Identifying Existing Bus Service Condition and Analyzing Customer Satisfaction of Bus Service in Dhaka City

Bus systems provide a versatile form of public transportation with the flexibility to serve a variety of access needs throughout an urban area. Efficient operation of the public transport is a key factor for the improvement of living condition in Dhaka city. Transport service performance should be assessed from the passengers’ perspectives to evaluate these perceptions in transportation planning. The exploration of service quality of bus is essential in order to provide a better service in future. The objective of this research is to access overall customer satisfaction in public bus transport of Dhaka city. A questionnaire survey was conducted in five locations in Dhaka city. Bus users’ satisfaction was analyzed by discrete choice logit model towards quality, reliability, safety and security and service provided by buses functioning in Dhaka city. The result indicated that more than half of the respondents believed that the present condition of bus service is not satisfactory. In case of the quality of buses, people think that the body and sitting arrangement of the buses are uncomfortable. Regarding the safety and security condition, main three reasons of dissatisfaction of passengers’ are unsafe driving practices, poor boarding and alighting facilities and lack of law enforcing agencies surveillance. Reasons which make the service unsatisfactory include irregular service provided by buses, regular overcrowding, lack of good standard buses and lack of cleanliness. In spite of these negative views, users’ possessed a positive attitude for buses which is the low travel cost.

The effect of experiential value, perceived quality and customer satisfaction on customer lifetime value： An example using Star Cruises

The current study represents an attempt at experiential value, perceived quality and customer satisfaction influence on customer lifetime value. The sampling frame consisted of Star Cruises purchases in Taiwan. The authors have collected yield 268 questionnaires, by screening out 13 questionnaires, including those missing value or incomplete answer, and finally a usable sample of 255 questionnaires were utilized in this study. The results show that experiential value, perceived quality and customer satisfaction have positive effects to customer lifetime value. Especially, experiential value has the strongest direct effect. Therefore, if resources are limited, the manager should focus on shaping the experiential value to increase customer lifetime value. Implications for marketing theory and practitioners are discussed, and possible directions for future research are sketched.

The Effect of Service Quality on Behavioral Loyalty Through Customer Satisfaction and Attitudinal Loyalty in the 4-Star Hotel in East Java, Indonesia

This research was conducted to test and analyze the influence of service quality on behavioral loyalty through customer satisfaction and attitudinal loyalty to 4-Star Hotel in East Java.This research is a survey research.The sampling technique used is non probability sampling.Sample sizes are 200 respondents.The analysis tool used is Structural Equation Model(SEM)Analysis.The result of the research shows that hypothesis proposed in this research is accepted.Academic suggestion submitted is for research that will come dating need to be explored influence of other variables that influence behavioral loyalty.While practical suggestions submitted to business actors is for business actors to pay attention and keep the variables that effect behavioral loyalty.Especially studied in this study they are:service quality,customer satisfaction,and attitudinal loyalty.

An Empirical Analysis on the Relationships Between Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in the Malaysian Healthcare Services

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between service quality （SQ） and customer satisfaction （CS） in the Malaysian healthcare system. The study is significant due to the environmental pressures such as the demographic changes, the aging of populations, the emergence of new treatments and technologies, and the increased insistence on grater quality of service. A service satisfaction survey was conducted among visitors （either patients or their relatives and friends） that visited hospitals （both public and private） in 10 regions in Malaysia. A total of 1,000 questionnaires were distributed purposively to these visitors, of which 925 questionnaires were returned for further analysis, yielding a response rate of 92.5 percent. The study found that among the eight dimensions of SQ tested, safety measures were not at all significantly related to CS as compared with the other seven dimensions. On a detailed note, the quality satisfaction of customers is very much influenced by infrastructure （0.121）, clinical care （0.601）, and trustworthiness of the hospitals （0.139）. Also as noted, the time satisfaction of customers is influenced by personnel quality （0.102）, administrative procedures （0.562）, and trustworthiness of the hospitals （0.168）. Whilst the cost satisfaction of customers is influenced by administrative procedure （0.101）, corporate image （0.130）, social responsibility （0.315）, and trustworthiness of the hospitals （0.261）. On overall, the findings of this study suggest that trustworthiness and administrative procedures are the two most important factors that influence satisfaction of customers that the Malaysian healthcare industry should take a good care of.

