In today's competitive situation, with service industries sprouting at an incredible rate, managing service performance becomes an essential strategy for success and survival. The automotive service industry is one such industry where managing service performance becomes essential for successful...

This research investigated the dealer patronage behaviour relationship to perceived quality dimensions. A total of 831 questionnaires were personally administered to customers of nine auto-repair companies in Greece. Factor analysis revealed three dimensions, namely, holistic customer...

Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between personality traits and service quality perceptions of the employees of logistics organisations. This study administered the Big-Five scale to derive the measurements of personality traits and the SERVQUAL (RATER) scale to measure...

This paper reports the results of a field study that examined the expectations of users as they relate to the quality of service offered by the information systems (IS) function within organizations. While the results indicate that users have consistently high expectations across organizations,...

This study develops a model for measuring the service quality of e-banks. Our model's seven factors are very consistent with the four core factors of the generic e-SERVQUAL model, but less consistent with its three non-core factors. Appearances and staff qualities, being new factors identified...

Both empowerment and the use of emergent technologies are ways to cope with increasing competition and customer demands on service industries. The relationship between empowerment, technology and behaviour at the service encounter is, however, sparsely documented. This article offers a...

The present study evaluates the customer perceptions of service quality in selected private sector banks. Data was collected from 200 customers of ICICI and CUB using structured questionnaire. Gap analysis and Multi regression were used fro analysis of data. The result shows that the dimension...

The aim of this paper is to explore the most common challenges, difficulties, common myths and problems that both Total Quality Management and Six Sigma met in the service organization and the way they had been adopted and implemented. Expected scientific results will suggest that just like any...