Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry

Experiential Quality has become extremely important for coffee outlets industry due to the highly competitive environment. The main objective of this study is to analyze the quality of the coffee outlets to win more customers in Malaysia. This study specifically design to investigate the existing...

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Main Authors: Suguna Sinniah, Gopal Perumal, Ravindaran Seniasamy, Paul Anthony Maria Das, Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed, Oruwalage Sandalu Dhananjaya
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20825/
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author Suguna Sinniah,
Gopal Perumal,
Ravindaran Seniasamy,
Paul Anthony Maria Das,
Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed,
Oruwalage Sandalu Dhananjaya,
author_facet Suguna Sinniah,
Gopal Perumal,
Ravindaran Seniasamy,
Paul Anthony Maria Das,
Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed,
Oruwalage Sandalu Dhananjaya,
author_sort Suguna Sinniah,
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Experiential Quality has become extremely important for coffee outlets industry due to the highly competitive environment. The main objective of this study is to analyze the quality of the coffee outlets to win more customers in Malaysia. This study specifically design to investigate the existing literature on experiential quality comprising Interaction quality, Physical environment quality, Outcome quality and Affective quality. Researcher used a self-administrated questionnaire survey with a sample size of 200 respondents from various coffee outlets in Selangor, Malaysia (One of the state with high population in Malaysia). The Findings shows that Interaction quality, Physical environment quality, and Outcome quality have direct effect on experimental quality among coffee lovers. Affective quality shows an negative effect on experiential quality. Coffee is one of the global product. Coffee sold at branded coffee outlets are niche market product. Coffee outlets industry is a classified destination of consumers with intrinsic value of coffee. Coffee outlets offer typical coffer qualities in attractive environment to withhold coffee lovers. This special product is consumed by middle income and higher income social class consumers. The findings further implied coffee outlets focused at managing coffee lovers’ service quality expectation to create and enlarge greater coffee loyalist for sustainable competitive advantage.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:208252022-12-22T01:03:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20825/ Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry Suguna Sinniah, Gopal Perumal, Ravindaran Seniasamy, Paul Anthony Maria Das, Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed, Oruwalage Sandalu Dhananjaya, Experiential Quality has become extremely important for coffee outlets industry due to the highly competitive environment. The main objective of this study is to analyze the quality of the coffee outlets to win more customers in Malaysia. This study specifically design to investigate the existing literature on experiential quality comprising Interaction quality, Physical environment quality, Outcome quality and Affective quality. Researcher used a self-administrated questionnaire survey with a sample size of 200 respondents from various coffee outlets in Selangor, Malaysia (One of the state with high population in Malaysia). The Findings shows that Interaction quality, Physical environment quality, and Outcome quality have direct effect on experimental quality among coffee lovers. Affective quality shows an negative effect on experiential quality. Coffee is one of the global product. Coffee sold at branded coffee outlets are niche market product. Coffee outlets industry is a classified destination of consumers with intrinsic value of coffee. Coffee outlets offer typical coffer qualities in attractive environment to withhold coffee lovers. This special product is consumed by middle income and higher income social class consumers. The findings further implied coffee outlets focused at managing coffee lovers’ service quality expectation to create and enlarge greater coffee loyalist for sustainable competitive advantage. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20825/1/28039-85377-1-SM.pdf Suguna Sinniah, and Gopal Perumal, and Ravindaran Seniasamy, and Paul Anthony Maria Das, and Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed, and Oruwalage Sandalu Dhananjaya, (2018) Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 15 (4). pp. 104-116. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1122
spellingShingle Suguna Sinniah,
Gopal Perumal,
Ravindaran Seniasamy,
Paul Anthony Maria Das,
Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed,
Oruwalage Sandalu Dhananjaya,
Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry
title Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry
title_full Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry
title_fullStr Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry
title_full_unstemmed Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry
title_short Experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the Malaysian coffee outlets industry
title_sort experiential quality among coffee lovers : an empirical study in the malaysian coffee outlets industry
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20825/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20825/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20825/1/28039-85377-1-SM.pdf