Caddy service is the most important to the players in many ways while serving them about 5 constant hours. So, this study focus how caddy service qualities can affect customer satisfaction and loyalty.
To achieve this objective, a sample of 272 clie...
Caddy service is the most important to the players in many ways while serving them about 5 constant hours. So, this study focus how caddy service qualities can affect customer satisfaction and loyalty.
To achieve this objective, a sample of 272 clients were tested to conduct this study analysis. For statistical test, correlation and regression analyses were carried out to verify the hypotheses developed in this study. The hypothesis test were performed at the 0.05 level(p-value, the significance level). The major results were as followed.
Fist, there was significant between service qualities of caddy and customer and loyalty. Especially, tangibles in service qualities of caddy has the biggest effect on customer satisfaction and loyalty. It seems that customer can evaluate tangible factor easily than other factors. So, it has effect on customer directly.
Second, tangibles, reliability, empathy, assurance have significant effects on customer loyalty not only indirectly but also, directly.
Third, customer satisfaction has positive effect on attitudinal loyalty and behavioral loyalty. So, to repurchase and recommend, it is important to satisfy customer, first of all.
Finally, Golf used to be a very expensive sport that only a few people could, but these days the service is getting popular as it cost lower, especially 5 day work hours make people spend more time on the service. It is anticipated the service is going to become competitive. So, golf service companies should plan various marketing strategies to survive in such a high competitive industry.