An exploratory study of service quality in the Malaysian public service sector
An exploratory study of service quality in the Malaysian public service sector
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马来西亚公共服务部门服务质量的探索性研究
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2007
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J. Kandampully
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作者:
Arawati Agus;S. Barker;J. Kandampully
Purpose – The paper seeks to obtain a better understanding of the extent to which service quality permeates within the Malaysian public service sector by drawing on management and customer perceptions of service quality.Design/methodology/approach – Two separate surveys were distributed to managers and customers across 86 branches of a public sector department within the Malaysian Ministry. The manager survey comprised instruments relating to organisational service performance, while the customer survey contained instruments relating to service quality and customer satisfaction. A total of 430 manager and customer surveys were completed, representing a 95 percent response rate.Findings – The results support the conceptual model in demonstrating a strong correlation between service quality dimensions, service performance and customer satisfaction. In particular, service providers classified as “excellent” were rated most favourably in terms of responsiveness, access and credibility.Research limitations/imp...