Hizmet ortamının şehirlerarası yolcu taşıma hizmetlerinde algılanan kalite üzerindeki etkisinin incelenmesi

Hizmet ortamı, müşterisinin kalite algılamalarında kullandığı iklim (İK), tasarım (TS) ve sosyal yapı (SOS) gibi önemli dışsal ipuçlarını barındırmasına rağmen, otobüs firmalarının verdikleri şehirlerarası ulaştırma hizmetlerinin kalitesini konu alan çalışmaların birçoğunda farklı bir kalite boyutu olarak ele alınmamıştır. Dolayısıyla araştırmanın amacı, algılanan hizmet ortamı özelliklerinin, hizmet kalitesi algılamalarını nasıl etkilediğini ortaya çıkartmaktır. Geliştirilen araştırma teorik modelinin geçerliliği, üç rakip otobüs firmasının 220 müşterisinden toplanan veri kullanılarak ve Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli tekniği takip edilerek test edilmiştir. Araştırma sonunda, fonksiyonel kalitenin İK ile SOS ve teknik kalitenin ise TS ile SOS tarafından etkilendiği bulunmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Hizmet ortamı, algılanan kalite, Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli

Assesing the impact of atmospherics on perceived quality of bus charter services

Although atmospherics includes such important cues as ambiance (IK), design (TS) and social structure (SOS), it has not been assessed as a distinct quality dimension in many studies on perceived quality of bus charter services. Thus, this study aims to shed light into how perceived characteristics of atmospherics affect the quality perceptions. The validity of proposed model was tested by using the data collected from 220 passengers of three rival coach companies and through addressing Structural Equation Modeling technique. Perceived functional and technical qualities were found to be effected by IK and SOS and by TS and SOS respectfully.

Keywords:

Service atmosphere, perceived quality, Structural Equation Modeling,

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