Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
The purpose of this research is to inspect in what extent service quality and satisfaction influence the purchase intention from a restaurant when perception employed as a mediating function. In order to test the proposed conceptual framework, this research used a sample of 200 tourists’ who visited...
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| author | Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Abdullah, Muhammad Madi AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem Moudud, Hasan |
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| description | The purpose of this research is to inspect in what extent service quality and satisfaction influence the purchase intention from a restaurant when perception employed as a mediating function. In order to test the proposed conceptual framework, this research used a sample of 200 tourists’ who visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research included both domestic and international tourists. Apart from confirmatory factor analysis, this research applied structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. The results show that the relationships among the variables are all significant. Moreover, the mediating effect of perception in between service quality and purchase intention is partial. On the other hand, the role of perception as a mediation in between the relationship of tourists’ satisfaction and their purchase intention from a restaurant was significant. This research offers substantial data for the restaurant managers to be aware about which criteria meet the expectation of the tourists’ in order to attract their restaurant services in a consistent and attractive manner. This research also contributes to the existing knowledge of tourism study by focusing on the restaurant sectors of Malaysia.
Keywords: Tourists’ Purchase Intention, Service Quality, Perception, Satisfaction |
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| spelling | iium-426852016-02-13T05:26:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/ Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Abdullah, Muhammad Madi AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem Moudud, Hasan HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products The purpose of this research is to inspect in what extent service quality and satisfaction influence the purchase intention from a restaurant when perception employed as a mediating function. In order to test the proposed conceptual framework, this research used a sample of 200 tourists’ who visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research included both domestic and international tourists. Apart from confirmatory factor analysis, this research applied structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. The results show that the relationships among the variables are all significant. Moreover, the mediating effect of perception in between service quality and purchase intention is partial. On the other hand, the role of perception as a mediation in between the relationship of tourists’ satisfaction and their purchase intention from a restaurant was significant. This research offers substantial data for the restaurant managers to be aware about which criteria meet the expectation of the tourists’ in order to attract their restaurant services in a consistent and attractive manner. This research also contributes to the existing knowledge of tourism study by focusing on the restaurant sectors of Malaysia. Keywords: Tourists’ Purchase Intention, Service Quality, Perception, Satisfaction 2015-04-13 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/1/42685.pdf Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir and Abdullah, Muhammad Madi and AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem and Moudud, Hasan (2015) Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception. In: International Conference on Natural Resources, Tourism And Services Management 2015, 14-16 April 2015, Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. http://submit.confbay.com/conf/icnts2015 |
| spellingShingle | HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Abdullah, Muhammad Madi AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem Moudud, Hasan Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| title | Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| title_full | Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| title_fullStr | Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| title_short | Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| title_sort | tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception |
| topic | HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/1/42685.pdf |