Customers＇ Satisfaction Evaluation on Quality of Food Services Provided by the President Restaurant of the Black Sea Business Center Mangalia

Achieving competitiveness by a company requires the rejection of conservatism and immobility, or its constant adaptation to market conditions and consumer demands. This paper has proposed assessing the quality of food services in the President Restaurant performed by applying Servqual instrument designed on the basis of customer＇s expectations and perceptions on analyzed components. Over 70% of respondents have a favorable perception on the quality of services. However you can see a slight difference between perceptions and expectations regarding the serving speed, waiter＇s professionalism, hygiene of room service and inventory objects, the reason being related to the lack of staff.

Handling of Customers Satisfaction and Assessment of Service Qualities on Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa at East District

Banking sector in Ethiopia is dominant and it is a dense competent area.Due to this the bank managements tend to continually found the strategies that enables them to be competent in this dense competition.These strategies often focus on handling of customers satisfaction to be strongly compete and pooling more customers.Because,service quality is relevant to keep up their competitive advantage and improve customer satisfaction.So,this study examine the handling of customers satisfaction and assessment of service qualities on Commercial Bank of Ethiopia(CBE)in Addis Ababa at East District by applying SERVQUAL model.This study used convenient and random sampling technique to select the sample respondents and 400 respondents were selected branches of CBE in Addis Ababa at east district.The data sources for this study are primary and secondary data sources.The questionnaires are used as primary data source,which are contained SERVQUAL model and the agreements were measured by applying the five Likert point scales.The correlation result revealed that all dimensions of service quality have a strong and significant statistical relationship with customer satisfaction.The quality of service offered by CBE no meets with the expectation of customer(customers satisfied in somewhat quality service).So,the bank needs to reform service quality for satisfy and attract unsatisfied customers.

Research on service arrangement of taking senior citizens to hospital based on Customers＇ Satisfaction

In the transportation service, customers＇ specially ordered time window is not always strictly obeyed and deviation of service time from customer-ordered time window determine customers＇ satisfaction degree, which can be quantified by satisfactory function. And improved saving algorithm is proposed to solve the multi-objective model. A case study is also presented to verify effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

The Impact of Information Technology on Service Quality,Satisfaction,and Customer Relationship Management(Case Study:IT Organization Individuals)

Recent research and studies have shown that Information Technology(IT)has a significant impact on service quality,customer satisfaction,and customer relationship development.With the proliferation and penetration of technology in all aspects of life,organizations are responding to the implications and opportunities that IT creates in relation to customer services.The main objective of using information technology in organizations is to increase customer satisfaction,service quality,and customer relationship management,which the authors will focus on here.Enhancing service quality,improving customer satisfaction,and establishing close and sustainable customer relationships are key advantages of leveraging information technology in this field.This article examines the impact of information technology on service quality,customer satisfaction,and customer relationship development and provides strategies and models for organizations to improve customer satisfaction and establish closer connections with them through the use of information technology.Seventy individuals from the IT field were used to evaluate the proposed model.The proposed model was compared with three models:SEM,regression,and decision tree,and the results demonstrated better performance of this approach.

Deployment of Soft Skills for Effective Customer Service in the 21^stCentury Library

The advent of information communication technology in the information environment has brought dramatic changes in the way information is being handled and managed today. This wind of change engineered by ICT has also changed the information seeking behavior of users making them to place more demands on libraries. There is a need for libraries to strive to be effective in their services to customers in order to remain relevant in the information age. The paper considered the deployment of soft skills expressed in terms of staff appearance, approachability, effective communication, positive attitude, ability to cope in difficult situation, and so on, for more effective customer services in the 21st century library. The paper concluded that, effective customer service in libraries is imperative in the 21st century library as it will make library users feel important, improves learning, increases patronage, and promotes library and university image. The outcome of this paper will help the management of libraries irrespective of the type to be more effective in the services they render to their clients. This will ultimately increase patronage and clients retention.

