The Purpose of this study is to determine the factors that explain Servicescape Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Loyalty in the Buffet Restaurants in Busan. This study conducted literature review and an empirical analysis. Data were collected from 387 ...
The Purpose of this study is to determine the factors that explain Servicescape Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Loyalty in the Buffet Restaurants in Busan. This study conducted literature review and an empirical analysis. Data were collected from 387 customers at the buffet restaurants and analyzed with SPSS 12.0, AMOS 4.0. Frequency analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess measurement properties and structural equation model were used to test hypotheses regarding the model.
The result of this study identified first, the appropriate components such as cleanliness, accessibility, seating comfort, facility aesthetics, ambient environment of the servicescape in the buffet restaurants. Second, the study found the structural equation model suggested that Servicescape Quality was influenced most by customer satisfaction and loyalty. Third, the direct effect of the servicescape quality on customer satisfaction, loyalty and the through mediating(satisfaction) variables' indirect on loyalty.
This research will clearly benefit the management of the buffet restaurant or marketers to identify the needs of the customers and to develop a marketing strategy accordingly. A notable limitation is that the present study focuses only on the buffet restaurant to illustrate the findings. Future research should examine other foodservice categories.