scholarly journals Sustainability Strategy and Service Quality Innovativeness of Manufacturing Firms in Ogun State

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Olatunji Eniola Sule ◽  
Benedict Chima Onuoha
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Full Benefit ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

The essence of this study is to examine the relationship between sustainability strategy and service quality innovativeness of manufacturing firms in Ogun State.Four objectives, research questions and hypotheses were postulated in order to find to get close to the unknown of the study.  Two hundred and sixty-six senior personnel and distributors formed the sample size from thirty-eight (38) manufacturing firms.  A self-designed instrument was used for the collection of primary data andPearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was the statistical tool used in analysing the primary data.  From the findings of the study it was revealed that there is relationship between sustainability strategy and service quality innovativeness in manufacturing firms in Ogun State.  Based on the findings, it was recommended thatmanufacturing firms should keep to the strategic rules of being not easy to imitate, heterogeneity, unique and rare, etc., to enjoy the full benefit of sustainability strategy in the industry.  Again, serious caution should be exercise in adopting more than one sustainability strategies at the same time.

The Mediating Role of Customer Satisfaction in the Relationship Between Atmospherics on Customer Behaviour: Stimulus Organism Response Model Approach in the Spa Industry of Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 4738-4747
Author(s):  
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert ◽  
Thanaporn Sriyakul ◽  
Kulkanith Kunathikornkit
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Customer Behaviour ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Author Knowledge ◽  
Model Approach

The main purpose of the current study is to examine customer satisfaction, atmospheric and customer behaviour using SOR model. In addition to that, the study has examined the mediating role of customer satisfaction in the relationship between Atmospherics on Customer Behaviour. In recent Past, the main focus for the organizations was to identify the factors that can help in enhancing the loyalty of the customers. Additionally, their focus is also on delivering superior services by which they can keep the customers loyal. The study is of the view that the organizationsmake these efforts with desires to keep these customers retain, which will help them in increasing the profits and revenues. However, the current study has filled this gap. However, this study is among the pioneering studies on this issue Employing the survey-based methodology; the SEM-PLS technique is used to test the hypothesized relationships. So, the current study has used SEM-PLS as a statistical tool to answer the research questions raised in this study and research objectives envisaged in the current study. The data is collected from the SPA customers in Thailand. The findings of the study have provided support to the theoretical foundation and the proposed hypothesis of the current study. The current study will be helpful for policymakers and practitioners in understanding the issues work customer satisfaction, atmospheric and customer behaviour using SOR model. In author knowledge, this is among very few pioneering studies on this issue.

The Effect of Service Quality on Customers’ Intention: A Case of Internet Service Provider in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 4706-4713
Author(s):  
Nopadol Burananuth ◽  
Panyarat Panthong ◽  
Sumalee Mephong
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
General Public ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Internet Service Provider ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose—This study attempts to find the effect of service quality on internet service provider customers’ behavior. This study used primary data to examine the relationship between the service quality and the customers’ intention. Design/Methodology/Approach—The data in this research was collected from general public of Malaysia through survey based questionnaire. The data was analyzed using the PLS-SEM. The chosen population for conducting this research is internet users with the sample size of 305 respondents.

Modelling the behavioural intentions of day spa customers

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1699-1716
Author(s):  
Michael Daniel Clemes ◽  
David L. Dean ◽  
Thongkern Thitiya
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Switching Costs ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Behavioural Intentions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis research develops and tests a comprehensive hierarchical model of the behavioural intentions of day spa customers.Design/methodology/approachThe primary data was collected from the customers of 17 day spas throughout Thailand. EFA and SEM were used to analyse the data and test the interrelationships among service quality, customer satisfaction, perceived value, perceived switching costs and behavioural intentions. A third-order conceptualisation of service quality is also included in the modelling framework.FindingsCustomer satisfaction is the key determinant of behavioural intentions. Service quality and perceived value are two important descriptors of customer satisfaction. Service quality is the most important determinant of customer satisfaction, and customer satisfaction is the most significant antecedent of behavioural intentions. Service quality is a significant determinant of perceived value and perceived switching costs. Customer satisfaction plays a partial mediating role on the relationship between service quality and behavioural intentions and between perceived value and behavioural intentions.Originality/valueThere is a conceptual gap in the literature as no published empirical research on the day spa industry has comprehensively modelled the behavioural intentions of day spa customers. The comprehensive hierarchical modelling approach used in this study provides a complete and integrative analysis of the constructs under investigation in a day spa context and closes the research gap.

The THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISLAMIC ATTRIBUTES DESTINATION AND SERVICE QUALITY ON DESTINATION LOYALTY WITH TOURIST SAISFACTION AS MEDIATING VARIABLE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Reni Yuliviona ◽  
Mokhtar Abdullah ◽  
Zuraini Alias ◽  
Sefnedi Sefnedi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
The Relationship

This research study intends to investigate the tourist satisfaction as a mediating variable in the relationship between the Islamic attributes, service quality and destination loyalty among Malaysian Muslim tourists in the Padang city. A self survey was implemented as the means to attain the primary data among the 160 Malaysian Muslim tourists visiting the Padang city . The sample of 119 usable responses were collected from the 160. To analyze the model, Partial Least Squares structural equation modeling was utilized. The statistical outcomes established the positive and significant influence of the service quality, the Islamic attributes and the tourist satisfaction on destination loyalty. The results also established that tourist satisfaction were positively and significantly influenced by the service quality and the Islamic attributes. Along with it, tourist satisfaction mediated significantly in the relationship between the Islamic attribute, the service quality and the destination loyalty among the Malaysian Muslim tourists visiting in Padang city.