Research on Customer Satisfaction of Power Supply Enterprise

The time has come for all types of power generation groups and private capital to fully enter the electricity sales market. The competition for power sales is mainly reflected in the power supply service. So what is the current status of power supply enterprise services? To this point, this paper conducts a questionnaire survey on the satisfaction status of power supply services of some power users, and conducts statistics and analysis on its data, and establishes a customer satisfaction model for power supply enterprise services, and then uses weighted arithmetic average method to measure 152 online customers. The results of the satisfaction questionnaire are analyzed, and it is expected to provide reference for the power marketing system.

Investigation on online shopping customer satisfaction——Taking samples from undergraduates in Shanghai

Electronic commerce in China underwent a sea change in recent years. More and more people are accustomed to shopping online. Improving customer satisfaction of online shopping is gaining signification for business to gain long-term customers and achieve their goals. Based on and enlightened by the traditional custom satisfaction model, we built a model especially for online shopping in China. Wc took samples from undergraduates in Shanghai and gained real data by sending out questionnaire and conducting survey both online and on the spot. Taking advantage of the SPSS19.0 with PLS plugin and SEM-PLS analysis method, we tested and proved some relations that we put foreward in the hypothesis. The value of our investigation and this paper lies in providing some enlightening perspectives for firms doing online business, which hopefully can help them improve costumer satisfaction and achieve firm goals.

Role of Effective Leadership on Empowerment,Effective Communication,and Motivation in Customer Service

Customer service is the act of supporting customers of a business that can break a business or generate profit in the competitive environment with growing customers’expectations.Regarding the critical role of customer service to differentiate between businesses,it is considered as one of the top considerations in businesses.However,there is a range of key factors that are tied to the success of a customer service provider in offering quality customer service that will eventually lead the business through exceeding or falling short in responding to customers’expectations.Besides,businesses are prone to face some challenges in the employment of customer services that are required to be addressed.This paper aims to discuss the importance of customer service and the establishment of an efficient customer service strategy in business considering different influential factors that affect offering quality customer services.It also explains challenges that businesses may face in providing amazing customer services and how to address them.

The Role of Service Quality,Perceived Value and Trust on Calculative Commitment and Loyalty Intention

Global mobile communication is one of the most dynamic and important service markets.Several researchers suggest using a theoretical approach to develop a much deeper insight into key marketing constructs,such as service quality,customer perceived value,customer satisfaction,perceived switching costs,corporate image,and customer loyalty,is vital to the mobile communications market.This paper aims to investigate the role of service quality,trust,and perceived value on calculative commitment and loyalty intention in the customers of mobile telephone network service providers(MTNSPs).To notify the meaningful factors for the calculative commitment and loyalty intention of the users in using mobile phones,this study focuses on the effect of service quality and perceived value in the trust and identifying the role of trust in forming customer loyalty.As many as 125 users of mobile phone users—house wife were surveyed in Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu,India.The data are analyzed by path analysis.This study shows that service quality has a direct and positive effect on trust,trust has a direct and positive effect on calculative commitment,calculative commitment has a direct and positive effect on loyalty,and direct and positive relationship between perceived value and calculative commitment,perceived value,and loyalty are also confirmed.In terms of mobile telecommunication systems,it is found that the users may exhibit noticeable differences in using this service.This study provides important hints to strengthen the relationship between the network service providers and their customers.

