The purpose of this study was to identify how the service quality perceived by the consumers affects customer satisfaction and post-purchase behavior. In particular, people who use ice skating rink were chose as the subject of this research.
310 part...
The purpose of this study was to identify how the service quality perceived by the consumers affects customer satisfaction and post-purchase behavior. In particular, people who use ice skating rink were chose as the subject of this research.
310 participants were sampled from the users of ice skating rinks, and finally the data retuned from 286 respondents, excluding 24 respondents who failed to complete the survey, were use for statistical analysis. To investigate societal characteristics of the subjects chosen for the survey, the data were processed by using SPSS/PC Window V12.0, and to verify the difference thereof, t-test, one-way of ANOVA, and Scheffe's test were conducted. Also, to find out the influence of each variable, regression analysis was conducted.
Based on the research methods and results from data analyses as mentioned above, the conclusions derived from this research were as follows:
First, the results from analysis revealed that there were significant differences in service quality, customer satisfaction, and post-purchase behavior according to demographic, social characteristic of the user of the skating rinks. The results from analysis of sex, whether or not joined membership, and duration among demographic, societal characteristic showed that there were significant differences in personal service, and from the analysis of age that there was significant difference in the intention of revisiting. And as to the number of times, there were significant differences in personal service and the intention of revisiting. Also, results from analysis of time displayed that there were significant differences in systematic service, customer satisfaction, and the intention of revisiting.
Second, results from analysis revealed that personal service, physical service, and systematic service, which are sub-variables of the service quality of the ice skating rink, had statistically significant influences on customer satisfaction(56.5%).
Third, results from analysis of service quality and customer satisfaction indicated that there were statistically significant influences on post-purchase behavior. And from the regression analysis of service quality, and the intention of revisiting revealed that personal service, physical service, systematic service, which are sub-variables of the service quality, had statistically significant influences on the intention of revisiting(34.8%) and of word-of-mouth(35.1%).
Fourth, results from regression analysis of customer satisfaction, and the intention of revisiting, and of word-of-mouth revealed that customer satisfaction had statistically significant influences on the intention of revisiting(33.3%) and of word-of-mouth(37.5%).