DocumentCode
1673659
Title
Internal Marketing, Organizational Commitment and Service Quality
Author
Tsai, Yafang ; Wu, Shih-Wang Scott
Author_Institution
Dept. of Health Service Adm., Chung-Shan Med. Univ., Taichung
Volume
2
fYear
2006
Firstpage
1292
Lastpage
1298
Abstract
Firms hope to ensure the capability of employees that enhances the pleasure of the customers and necessarily achieve this goal by promoting internal marketing. Accordingly, internal marketing is important for the service industry. Firms can improve employee satisfaction via internal marketing. Internal marketing can promote employee organizational commitment, and can also make employees glad to offer improved service quality to external customers. This study uses a cross-sectional approach to survey the employees of three district hospitals in Taiwan and attempts to understand employee perceptions of internal marketing, organizational commitment and service quality. This study found that organizational commitment is the mediator between internal marketing and service quality. The variables of marital status and seniority affect employee perception of service quality. Meanwhile, the variable of department affects employee perception of organizational commitment. Finally, ages and titles affect employee perception of internal marketing and service quality
Keywords
customer satisfaction; customer services; health care; marketing; medical administrative data processing; organisational aspects; personnel; Taiwan; customer pleasure; district hospitals; employee perception; employee satisfaction; health care marketing; internal marketing; marital status; organizational commitment; seniority affect; service quality; Business; Customer satisfaction; Electronic mail; Employment; Hospitals; Human resource management; Industrial relations; Marketing management; Medical services; Organizational aspects; Health care marketing; Internal marketing; Organizational commitment; Service quality;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Service Systems and Service Management, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Troyes
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0450-9
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0451-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSSSM.2006.320695
Filename
4114677
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