research examines the relationship between service quality dimensions and customer satisfaction. The study focuses on the evaluation of overseas Pakistanis and foreigners regarding the service quality of PIA. The main limitation of this study is that it focuses on PIA: thus, the results cannot be generalised. Practical implications – The results indicate that managers should focus on different dimensions of airline service quality in order to enhance customer satisfaction. Originality/value – This study would enable PIA to have a better understanding of the effects of service quality, which will lead to passengers’ satisfaction and encourage the development of long-term relationships with their customers.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SERVICE QUALITY AND PERCEPTION OF FINANCING MARGINS ON FINANCING DECISIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-93
Author(s):  
Vironica Nurani Yonatan ◽  
Mohamad Rizan ◽  
Saparuddin Mukhtar
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Financing Decisions ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Start Ups

The rise of digitalization of financial services has led to the emergence of many fintech (financial techology) start-ups. However, because fintech startups have several risks, the Bank remains the main option in selecting financing / credit service products for bankable people. This research was conducted at PT Bank Syariah Mandiri with a purposive sampling method. The data was collected by distributing questionnaires using a Likert scale. The analysis technique used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to calculate the effect of each variable. The results of the study reveal that service quality has a positive and significant effect on the decision to request financing, the perception of the margin of financing has a positive and significant effect on the decision on financing application, the quality of service has no positive and insignificant effect on customer satisfaction, the perception of the size of the financing margin has a positive and significant effect on satisfaction. Customer, the decision to request financing has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction, service quality has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction, which is mediated by the decision on a financing request, the perception of the size of the financing margin has a positive and significant effect on the variable of customer satisfaction, which is mediated by the variable of financing request decision. Based on the result, banking services can increase financing margins that this is can relate with customer purchasing decision.

scholarly journals Analysis of Halal Certification Renewal Service Quality and Their Effect on the Customer’s Satisfaction and Loyalty in Yogyakarta (Case Study in Meatball Stall)

2021 ◽  
pp. 372-383
Author(s):  
Jumeri Jumeri ◽  
Khosyani ◽  
Falah M.A.F
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Satisfaction Index

The society awareness in consuming halal, safe, and healthy foodstuff within these past few years kept on increasing. This was closely related to responsible food manufacturers which produced sustain halal foods, as evidenced by ownership halal certification. In order to increase the satisfaction of food producers and to maintain their commitment to extend the halal certificates, the quality of halal authority service should always be enhanced. This study aims to identify the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) value, to determine the influence of halal label and product attributes toward customer’s satisfaction and loyalty of meatball stalls in Yogyakarta, and to identify the influence of halal label toward selling volume on certified meatball stalls. The instruments used were questionnaires containing 21 quality attributes of halal certificate renewal service. Analyses were performed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The model was composed of seven latent variables: halal certification, brand, price, taste, service, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Result of the research showed that taste and halal certification have significant effect on the customer’s satisfaction and loyalty of certified meatball stalls. Halal certification have affected the certified meatball stalls in Yogyakarta by increasing the selling volume of 25-37.5%.

scholarly journals The Role of Dedication-Based and Constraint-Based Mechanisms in Consumers’ Sustainable Outcomes in the Coffee Chain Industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoungsoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Switching Costs ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Loyalty Programs ◽  
Equation Modeling

Given the increase in consumers’ preferences for coffee, it is becoming important to understand their decision-making processes in the coffee chain context. To deepen the understanding of sustainable outcomes in this context, this study investigates the role of dedication- and constraint-based mechanisms in forming consumers’ repurchase and positive word-of-mouth (WOM) intentions, two critical sustainable outcomes. We examined the effects of coffee quality, the quality of the physical environment, and service quality in accelerating the formation of dedication-based factors. Moreover, this study offers an in-depth understanding of the enablers of perceived switching costs. Data collected from 238 university students that frequently visit coffee chains are empirically tested against the proposed theoretical framework by using structural equation modeling. The results confirm that both dedication- and constraint-based factors substantially predict consumers’ sustainable outcomes in the coffee chain context. Brand image and perceived switching costs play an important role in enhancing consumers’ repurchase and positive WOM intentions compared with customer satisfaction. Coffee quality is significantly associated with both customer satisfaction and brand image, whereas the quality of the physical environment and service quality are only significantly associated with brand image. Habit is found to be the key enabler of perceived switching costs, while loyalty programs have no significant impact on perceived switching costs.