Baitul Maal wat-Tamwil Services for SMEs

2020 ◽  
pp. 259-276
Author(s):  
Muhamad Abduh ◽  
Nur Jamaludin
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Carter Model ◽  
Micro Enterprises

This chapter investigates the relationship between service quality of Baitul Maal wat-Tamwil (BMT) and the satisfaction of small and micro-enterprises in Indonesia with perceived benefits as the mediating variable. Primary data is collected from 454 small and micro-enterprises located in the western part of Jawa Island of Indonesia and the CARTER model is adopted to test the satisfaction of small and micro-enterprises upon the services provided by their patronized BMT as Islamic microfinance institutions. By using the structural equation model, the finding confirms that perceived benefits fully mediate the relationship between service quality of BMT and small and micro-enterprises' satisfaction.

Strategic Capabilities for Product Innovation in SMEs

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Raymond ◽  
Josée St-Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Contingency Perspective ◽  
Canadian Manufacturing ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Strategic Capabilities ◽  
The Relationship

With the advent of globalization and the knowledge economy, an important issue has arisen concerning the relationship between the strategic capabilities of SMEs and their capacity to innovate. From a contingency perspective, one would argue that the firm's strategic capabilities can be leveraged for the purposes of innovation to the extent that these capabilities are in strategic co-alignment. This gives rise to the following empirical research questions: (a) are the networking, R&D and technological capabilities of SMEs co-aligned such that one can observe different organizational gestalts, and (b) does co-alignment of these capabilities lead to a successful outcome in terms of innovation? In answer to these questions, the authors present the results of a study of 205 Canadian manufacturing firms. Through cluster analysis, three gestalts are identified – entrepreneurial SMEs, engineering SMEs and administrative SMEs. Analysis of these gestalts indicates that entrepreneurial SMEs clearly lead the other two in R&D capability and product innovation.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP OF SERVICE QUALITY, TRUST, AND SATISFACTION OF MUSLIM PATIENTS IN ARAFAH ISLAMIC HOSPITAL JAMBI WITH ISLAMIC ECONOMIC APPROACH

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
RIDHWAN RIDHWAN ◽  
LUCKY ENGGRANI FITRI ◽  
RACHMAT HIDAYAT
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Increase Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Survey Approach

This study aimed to know the direct effect of service quality, on the satisfaction and trust of Muslim patients in Arafah Islamic hospital in Jambi city. The design of this study used a quantitative method with a survey approach to obtain primary data, namely by distributing questionnaires to 140 inpatients in Arafah Islamic hospital in Jambi city using the purposive sampling method. Then quantitative data was processed using Structural Equation Model (SEM) with the application of SmartPLS 3. The results of this study indicated that service quality has a significant effect on satisfaction and trust, as well as satisfaction has a significant effect on trust. This research was expected to make a practical contribution to management of Islamic hospital for an effort to increase patient satisfaction and trust.

scholarly journals The Influence of Service Quality, Destination Image, and Memorable Experience on Revisit Intention with Intervening Variables of Tourist Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
Edy Sahputra Sitepu ◽  
◽  
Rismawati Rismawati ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Full Effect ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: This study aims to build a model for tourists' revisit intention who come to visit tourist destinations. Research methods: This study uses primary data with 400 samples assigned by random sampling. The data were processed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM). Results and discussions: In total (total effect) of each variable, which has the most considerable full effect, is given the destination image followed by service quality, tourist satisfaction, and memorable experience, respectively. For the mediation role, it is found that the tourist satisfaction variable is a mediator of the relationship between an unforgettable experience and revisit intention. Tourist satisfaction is not a mediator of the relationship between service quality and revisit intention and tourist satisfaction, nor is it a mediator of the relationship between destination image and revisit intention. Regarding revisit intention, the analysis results show that this variable is significantly influenced by the variables of service quality, destination image, and tourist satisfaction. Meanwhile, the effect of memorable experience is not statistically significant. Conclusion: The results of this study prove that efforts to increase tourists' revisit intention can be made by improving destination management that considers service quality, destination image, memorable experience, and tourist satisfaction.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SERVICE QUALITY IMPROVES BRAND IMAGE IN HOTELS XYZ: WORD OF MOUTH AS A MEDIATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-37
Author(s):  
Bonifasius MH Nainggolan ◽  
Puan Amidiola
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Probability Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the effect of service quality on the brand image through word of mouth at Hotel XYZ Jakarta. The population in this study were all guests who came to the Hotel XYZ Jakarta, using primary data obtained from questionnaires with the accidental sampling method. Data samples were obtained from 234 respondents at Hotel XYZ in Jakarta. This study uses non-probability sampling with the SEM method, which is processed by SPSS and SmartPLS programs. The results represent service quality has a direct influence on word of mouth and brand image. Word of mouth also directly influences the brand image and can mediate the relationship between service quality and brand image.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Service Quality Dimensions and Behavioral Intentions in the Egyptian Hotel Industry

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Quality Performance ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Behavior Intentions ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Service Quality Dimensions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the service quality dimensions within five-star hotels in Cairo in Egypt and how these dimensions further impact customer satisfaction and behavior intentions. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect the primary data of this study. The findings obtained from factor analysis indicated five dimensions of service quality: tangibles, adequacy in service quality, understanding and caring, assurance, and Convenience. The findings also indicated that the business guests had the highest importance for the dimension of assurance, adequacy in service supply, understanding and caring, tangibles, and Convenience. Although this study's findings indicated that quality performance (i.e., adequacy in service supply, assurance, understanding, and caring) in the hotels was rationally good, lower ratings were identified for numerous factors. Multiple regression analysis was also applied and showed that these five dimensions had a statistically significant influence on customer satisfaction and behavior inventions.

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