The Effect of Customer Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction in Selected Private Banks (Addis Ababa)
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2012-11
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This research examined the effect of customer service quality on customer satisfaction in
selected private banks in Addis Ababa. Service quality has been defined as a degree and
direction of discrepancy between customers' service perception and expectations.
Customer satisfaction is defined as the customer’s subjective evaluation of a consumption
experience, based on some relationship between the customer’s perceptions and objective
attributes of the product.
To achieve the objectives of this study, data was collected through questionnaire from a
sample of 342 bank customer. These respondents were selected using simple random
sampling method. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using
Statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, correlation, and multiple regression
analysis.
The results of this study indicate that, except responsiveness the four service quality
dimensions (tangibility, assurance, empathy and reliability) have positive and significant
relationship with customer satisfaction. The finding of this study also indicates that
customers were most satisfied with the assurance dimensions of service quality. On the
contrary, customers were less satisfied with reliability and empathy dimensions of service
quality.
The results also indicate that unlike responsiveness the four service quality dimensions
(tangibility, empathy, assurance and reliability) have positive and significant effect on
customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the service quality dimensions (tangibility,
reliability, assurance and empathy) significantly explain 80% of the variations in
customer satisfaction in private banks in Addis Ababa. Based on the findings of the study,
the researcher forwards some recommendations to the banks management and
suggestions for other researchers.
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Customer Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction