Impact of service quality on customer satisfaction in private and public sector banks

International Journal of Bank Marketing - Tập 34 Số 5 - Trang 606-622 - 2016
Justin Paul1, Arun Mittal2, Garima Srivastav2
1Graduate School of Business Administration,University of Puerto Rico,San Juan,Puerto Rico
2Birla Institute of Technology,Noida,India

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Purpose – In today’s world, with increased competition, service quality has become one of the most popular areas of academic investigation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of various service quality variables on the overall satisfaction of customers and compare the private and public sector banks using a sample from India. Design/methodology/approach – With the help of forward stepwise regression, the authors explain how a variety of variables are both negatively and positively influencing customer satisfaction. The authors collected data from 500 respondents in India; 250 of which were customers of private sector banks, and 250 of which were customers of public sector banks. The authors had a response rate of 65 percent. Findings – In the case of private sector banks, knowledge of products, response to need, solving questions, fast service, quick connection to the right person, and efforts to reduce queuing time were found to be the factors that are positively associated with overall satisfaction. Assistance to the customer, appearance, and follow up are negatively associated with customer satisfaction. On the other hand, in the case of public sector banks, knowledge of the product and fast service are the factors which are associated positively and appearance is the only factor that is negatively associated. Originality/value – The components of service quality that are positively associated are not the same in public sector banks as they are in private sector banks.

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International Journal of Bank Marketing

Tập 34 Số 5

606-622

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