scholarly journals Stakeholders’ perceptions of service quality in hotels

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Eunice Fay Amissah
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Extra Effort ◽  
Management Staff

Ghana is said to have the distinctive peculiarity of delivering poor service and anecdotal evidence suggests that hotel customers, both domestic and international guests have in one way or the other experienced shortfalls in the quality of services offered. Guests have expressed varied needs and expectations during their stay but hotels have not responded adequately. This study explored the perceptual interface between guests and service providers. The study gathered cross-sectional data using questionnaires from 172 hotel guests, 197 frontline employees and 125 management staff. The findings of the study reveal that there were significant differences between guests and service providers’ perceptions of service quality. It is therefore recommended that managers of hotels put in extra effort to minimize the gaps between guests and frontline staff’s perceptions by training employees and treating them as internal clients so that they understand and appreciate how the hotel works in order to satisfy and motivate employees to satisfy customers.

SERVICE QUALITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PHYSIOTHERAPY INSTITUTES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN LAHORE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roohi Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Service Quality Dimensions

Background: Ever since quality of services is gaining importance in every industry as it is the indicator of consumer/customer satisfaction, it is of utmost importance to measure service quality of educational institutes to determine the satisfaction of students. Thus, the study aimed to determine the important factors in service quality dimensions which contribute to the satisfaction of students. Methods: This was a Comparative Cross Sectional study in which final year department of physical therapy (DPT) students were included from three private and three public physiotherapy institutes. Results: The largest mean Positive Gap scores for Public Physiotherapy Institutes was 0.18 for accessibility and affordability 0.18. The largest negative mean gap score for Private Physiotherapy domain was “Accessibility and Affordability” found to be -1.96. Conclusion: Students were satisfied with service quality of private institutes in all domains except for the “Accessibility and Affordability” whereas, in Public Institutes largest negative quality gaps were found in “Empathy” and “Assurance”.

Soft Computing in the Quality of Services Evaluation

2014 ◽  
pp. 76-87
Author(s):  
María T. Lamata ◽  
Daymi Morales Vega
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Soft Computing ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Services Evaluation

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.

Sustainable Service Quality Management by Logistics Service Providers: An Indian Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. S130-S150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anchal Gupta ◽  
Rajesh K. Singh ◽  
P. K. Suri
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Service Quality Management

Due to advancement of technology and globalization, the organizations are giving more importance to the supply chain integration, taking support from logistics service providers (LSPs) and practice several initiatives in direction of sustainability. The assets, processes and performance capabilities of LSPs can be used as an indicator to comprehend and evaluate effective and sustainable service quality management. In this article, there is an attempt to understand and analyse all important components required by LSPs to serve their customers with best quality of services. A comprehensive framework is proposed for evaluating the services of logistics providers. The services are evaluated on the basis of LSPs assets, processes, service quality attributes and sustainable performance parameters. A case study on Indian logistics service provider is taken to support the proposed framework in a real scenario. The assets and processes in context to given case organization are discussed in detail. The service quality index is also evaluated for estimating the quality of services of firm by taking inputs from their customers. After discussing service quality analysis, the performance analysis is done along with SWOT Analysis. Findings of the study will help professionals in developing appropriate strategies for effective and sustainable supply chain management.

Service Quality Perceptions of Solely Loyal Customers

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swetlana Bogomolova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quality Perceptions ◽  
Multiple Provider ◽  
And Control ◽  
Loyal Customers

Having more solely loyal customers (those who only use one supplier) is an aspiration for most service providers. Yet, it is unclear whether, or in what way, solely loyal customers differ from customers whose loyalty is divided between more than one service provider. One loyalty indicator is a consumer's evaluation of the quality of service they receive. Using seven sets of cross-sectional data, this research reveals that solely loyal customers give, on average, approximately 10% more positive service quality evaluations than customers of the same provider who also use other providers. The implication of this finding for market researchers and practitioners is that service quality scores could be moderated by the distribution of solely loyal and multiple-provider users in a given sample. Therefore, every service quality survey should measure how many providers a customer uses and control for the proportion of solely loyal customers when tracking change using cross-sectional samples.

scholarly journals Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: Variation in Customer Perception Across Demographic Profiles in Life Insurance Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 3767-3775
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Life Insurance Industry ◽  
The Impact

There is a strong growth potential in the India’s Life Insurance Industry. The annual growth of the industry is estimated at 12 to 15 percent for the upcoming years. This study investigates the impact that service quality has on customer satisfaction in India’s Life Insurance Industry. Moreover, the study attempts to identify the variation in perception of service quality among respondents in relation to demographic profiles. The study also postulates the best approach to evaluate the quality of services in the life insurance industry through an indepth review of literature on the various model pertaining to the current times to measure service quality. The sample consist of policy holders who receive services from life insurance companies in Durg region, Chhattisgarh. The study employs the various attributes as stated in the SERVPERF model like tangibility, reliability, assurance/safety, empathy, responsiveness along with an additional component of technology to evaluate the perception of policy holders in relation to service quality. Results of the study confirms that quality of services has a significant impact on satisfaction of the customer in life insurance industry. Age and occupation are the two most important demographic variable, which have significant effect on the overall service quality perception. From a managerial perspective, the research work gives a better understanding of how customers assess the service quality and the parameters which the service providers need to take care of while delivering services.

scholarly journals Trusted Service Evaluation for Mobile Edge Users: Challenges and Reviews

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Tingting Shao ◽  
Xuan Yang ◽  
Fan Wang ◽  
Chao Yan ◽  
Ashish Kr. Luhach
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Selection ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Typical Application