Investigation into the Customer Loyalty and Corporate Image Relationship

While extant of academic literature shows that service quality and customer satisfaction are key to building customer loyalty,given these equitable,“Does corporate image create loyalty”is the question this research probes.A primary research was conducted among the mobile communication subscribers.A total of 550 subscribers of mobile communication services in Mumbai,India were approached.Of this,400 complete and valid responses were collected.Findings suggest that corporate image and the service quality perceived by the customers have a strong relationship with customer loyalty.This implies that both external marketing and interactive marketing dimensions have a direct impact on building customer loyalty.Customer satisfaction was seen to be completely mediating the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty.This research provides a model that can help the managers of service organizations to enhance customer loyalty.Since corporate image positively impacts the customer loyalty along with service quality,it is important for the industry managers to devote equal attention and resources in delivering the promise as well building a good image of the company.Since the service quality impacts the corporate image,an important takeaway for the managers is to ensure that the actual offer matches promises made externally.Most of the previous studies investigating the antecedents of customer loyalty have either focused on the interactive marketing dimension or the external marketing dimension.This study examines the interplay of both the dimension and its impact on customer loyalty.

Design of Customer Satisfaction Measurement Index System of EMS Service

This paper discusses the design of a customer satisfaction measurement index system of erpress mail service. It presents objectives and principles of the design based on hierarchical structures. We have devised a diagram for modeling customer satisfaction, and a detailed analysis of customer satisfaction is conducted. This paper presents our customer satisfaction model and analysis results.

Contextual Influences＂ Online Service Failure and Recovery Strategies

In recent years, service failure and recovery strategies have generated considerable interest among both researchers and marketers. The Internet environment has transformed the concepts of service failure and recovery strategies from a dyadic customer-provider focus into a multidimensional web quality scope. In traditional encounters, the research spectrum of service failure and recovery strategies is very much developed from a customer service approach and the responsibility of recovery has been traditionally assumed to be something that is assigned to the marketer. Studies pay little or no attention to the multidimensional nature of service failures contingent to recovery strategies in developing countries. To date, empirical studies have focused on service failures and recovery strategies in developed countries. This paper aims to provide some insights on the need for a context-specific development of recovery programmes and strategies suitable for developing countries.

Exploring the Importance of Service Quality Attributes for Millennials at Boutique Budget Hotels

Millennials have a high spending power toward travel and therefore,the boutique budget hotel sector has been rapidly developing to attract this target market.However,there is not much information on what Millennials find important in service quality at these hotels,due to which it is pertinent for hoteliers to research and understand their behavior to cater to them accordingly.Therefore,this research investigates which service quality attributes Millennials find the most important in boutique budget hotels.This exploratory study reviews past literature and issuing questionnaire surveys for Millennials.This study explores the service quality dimensions within boutique budget hotels and how the dimensions further influence customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.The results obtained from the exploratory factor analysis revealed five dimensions of service quality,namely,hotel experience,staff experience,device experience,visual appeal perception,and wireless connection.Multiple regression analysis was also applied and showed that these five dimensions had a statistically significant positive influence on customer satisfaction and customer loyal.

CSI Method of Assessing Patient Satisfaction in Selected Maternity Wards

Health care is an area in which all who are involved should try to ensure that the quality of the provision is at a high level, especially in maternity wards. The quality of these services is not only the competence of the medical staff, but the whole set of factors prevailing in the ward and in the hospital, from cleanliness of the delivery room to the staff courtesy of the institution. The article presents the results of research on clients＇ satisfaction with the quality of the services offered by the selected maternity ward in Provincial Hospital in Bielsko-Biala. Customer Satisfaction Index （CSI） method was used for analysis.

Retailers,You Can Get Omni-Shopper’s Satisfaction!

This paper evaluates the influence that information processing routes have on omni-shopping behavior,as well as analyzing the consequences of this behavior for retailers through a cognitive-affective approach.A sample of 705 mobile phone users was used for this purpose.The results obtained using the binomial logit model in a first phase and later with an application of structural equations,reflect that omni-shoppers have a more planned purchasing behavior than those who develop a one-stop shopping behavior.They search for information in a rational and deep way,spending time and effort.As for the consequences that the omni-channel behavior has for retailers,it has been found that those omni-shoppers who experience negative emotions with the retailer,have a low perceived value of the company and their satisfaction will also be negative.