Measuring the Service Quality of Mobile Internet and Studying the Effects on Marketing Performance

모바일 인터넷 서비스 품질 측정 및 마케팅 성과에 미치는 영향 연구

  • Park, Yoon-Seo (Department of Business Administration, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Seung-In (Department of Business Administration, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Sam-Kwon (The head of broadcasting division, Chonbuk Broadcast) ;
  • Yang, Liu (Department of Business Administration, Chonbuk National University)
  • 박윤서 (전북대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 이승인 (전북대학교 대학원 경영학과) ;
  • 김삼권 (전북방송 방송사업부) ;
  • 양유 (전북대학교 대학원 경영학과)
  • Published : 2007.06.30

Abstract

As the mobile internet service market is rapidly growing, measuring and managing the service quality become a more critical issue to the service providers. Thus the purpose of this study is to compare SERVQUAL, SERVPERF, and non-difference score measures and to determine which one is superior to measure the service quality of the mobile internet service. This study also aims to analyze the structural relationship between the service quality, customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions (repurchase intention and word-of-mouth). For the purpose, survey data were gathered from the respondents who have used the mobile internet services and an empirical test was conducted. As the first research result, it was revealed that the non-difference score measure showed a much better model than other service measuring models (SERVQUAL, SERVPERF). And the second result was that two service quality factors (tangibles and empathy) among the mobile internet service quality factors significantly influenced the customer satisfaction and also the customer satisfaction had a significant effect on the repurchase and word-of-mouth.

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