Although it is habitual to measure human perceptions with quite accurate instruments, perceptions are characterized by uncertainty and fuzziness. Furthermore, variations in individual perceptions and personality mean that the same words can indicate very different perceptions. In this context, the fuzzy linguistic approach seems to be an appropriate framework for modeling information. In this p...

With rapid growth of the Internet and the globalization of market, companies accepted and adopted the new information and communication technology to offer e-services to their customers. This paper addresses e-service quality issue in the electronic marketplace. The purpose of this paper is to extend what are the main service quality dimensions in the realm of e-service. The paper explores e-se...

Due to the unique nature among the service industries, the overriding objective of the healthcare sector is to provide error free, impeccable services to their patients and clientele. It is not an option rather a norm for the healthcare sector to uphold and maintain the level of service that is quintessential and benchmark in the service industries. However, service quality has different meanin...

A Many crucial aspects of service management are multifaceted. However, the traditional approach to measuring complex dimensions such as service quality clearly is inadequate. Essentially, this study integrated the five dimensions of SERVQUAL and adopted a fuzzy set theory based research design. The five dimensions of SERVQUAL were tested for five hospitals using Fuzzy set theory to clar...

The competitive state of the Chinese higher education industry is set to intensify over the forthcoming years. Where previously institutions may have been able to obtain high returns for relatively little effort, the future most certainly will be tougher. In response, an ‘action research’ process is adopted initially using a modified SERVQUAL instrument to investigate expectations and perceptio...

The main objective of this study is to present a framework developed for assisting Railways to monitor and control the quality of services provided to passengers. The study evaluated the passenger Rail Service quality of Indian Railways by developing SQM (Service Quality Management) model on the basis of SERVQUAL and Rail Transport quality. Three new dimensions (Service Product, Social Responsi...

The main purpose of this work is to represent an alternative effective model for measuring the quality of healthcare (SERVQUAL) considering the geographical location of the under examination healthcare sectors. Based on that consideration, a new modeling is taking place introducing a spatial interaction between neighboring regions (spatial-SERVQUAL model). New directions are analyzed implementi...

This paper provides a better understanding of the impact of e-quality on customer satisfaction which leads to the retention of loyal customers to airline e-ticketing websites. In this paper website quality is divided into three levels including: “website performance”, “website information” and “website online service”. Three sets of E-SERVQUAL criteria are chosen following a review of prior air...

The research attempts to understand the Indian customers’ perceptions towards the service quality of multinational banks. There have been several studies to understand the service quality in the banking sector. With liberalisation policies initiated by the Indian Government, the multinational banks have been making investments in the country. To be successful in the country, they would have to ...

The research aims to measure the customers' perception of quality provided by information systems services in manufacturing organization in Riyadh. Based on a comprehensive literature review, the theoretical framework was developed utilizing a well known service quality measurement model called "SERVQUAL". A modified version of SERVQUAL measurement called "SERVPERF" was adopted in this paper fo...