Measuring the Quality Of E-Business Services

Author(s):  
Mark Springer ◽  
Craig K. Tyran ◽  
Steven Ross

Electronic service quality, or e-service quality, refers to the quality experienced by the user of a service delivered via the Internet. Over the past several years, researchers have developed different models of e-service quality with the objective of identifying those aspects that are most important for customer satisfaction and loyalty. The current authors develop a framework to compare and contrast these models. While there is some agreement between existing models regarding the key dimensions of e-service quality, these models focus almost exclusively on retail e-commerce Web sites. Additional research is needed not only to resolve the differences between existing quality models for e-commerce Web sites, but also to develop e-service quality assessment tools for the entire range of e-business services.

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Springer ◽  
Craig Tyran ◽  
Steve Ross

Electronic service quality, or e-service quality, is the quality experienced by the user of a service delivered over the Web. Over the past several years, researchers have developed many models of e-service quality with the goal of identifying those factors that are most important for customer loyalty. Most of these models focus primarily or exclusively on retail e-commerce Web sites which support the delivery of a physical product to the consumer. Recently, however, “pure” e-service Web sites, namely those that do not involve the sale and delivery of a physical good, have received increasing attention from researchers. This article proposes and validates a quality assessment instrument for a type of pure e-service that has not yet been studied: a Web-based decision support system. Based on a study involving over six hundred subjects, we identify those quality dimensions that affect customer loyalty for a pure e-service of this type.


2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1839-1855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Brochado ◽  
Paulo Rita ◽  
Carlos Gameiro

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of backpackers’s evaluation of service quality provided by hostels by developing a battery of items to assess perceptions of the overall hostel experience. Design/methodology/approach – Scale development took a mixed approach that combines qualitative and quantitative research. First, the authors performed a content analysis of reviews provided by guests in hostel booking web sites, in-depth interviews with hostel managers and focus groups with guests, to develop a battery of items to assess the hostel experience from the guests’ perspective. Then, a quantitative survey (n = 222) was conducted, to explore the dimensionality of service quality in this sector. Lisbon hostels are the target of this study, as they received several awards based on the online reviews of backpackers. Findings – The results revealed that service quality is a multidimensional concept and includes six dimensions, namely, social atmosphere, location and city connection, staff, cleanliness, security and facilities. Regression results revealed that the social atmosphere appears to be a core service dimension crucial to create a sense of hostel guest’s overall quality. Originality/value – The findings suggest that service quality scales should incorporate the specific characteristics of the hotel industry. The quality of the staff and the social atmosphere are of utmost importance to enhance the hostel backpacker experience.


Author(s):  
Ngan Truong ◽  
Tahir Nisar ◽  
Dan Knox ◽  
Guru Prabhakar

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the service quality of full-service restaurants in Vietnam to explore possible factors that may impact customer perception, which subsequently influences customer satisfaction and behavioural intentions. Based on the DINESERV model and service clues, the possible dimensions to construct customer perception were realised, and four key dimensions were suggested. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from four urban local full-service restaurants in Vietnam, and factor analysis and SEM-PLS were then performed to uncover the relationship between customer perception, satisfaction and behavioural intentions. Findings The results suggest that customer perception significantly influences customer satisfaction and behavioural intentions, and customer satisfaction itself is also found to have influence on behavioural intentions. Originality/value This is an original piece of work which contributes to the exploration of service quality in developing countries and to the incorporation of cleanliness into analyses of restaurant service quality in particular.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Edi Setiawan ◽  
Sarah Septiani

In this research used survey method, that is to explain influence between independent variable that is electronic service quality and electronic trust to dependent variable that is customer satisfaction and explain relation between variable. The population in this study is the consumer of Grab Car transport users in Bintaro, South Tangerang. The sampling technique uses accidental technique, ie random sampling of the sample that met on that day. Technique of collecting data that is done is test of questioner, that is data collecting technique by asking some direct statement to sample. Processing techniques and data analysis include correlation analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, classical assumption test, hypothesis test and coefficient of determination analysis. The result of T test statistic shows that the quality of electronic service partially has significant effect on customer satisfaction. Electronic confidence partially significant effect on customer satisfaction, while statistical test F shows the quality of electronic services and electronic trust simultaneously significant effect on customer satisfaction.


Author(s):  
Leonnard

High competition in the higher education sector, especially private universities, has brought a high attention to service quality that can increase students’ satisfaction and their retention rates. This study aimed to investigate the effect of traditional and electronic service quality of private universities in Jakarta on students’ satisfaction. A total of 151 students’ responses from three private universities in Jakarta were collected. A factor analysis with the Principal Component Analysis method with Varimax rotation, Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Importance Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) were performed. The results proved that perceived value of traditional service quality and perceived web value significantly affected student satisfaction. The three indicators of perceived quality provided by administrative staff (b=0.198), perceived quality of university infrastructure (β=0.333), and perceived quality of support services (β=0.362) significantly affected students’ satisfaction while in the context of electronic service quality, only accessibility (β=0.469) and attractiveness (β=0.123) had significant effects on students’ satisfaction. Furthermore, the two-dimensional IPMA matrix indicated the dominance of importance (score=0.621) and performance (score=66.438) of perceived value over the perceived web value.


Author(s):  
María T. Lamata ◽  
Daymi Morales Vega

The evaluation of the Quality of Services (QoS) has been a topic of particular interest to many authors. In the literature, many works have been developed where different models are proposed to assess the QoS in different environments. These models evaluate the QoS from a set of criteria, which may vary from one environment to another, and thus they do not always have the same importance. Considering this, there have been many studies proposing techniques to evaluate the performance of the quality criteria. Techniques have also been developed to obtain the ranking of a given service provider. The purpose of this chapter is to make a literature review of service quality models, methods for determining the weights of the criteria, and the methods used to conduct an overall assessment of service providers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-261
Author(s):  
Handy Andriyas ◽  
Gerardus Herlangga Himawan

This study aims to determine the influence of consumer perceptions of the quality of Gravindo's electronic services to the intentions of Ragnarok Online Gravindo's consumer complaints. Methods of data analysis using multiple regression analysis. The sampling technique used in this study was nonprobability sampling, with the type of purposive sampling type judgment sampling, therefore the researchers choose respondents who had played Gravindo Ragnarok Online with the reason that the respondents knew and felt the services Gravindo provided in Gravindo's Ragnarok Online game. The number of respondents is 100 people. The results of multiple regression analysis show that from the four dimensions of electronic service quality variables (reliability, customer service, security, and web design) conducted by Gravindo, there are only three dimensions that significantly influence consumer complaint intentions, namely reliability, customer service, and security. This result also shows that Gravindo still needs to improve the quality of electronic services to be able to reduce consumer complaint intentions and be able to increase customer satisfaction going forward. Based on the results of the study, the quality of electronic services carried out by Gravindo had an effect of 78.4% on consumer complaint intentions. Keywords: Electronic Service Quality, Consumer Complaint Intentions


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