Role of service quality and customer satisfaction in firm's performance: Evidence from Pakistan Hotel Industry

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Shah, S.N., Jan, S. & Baloch, Q.B. (2018) Role of service quality and customer satisfaction in firm's performance: Evidence from Pakistan Hotel Industry, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Science, 12(1), 167-182

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ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of customer’s satisfaction and service
quality towards the hotels’ performance by applying SERVQUAL model. The data was
collected from the 1429 hotel customers of selected cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(Peshawar, Swat, Chitral, Naran, Abbottabad, Galiat), Punjab (Lahore, Rawalpindi) and
the capital city (Islamabad) of Pakistan. The sample of hotels comprised of 10 hotels
from each city and 20 customers at each hotel were taken as respondents. The researchers
used regression and factor analysis for analyzing the data. The results revealed that
service attributes have a significant optimistic effect on customer satisfaction. Moreover,
service assurance is found significantly negative predictor of customer satisfaction.
Consequences of the study exhibit that constructive connection exists amid expected and
actual attributes of service quality and customer satisfaction. The study considered that
the hotel customers experience is the key factor in the hospitality industry.


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