scholarly journals Analysis Of The Influence Of Customer Satisfaction On Sharia Banking Peroformance In Bogor City

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 402-414
Author(s):  
R Dina Arfiana Burhan ◽  
Muhammad Najib ◽  
Endri Endri
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Quality Product ◽  
The Relationship

The development of Islamic banking is very rapid, causing competition between Islamic and conventional banking. Improving the quality of services and products makes the main point in providing customer satisfaction. This study aims to analyze the influence of service quality, product quality, and price with customer satisfaction at Islamic commercial banks in the city of Bogor. This study uses SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) to determine the level of influence of the relationship between customer satisfaction with service quality, product quality and price. This study used a sample of 100 respondents with qualifications of 81 men and 19 women and used a descriptive approach. The results of this study are the level of customer satisfaction with prices reaching 2.49, besides that the level of customer satisfaction with products is 2.91, and the level of customer satisfaction with service quality is 2.84. These results prove that customer satisfaction is strongly influenced by the price, products, and quality of services provided by Islamic banking.

scholarly journals The Influence of Service Quality to the Customer Satisfaction and Revisit Interest of Saporkren Ecotourism at Raja Ampat Regency

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Robinsar Jogi Yoshua Manullang ◽  
Siti Jahroh ◽  
Kirbrandoko
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Buffer Zones

Ecotourism is a nature tourism that focuses on a protected area or area that contributes to the welfare of the local community and conservation and education for the community. Meanwhile, as much as 98.9 percent of the forest area under its management rights is still controlled by corporations and capital owners. While the rest which is no more than 1.1 percent of the area of ​​forest management rights is controlled by the community. Enhancing the role of forest areas, especially conservation forests, needs to be done to improve the quality of life of communities around the buffer zones. The purpose of this study is to identify service quality factors that influence customer satisfaction and interest in ecotourism visits in Saporkren, and formulate ecotourism marketing strategies in Saporkren. This is done to increase the number of ecotourism visitors in Saporkren, which of course will provide increased income for the community and improve the quality of life of the Saporkren people. The population in this study were visitors from the Saporkren ecotourism. The sampling technique uses accidental sampling and purposive sampling. The selected respondents were tourists who were visiting Saporkren and were found by researchers and tourists who had visited Saporkren at least once in the past one year. Endogenous variables (Y) and (Z) in this study are consumer satisfaction and interest in return visits. Exogenous variables (X) in this study are tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. The data processing technique used in this study is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with LISREL 8.7 software. Based on the results of the study, only three out of five service quality factors were identified that affected customer satisfaction, namely tangible, reliability, and assurance. And in this study, consumer satisfaction is proven to affect the interest in a repeat visit. After that, from the interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD), a strategy that could be implemented in ecotourism in Saporkren was formulated to explore potential tourism that could be exploited in addition to birdwatching for tangibles, and to train and certify tour guides in Saporkren for reliability and assurance.

scholarly journals Repurchase intention behavior in B2C E-commerce

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Made Artana ◽  
Hartina Fattah ◽  
I Gede Juliana Eka Putra ◽  
Ni Luh Putu Sariani ◽  
Maryan Nadir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Repurchase Intention ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
Buy Back

The intention to buy back is one of the objectives of the business strategy. This study aims to analyze the effect of mediating customer satisfaction on e-service and repurchase intention. This analytical study was conducted on e-commerce that is widely used by Indonesia, namely Shopee.co.id. The rapid growth of e-commerce, both C2C and B2B, has made online retailers compete in the online retail business. The intention to buy back is no longer solely due to the quality of service like an offline business. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of mediating customer satisfaction from the quality of E-Commerce on repurchase intention in E-Commerce that has implemented a combination of C2B and B2B. Quantitative methods with structural equation analysis (SEM) and path analysis were used to analyze data using LISREL. The questionnaire is distributed to respondents used as samples taken from the population for this research. The researched population is user of Shopee.co.id in Indonesia, whereas samples of the population are randomly taken. The samples of this research are 279 respondents. The results of this study found that there is no significant direct effect of electronic service quality on repurchases intentions, but when customer satisfaction acts as a mediating variable, it shows that electronic service quality affects repurchase intention significantly through customer satisfaction. This study will help online retailers to find out what factors influence customers to make repeat purchases.

scholarly journals SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Ananda Sabil Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
Shopping Enjoyment ◽  
The Relationship

