Title :
The effects of service quality management practices on customer satisfaction
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bus. Adm., Paichai Univ., Taejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
This research is to examine the impact of service quality system on customer satisfaction and reuse intentions. For these purposes, the author investigated the antecedents and consequence of service system in the hotel service industry. Five factors (reliability, assurance, tangibles, empathy and responsiveness) were identified that potentially impact service system and service performances. The results showed that direct relationships between service inputs (assurance, empathy, and responsiveness) and service system. The data also reveal that tangibles and the service system have strong, positive, and direct relationship with customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction has strong relationship with reuse. The implications of the results on service quality management are discussed.
Keywords :
customer satisfaction; customer services; hotel industry; quality management; customer satisfaction; hotel service industry; service performances; service quality management; service system; Customer satisfaction; Delay; Industrial relations; Manufacturing; Marketing management; Performance evaluation; Profitability; Quality management; System performance; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Services Systems and Services Management, 2005. Proceedings of ICSSSM '05. 2005 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8971-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSSM.2005.1499533