Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry

Service quality represents a modern approach for quality in enterprises and organizations and serves the development of a truly customer-focused management and culture. Measuring service quality offers an immediate, meaningful and objective feedback about clients' preferences and expectations....

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Main Authors: Hossein Gazor, Babak Nemati, Amir Ehsani, Kianoush Nazari Ameleh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2012-04-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol2/msl_2011_115.pdf
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Summary:Service quality represents a modern approach for quality in enterprises and organizations and serves the development of a truly customer-focused management and culture. Measuring service quality offers an immediate, meaningful and objective feedback about clients' preferences and expectations. In this paper, we study the relationship between customer perceptions from service encounter quality and loyalty of customer to organization and employees. The proposed study is implemented for banking sector in Iran using SERVQUAL factors and considers various factors influencing the quality of service. The results of the survey indicate that service quality systems, customer satisfaction are the most desirable factors based on the feedback we received from the customers. In addition, response to customers and loyalty to employees, service encounter quality, service and loyalty to organization, arrangements are in the next levels, respectively.
ISSN:1923-9335
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