The purpose of the study was to examine cognitive types of quality in service of community welfare centers and characteristics of each cognitive type by applying Q methodology with users and offerers of community welfare centers. As the results, the s...
The purpose of the study was to examine cognitive types of quality in service of community welfare centers and characteristics of each cognitive type by applying Q methodology with users and offerers of community welfare centers. As the results, the study could sort them into three kinds of offerer types- ‘Type emphasizing specialized, sympathized and continuous programs’, ‘Type emphasizing sympathy with specialty’ and ‘Type emphasizing a quick reaction in service’- and three kinds of user types- ‘Type emphasizing externality and continuity of program’, ‘Type emphasizing sympathy’ and ‘Type emphasizing approach. The study proposed three kinds of research questions. As the results, there were dimensions of quality in service of only social welfare differing from profit-making organizations since specialty, continuity and approach were induced out of offerer types and user types. Sympathy and continuity were common elements between offerer types and user types in a dimension of quality in service of community welfare centers. On the other hand, offerer types emphasized specialty and user types emphasized approach and externality. Therefore, there were differences in cognitive types about dimension of quality in service between offerers and users.
The above results of the study can be usefully utilized as basic data for diverse and systematic endeavor to measure and improve quality in service suitable to real conditions of community welfare centers by increasing understanding about subjective attitudes and characteristics of dimension of quality in service of community welfare centers.
Keyword: Community welfare center, quality in service, dimension of quality in service, Q methodology, cognitive type