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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author Hossein Gazor
Babak Nemati
Amir Ehsani
Kianoush Nazari Ameleh
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-dc2d7aa2a5ff4c658a3d79bb26d9d8442022-12-21T18:55:22ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-93351923-93432012-04-0123859868Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industryHossein GazorBabak NematiAmir EhsaniKianoush Nazari AmelehService 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.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol2/msl_2011_115.pdfService encounter qualityService qualityCustomer satisfactionCustomer loyalty
spellingShingle Hossein Gazor
Babak Nemati
Amir Ehsani
Kianoush Nazari Ameleh
Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
Management Science Letters
Service encounter quality
Service quality
Customer satisfaction
Customer loyalty
title Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
title_full Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
title_fullStr Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
title_full_unstemmed Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
title_short Analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
title_sort analyzing effects of service encounter quality on customer satisfaction in banking industry
topic Service encounter quality
Service quality
Customer satisfaction
Customer loyalty
url http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol2/msl_2011_115.pdf
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