Impact of e-quality and service recovery on loyalty: a study of e-banking in Spain
Fecha de publicación
2012-01-18ISSN
1478-3363
Resumen
The purposes of this study are twofold: (i) to propose and apply scales to measure service quality and service recovery in the setting of electronic banking (e-banking) services; and (ii) to examine the impact of electronic service quality (e-quality) and service recovery (e-recovery) on loyalty (e-loyalty) in the setting of e-banking services. An online questionnaire is used to survey 428 Spanish customers of e-banking services (123 of whom have reported a service failure) using modified versions of the E-S-QUAL and E-RecS-QUAL scales. The data are analysed by exploratory factor analysis to: (i) test the applicability of the scales to the setting of online banking services: and (ii) generate and test a model of e-quality, e-recovery, and e-loyalty using structural equation modelling. Three of the four dimensions of the original E-S-QUAL scale and two of the three dimensions of the original E-RecS-QUAL scale are confirmed in the setting of e-banking services. The study reassures managers of online banks that modified versions of the E-S-QUAL and E-RecS-QUAL scales are appropriate instruments for measuring e-quality and e-recovery. The study also provides empirical evidence that efficiency of a website and responsiveness to complaints have a positive influence on e-loyalty. The study is the first to provide definitive empirical evidence (in the context of e-banking) of the presumed link between: (i) the e-quality and e-recovery dimensions proposed in the E-S-QUAL and E-RecS-QUAL scales; and (ii) the construct of loyalty.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión aceptada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
33 - Economía
Palabras clave
Quality control
Control de calidad
Control de qualitat
Customer loyalty
Fidelización del cliente
Fidelitat a una marca
E-S-QUAL
E-RecS-QUAL
Páginas
39
Publicado por
Taylor & Francis
Colección
23; 7-8
Publicado en
Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
Citación
Marimon Viadiu, Frederic; Petnji Yaya, Luc Honore; Casadesús, Martí. «Impact of e-quality and service recovery on loyalty: a study of e-banking in Spain». Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2012, vol. 23, núm. 7-8, p. 769-787. Disponible en: <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14783363.2011.637795>. Fecha de acceso: 05 jul. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2011.637795
Nota
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Total Quality Management & Business Excellence on 18/01/2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14783363.2011.637795.
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