With the increasing growth of web services shared in various mobile edge platforms, it becomes necessary to evaluate all the candidates based on their quality of services to reduce the users’ service selection cost. However, the service quality data released by service providers cannot be simply deemed as trusted due to various subjective or objective reasons, which further produce a series of serious trust-aware service evaluation problems, including service quality data sparsity and lack of feedback incentive. In view of this, we summarize the challenging issues existing in the current research field of trusted mobile edge service evaluation. Afterward, we review the current research status of the trusted service evaluation in the mobile edge environment and discuss one of the typical application scenarios based on trusted service evaluation, that is, recommender systems, as well as their diverse categories. We believe this research could be helpful in assisting a mobile edge platform to build a trusted reputation system for various smart applications hosted in the mobile edge platform.

scholarly journals On the Agreement between Patients’ Perceptions and Expectations about the Quality of Hospital Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Ashraf A’aqoulah ◽  
Raghib Abu Saris ◽  
Omar B. Da’ar
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Hospital Services ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations

Minimizing the gap and ensuring agreement between patients’ perceptions and expectations is an indication of a better quality of hospital services. This study aimed to examine the agreement between patients’ perceptions and expectations of the quality of hospital services. A cross-sectional design was adopted, and quantitative methods were employed for data collection. The SERVAQUAL tool was used. The sample size was 415 participants. This study was conducted in Jordanian teaching hospitals. The study population was patients who used outpatient clinics in these hospitals. The study found that there is very low agreement between patients’ expectation and their perceptions. Overall, the perceived service quality was significantly lower than the expected service quality across all of the dimensions used to measure the service quality gap (reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, and tangibles). The results suggest regional variation, where patients who sought care at hospitals in Amman have a four-fold higher perception of the quality of services than patients who visited Irbid hospitals. Also, patients who are more highly educated (Diploma, Bachelor, or Higher Studies) have a higher perception than patients who have less than secondary education. Age and gender were found to have no significant association with patients’ perceptions. The findings of this study suggest that there is a gap between patients’ perceptions and expectations. Thus, there is a need to close this gap by improving patient satisfaction with the quality of services.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Service Quality From the Patients’ Viewpoint in the Oncology Setting of a University Hospital in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
MohamadMehdi Derisi ◽  
Maryam Mohseny ◽  
Hamidreza Mirzaei ◽  
Amir Zamani ◽  
Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Patient Expectations ◽  
T Test ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Hospitals are one of the most important units in providing healthcare services. The assessment of the quality of provided services is essential in these settings. Patient satisfaction is one of the key indicators of service quality in healthcare organizations. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the gap between the perceptions and expectations of service recipients in Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital (Tehran, Iran), using the SERVQUAL model in 2020. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with cancer, who were upon discharge from Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital. Patients (> 18 years) with a cancer diagnosis, who were being discharged from the oncology ward of the hospital, were included in this study. The sample size was estimated at 118. The required information was collected, using the modified SERVQUAL questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed in SPSS version 20, using a paired t test and one-sample t-test. Results: The results showed that the quality of the provided services from the patients’ perspective was significantly lower than their expectations. The mean gap between the expectations and perceptions of patients was significantly above zero (P < 0.001). The most influential factor in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of services was assurance, followed by reliability, while the least effective factor was empathy. The correlation coefficient between the general status of provided services from the patients’ point of view and loyalty was 0.740 (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The findings of the present study indicated that patient expectations were higher than their satisfaction. Therefore, hospital authorities should take major steps to improve the quality of services, especially reliability and responsiveness, through proper planning, prioritization of services, and review of processes contributing to patient expectations. The existing gaps can also be addressed by considering the perspectives of patients as the clients of healthcare organizations.

scholarly journals Penggunaan Fuzzy Servqual Untuk Pengukuran Peningkatan Kualitas Pelayanan Pelanggan Dompet Digital

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Anastasia Siwi Fatma Utami ◽  
Feri Prasetyo Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
A Value ◽  
Digital Wallet

Non-cash transactions are increasingly being used because they provide convenience and speed in conducting transactions. The development of technology on smartphones makes non-cash transactions can be easily used by anyone with the Digital Wallet service. There are many Digital Wallet service providers, namely, Go-Pay, Ovo, Dana and many more. With this service, it is necessary to measure customer satisfaction with the quality of services provided so that service providers know the features that are most needed by customers and strategies that must be implemented in order to continue to compete and have a positive impact on customers.This research was conducted using the Fuzzy Servqual method. The sample of this research is Bekasi City residents who use Digital Wallet services. Measurements were made based on five dimensions of service quality namely reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, tangibles. The five dimensions of service quality indicate a negative gap between the service received and the service expected by the customer. While the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) produces a value that can be categorized into the "Satisfied" criteria.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Kualitas Pelayanan Kefarmasian Terhadap Tingkat Kepuasan Pasien Di Empat Apotek Kota Tangerang Selatan

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Melizsa Melizsa ◽  
Renato Putra Herwina ◽  
Magdalena Niken
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Pharmaceutical Services ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Drug Management ◽  
Cross Sectional

There has been a shift in the orientation of pharmaceutical services from only drug management to comprehensive patient care (Pharmaceutical Care). Some factors that influence the level of patient satisfaction are the quality of pharmaceutical services. The purpose of this study was to determine the Effect of Pharmaceutical Service Quality on Patient Satisfaction Level in Four Pharmacy City of South Tangerang. This research is a type of quantitative analytic research with cross sectional method. This study uses an accidental sampling method by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents in four South Tangerang city pharmacies. The results showed that the quality of pharmaceutical services has a strong influence on the level of patient satisfaction that has a Pearson correlation of 0.714. The assessment category for the service quality variable produced a pretty good answer (65%) and quite satisfied (75%) forpatient satisfaction. The quality of services provided by the four pharmacies is good, but it must be continuously improved so that there is no decrease in patient satisfaction in the future. 

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