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Waiting for service: The relationship between delays and evaluations of service

Shirley Taylor
- 01 Apr 1994 - 
- Vol. 58, Iss: 2, pp 56-69
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In this article, the authors present a model of the wait experience, which assesses the effects of delays in service evaluations on the satisfaction of the service experience, and assess the effect of delays on customer satisfaction.
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Delays in service are becoming increasingly common; yet their effects on service evaluations are relatively unknown. The author presents a model of the wait experience, which assesses the effects o...

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SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the development of a 22-item instrument (called SERVQUAL) for assessing customer perceptions of service quality in service and retailing organizations, and the procedures used in constructing and refining a multiple-item scale to measure the construct are described.
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