e-Service JournalPub Date : 2018-01-16DOI: 10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.2.02
Zeina Hakim, Bassem E. Maamari
{"title":"Measuring Perceived Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction for Service Managers: The case of the Lebanese Retail Banking Industry","authors":"Zeina Hakim, Bassem E. Maamari","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:As an economic pillar, the high quality banking service in Lebanon is the highest single contributor to the GDP. This Lebanese service-based sector was neither investigated for the quality of banking services from the customers' perspective, nor for analyzing the key strategic advantage of customer satisfaction in this highly competitive sector. Based on Cronin & Taylor's (1992) SERVPERF, this study analyses the customer perceived service quality's effect on the bank customers' satisfaction, and suggests a novel model to measure perceived service quality that is culture and industry-specific, and includes online banking. The tool is tested with 1049 respondents providing thorough statistical evidence that culminate into putting forth a developed model of the original SERVPERF labelled the Lebanese Bank Quality Tool (LEBANKQUAL).","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126458500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
e-Service JournalPub Date : 2018-01-16DOI: 10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.2.01
A. Herzfeldt, Thomas Wolferstetter, M. Böhm, H. Krcmar
{"title":"From Products and Service to IT solutions: Nine Principles for Managing IT Solutions","authors":"A. Herzfeldt, Thomas Wolferstetter, M. Böhm, H. Krcmar","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Many organizations have transformed their business models from offering single products or service to providing IT solutions. IT solutions comprise hardware, software, and service components and are designed to solve a specific customer problem. Transforming to the IT solution business model, however, is often underestimated as it entails various challenges and risks: First, IT solution providers need to prepare for future customer engagements by building up or integrating personnel resources as well as platforms bundling software and hardware components. Second, IT solutions are highly customer-specific and providers need to interact with the customer during the entire solution lifecycle, including the design and operation of the IT solution. Third, the IT solution business model presents new risks such as operation, integration, and customer risks for providers. Building on a multiple case study with a medium-sized IT solution provider, we derive nine principles for managing IT solutions from a provider's perspective. The nine principles should be useful for CIOs and strategy-decision makers transforming their organization to IT solution providers.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130754058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
e-Service JournalPub Date : 2017-04-08DOI: 10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.03
Johannes K. Mutesi, M. Mutingi, A. Chakraborty
{"title":"Service Quality Assessment of Internet Banking: Empirical Evidences from Namibia","authors":"Johannes K. Mutesi, M. Mutingi, A. Chakraborty","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:SERVQUAL as a model has for long attracted researchers to apply in different contexts. The objective of this research is to focus on e-service quality in the absence of face-to-face encounter for commercial banks in an emerging economy such as Namibia. The focus is to understand both customer perception about Internet banking and the usability of the banking website. Based on prior literature on service quality assessment and website usability a priory model was developed. The model is then tested through a questionnaire survey of customers of commercial banks in Namibia. Using factor analysis, a refined model for assessing service quality of Internet banking was developed. The refined model includes three service quality dimensions: service performance, communication and website design. Service performance was most preferred on satisfaction level whereas in communication customers were dissatisfied as well as indifferent towards a 24 hours customer's service. This is in contrary to the existing literature. The third dimension, i.e. website design was high on customer satisfaction level. Finally, on usability evaluation of banking website it was found that acceptance level of the Internet banking website for the commercial banks in Namibia is marginally high.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130334216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
e-Service JournalPub Date : 2017-04-08DOI: 10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.01
Siv Skard, Herbjørn Nysveen, Helge Thorbjørnsen
{"title":"Influences of Perceived E-Service Risks: The Moderating Role of Perceived Benefits","authors":"Siv Skard, Herbjørn Nysveen, Helge Thorbjørnsen","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The purpose of this study is to test effects of risk dimensions on customers' attitude toward using e-services, and to investigate whether risk effects are moderated by utilitarian and hedonic benefits associated with the service. A survey of 436 users of a digital mailbox system, where citizens securely receive mail from the public sector, was undertaken to test the relationship proposed by the research model. The data was analyzed using linear regression analysis, and interactions were probed using the Johnson-Neyman technique. The effects of each risk dimension on attitude towards using the e-service were reduced by hedonic benefit associations, but not by utilitarian benefit associations. Interaction analyses suggest that customers who perceive the e-service as hedonic may have more positive attitude towards using the service if it involves certain risk aspects. Managers of e-services should consider the effect that different risk dimensions have on customers' usage attitude. E-service design should incorporate elements that adds to the hedonic value of the service, which may reduce negative effects of risk. Customers should be segmented according to their hedonic motivations, as they will differ in terms of vulnerability to risk. Existing research on acceptance of e-services is scarce in terms of theoretically derived explanations for boundary conditions for risk effects. This paper fills this gap by testing the interaction effects between individual risk dimensions and utilitarian/hedonic benefits on users' attitude to use an online mailbox.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114448912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
e-Service JournalPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.02
Prateek Kalia, R. Arora, Sibongiseni Kumalo
