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Determinants and Consequences of Perceived Service Quality in the Kuwaiti Banking Context
Auther : Adel A Al-Wugayan
Aim of the Paper: This study investigates the appropriateness of SERVQUAL and SERVPERF as two widely-used service quality (SQ) measures for retail bank services in Kuwait, as well as their predictive power for affective services responses (satisfaction and trust) and attitudinal/relational responses (word-of-mouth, recommendation, social media engagement, loyalty, and switching intentions).
Study Design: Using a survey methodology, data is analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis followed by Covariance-based Structural Equation Modeling.
Sample and Data: A random sample of (846) Kuwaiti bank customers is used.
Results: Internal structure of both quality scales differ from their original conceptualizations. The three factor-SERVQUAL model is the best predictor of dependent variables.
Conclusion: SQ exerts direct effects on bank satisfaction and trust. Allocating resources to improve bank SQ can be based on the outcomes of the importance-weighted 3-factor SERVQUAL performance-minus-expectation rather than performance-only measures. Future research may examine these results using longitudinal data analysis.