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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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The relative importance of service dimensions in a healthcare setting.

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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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A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future Research

TL;DR: The attainment of quality in products and services has become a pivotal concern of the 1980s as discussed by the authors, while quality in tangible goods has been described and measured by marketers, quality in services is la...
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A Paradigm for Developing Better Measures of Marketing Constructs

TL;DR: A critical element in the evolution of a fundamental body of knowledge in marketing, as well as for improved marketing practice, is the development of better measures of the variables with which marketers deal with marketing as discussed by the authors.
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Measuring service quality: a reexamination and extension

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the conceptualization and measurement of service quality and the relationships between service quality, consumer satisfaction, and purchase intentions, and investigate the relationship between the two factors.
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