{"title":"E-service quality, consumer satisfaction and future purchase intentions in e-retail","authors":"Prateek Kalia, R. Arora, Sibongiseni Kumalo","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.10.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"There has been dramatic increase in online consumer base throughout the World and technology adoption by masses has fueled the success of e-commerce players. One of the fastest growing segments of e-commerce is online retail. E-retailers are deploying large chunks of their investments to build and hold their positions in the competitive markets. Therefore service quality and factors' affecting online buying behavior has become conspicuous field of study. This paper examines the above mentioned topic in Indian e-retail context. With an aim to understand associations between service quality, consumer satisfaction and future purchase intentions, web survey has been applied to 308 respondents, who have made at least one online purchase in past six months from any of the four most popular e-retailers in India. Relationship has been found between online service quality and future purchase intentions; furthermore this study confirmed that online consumer satisfaction act as mediator between online service quality and future purchase intentions.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133905700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"E-Government Web Portal Adoption: The Effects of Service Quality","authors":"Xiao Jiang, Shaobo Ji","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.3.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.3.43","url":null,"abstract":"E-government Web portal service quality is a critical factor that determines user’s adoption and continuance use. The article examines Chinese citizens’ adoption and continuance intention (CI) of e-government Web portal from the perspective of service level and service quality. Three types of user groups are identified based on the purposes of use and the primary activities: information acquisition, information exchange, and transaction processing. Service quality is measured by Web portal’s information quality, design/function, reliability, security and privacy, and system responsiveness. A research model is proposed and tested using data based on a sample of 630 individual e-government Web portal users in China. Our findings revealed that Web portal’s service quality affects user’s adoption and continuance intention and the effect differs among different types of user groups. Finally, Implications of these findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115891125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IT Service Management Employee Compensation: Determinants and Outcomes","authors":"Akshay Bhagwatwar, Hillol Bala, V. Ramesh","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Information technology (IT) service management (ITSM) is a critical function of an IT organization and it is important to recruit, manage, and retain qualified ITSM employees who are responsible for providing IT services to an organization. Organizations rely on their in-house ITSM team and the outsourced IT systems (or business processes) to deliver high quality IT services. While IT outsourcing has become a norm in many organizations, its potential impact on in-house ITSM employee compensation and job outcomes, such as job satisfaction and turnover intentions, has remained under-examined. We develop a model that examines the interplay between human capital factors such as educational qualifications, employee compensation, employee job outcomes, and two organizational factors–IT outsourcing and ITSM size. We conducted a survey of ITSM employees from 423 organizations and found support for the model. Our findings have important theoretical and practical implications.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127552894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moderating Effects of Familiarity and Experience in the Relationships of Trust with Its Antecedents and Consequences","authors":"Ramón Rufín, C. M. Molina","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.3.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.3.19","url":null,"abstract":"The fall in citizens’ trust in public institutions is one of the biggest challenges they face since it has effects on a wide range of variables (commitment, loyalty, etc.). Amid these variables there is one whose relevance in the literature has increased recently, namely the user’s intention to continue to use the services provided. Among the formulae put forward to set this right is the role played by transparency yet, although initially it was considered that simply rolling out transparency programmes would lead to the intended outcome, subsequently several works established the non-existence of this relationship or even a decrease in citizens’ trust. One possible explanation for such disparate consequences could be the way in which familiarity or experience affects trust-generating processes. Consequently this research seeks to analyse the impact that familiarity or user experience has on the relationship between transparency, satisfaction, and trust and between this and continuance intention for the case of the UNED, the largest public university institution in Spain.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128513159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer Facing Health Care Systems","authors":"A. Sunyaev","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Consumer Healthcare empowers patients to gather information on their health state. Ideally, this is accomplished by improving the integration of existing databases and the communication of information to patients and, on demand, to care providers. Furthermore, networking of existing and new health management systems as well as a pervasive system design are essential. Consumer Healthcare services are used voluntarily and leave patients in control of their medical data. In this study, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of Consumer Healthcare articles published in leading journals in the information systems and medical informatics disciplines. This article provides a survey of the literature of this emerging field by addressing specific topics of application settings, systems features, and deployment experiences. We identified 64 articles and categorized them into four research fields (basic research, information and recommendation systems, devices, personal health records). In this article, we provide both an overview and an analysis of the literature on a broad and heterogeneous range of systems. Furthermore, we suggest areas for further research, especially on the deployment of consumer healthcare systems.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114763969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case Studies of Implementation of Interactive E-Health Tools on Hospital Web Sites","authors":"Edgar Huang, Chiu-chi Angela Chang","doi":"10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.2.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/ESERVICEJ.9.2.46","url":null,"abstract":"Using content analysis and in-depth interviews, this research has examined three best-practice hospitals in terms of their approaches to implementing interactive e-health tools on their Web sites. The study has demonstrated hospital administrations’ visions of and insights into developing e-health. It concludes that the implementation of interactive e-heath tools can be area- and hospital-size-indiscriminative; such implementation accomplishes multiple goals, including service, communication, and education, and serves as an important differentiator in a competitive industry; by understanding the best practice, decision-making, planning processes, and outcomes of implementing e-health online, as well as potential obstacles to such implementation, hospitals can take the lessons learned and design effective interactive e-health tools on their Web sites.","PeriodicalId":133558,"journal":{"name":"e-Service Journal","volume":"203 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123496215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}