While a traditional marketer aims to enhance customer loyalty, a social marketer focuses on the creation of individual well-being. To date, some social marketing programs have been launched to enhance individual well-being. However, only a few studies have been oriented to investigate subjective well-being, in the domain of traditional marketing. Previous studies have indicated that service quality is an important determinant of subjective well-being for a service organization’s customers. However, this notion is not enough as service quality only captures performance of service in the level of attribute. For that reason, this introduces the notion of experience quality as the determinant of subjective well-being. To have a better knowledge about the relationship between these constructs, this study also inserted the notion of customer satisfaction and perceived shopping enjoyment as mediating variables. Two hundred respondents participated in this study. These respondents were recruited at department stores in Malang, a city in the Province of East Java. A self-administered survey was conducted to collect the data. A Covariance Based Structural Equation Model (CBSEM) was employed to analyze the data. The results of a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirmed the model proposed. The structural model showed that the experience of shopping has significant effects on customer satisfaction, perceived shopping enjoyment, and subjective well-being. However, this study failed to prove the mediating effects of customer satisfaction and perceived shopping enjoyment in the relationship between the shopping experience and subjective well-being. Upon the completion of this study, both theoretical and practical contributions were provided.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KUALITAS LAYANAN DAN PENANGANAN KELUHAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN DAN LOYALITAS NASABAH BANK UMUM SYARIAH DI SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-231
Author(s):  
Anindhyta Budiarti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Banking Business

In the service industry is not only a problem in the quality of service only, other issues that need to be considered is how the handling of complaints from users. Of the complaints handling problems can be used as a measure of quality products and services offered. Thus expected to create satisfaction as well as create user loyalty. Similarly, in the banking business after the economic crisis that occurred in 1997. Banking business demanded proactive to enhance service quality and also in the handling of complaints to the customer who is expected to increase customer satisfactionand loyalty. The purpose of this study is Proving and analyze (1) the influence of service quality on customer satisfaction, (2) the influence of the handling of complaints against customer satisfaction, (3) the influence of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty, (4) the influence of service quality on customer loyalty and (5) influence the handling of complaints against customer loyalty Islamic banks in Surabaya. This research was conducted on Islamic banks in Surabaya. This type of research used in this research is the kind of explanatory research. Respondents in this study are customers of Islamic banks in Surabaya. The number of respondents who researched as much as 150 respondents. The analytical tool used in this study is structural equation modeling (SEM). The analysis showed that service quality has a significant influence on satisfaction. Handling complaints have a significant impact on customer satisfaction. Satisfaction has a significant influence on customer loyalty. Service quality has a significant effect on loyalty. Handling complaints have a significant impact on customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction can be improved by improving the quality of service and complaint handling.

scholarly journals Improving Quality Using The Kano Model in Overcoming Competition in The Service Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Meri Andriani ◽  
Heri Irawan ◽  
Nanda Rizqa Asyura
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Kano Model ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Service Support ◽  
Customer Dissatisfaction ◽  
Improve Service Quality

The tight competition in the service industry, especially hospitality, has caused hoteliers to strive to improve service quality. Improving the quality of service is carried out in various ways, one of which is increasing the occupancy rate of hotel rooms. This is different from Hotel X. Hotel X is an old hotel located in Langsa which has experienced a decrease in room occupancy from time to time. The decrease was caused by the service from hotel X that was still not satisfactory to customers. The purpose of this study is to identify customer dissatisfaction with the quality of hotel services and provide design proposals to improve service quality. The method used in this study is the Kano model, which is the model used to identify customer satisfaction, through questionnaires given to customers, statistical tests are used to conduct adequacy tests and data uniformity tests for questionnaire data obtained. Excel and SPSS software are used in statistical tests, Minitab 16 software is used in making coefficient diagrams of customer satisfaction levels. Results and Discussion obtained 21 attributes in the must be a category, 8 attributes in the one-dimensional category, 2 in the attractive category, and 2 in the indifferent category, the attributes which are categorized as one dimensional, attractive, and must be are attributes that are prioritized to improve service quality. In conclusion, 31 attributes are included in customer dissatisfaction with hotel X, one of which is the physical condition of the building with a dissatisfaction value of -3,080. There are 18 attributes as proposed designs in improving service quality, five of which are adding and completing service-related equipment, infrastructure improvement, improvement and development of standard operating procedures (SOP), periodic maintenance and replacement of service support equipment, procurement of housekeeping equipment, cleaning of facilities. and infrastructure, installation of signs, warnings, and information.

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