Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa

The main purpose of this study is to develop a mediating effect understanding of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysia rural tourism. The model was developed and later tested by adopting the partial Least Square (PLS) procedure on data collected from a survey th...

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Main Author: Sentosa, Ilham
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business Management 2013
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8735/
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description The main purpose of this study is to develop a mediating effect understanding of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysia rural tourism. The model was developed and later tested by adopting the partial Least Square (PLS) procedure on data collected from a survey that yielded 295 usable questionnaires. The findings showed that service quality enhances satisfaction in Malaysia rural tourism. It was also revealed that satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between service quality and trust. In future more research needs to be carried out to explore the role of satisfaction in Malaysia rural tourism industry. It is important to do the study utilizing experimental design by capturing longitudinal data in Malaysia rural tourism industry using robust measures. The findings imply that the relationship between satisfaction and profitability may reside in satisfaction’s influence on trust, and that satisfaction plays a crucial function within the Malaysia rural tourism industry. This research is one of the first known attempts to use PLS to test a mediation effect.
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spelling uitm-87352019-03-18T07:39:53Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8735/ Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa bmqr Sentosa, Ilham Travel and state. Tourism The main purpose of this study is to develop a mediating effect understanding of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysia rural tourism. The model was developed and later tested by adopting the partial Least Square (PLS) procedure on data collected from a survey that yielded 295 usable questionnaires. The findings showed that service quality enhances satisfaction in Malaysia rural tourism. It was also revealed that satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between service quality and trust. In future more research needs to be carried out to explore the role of satisfaction in Malaysia rural tourism industry. It is important to do the study utilizing experimental design by capturing longitudinal data in Malaysia rural tourism industry using robust measures. The findings imply that the relationship between satisfaction and profitability may reside in satisfaction’s influence on trust, and that satisfaction plays a crucial function within the Malaysia rural tourism industry. This research is one of the first known attempts to use PLS to test a mediation effect. Faculty of Business Management 2013 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8735/1/AJ_ZAHIR%20OSMAN%20BMQR%2013.pdf Sentosa, Ilham (2013) Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa. (2013) Business and Management Quarterly Review (BMQR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Business_and_Management_Quarterly_Review_=28BMQR=29.html>, 4 (2). pp. 12-25. ISSN 2180-2777 http://www.bmqruitm.com/
spellingShingle Travel and state. Tourism
Sentosa, Ilham
Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa
title Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa
title_full Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa
title_fullStr Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa
title_full_unstemmed Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa
title_short Influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in Malaysian rural tourism / Zahir Osman and Ilham Sentosa
title_sort influence of customer satisfaction on service quality and trust relationship in malaysian rural tourism / zahir osman and ilham sentosa
topic Travel and state. Tourism
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8735/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8735/