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Identifying And Validating Dimensions Of Service Quality For The Banking Industry In Malaysia

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  • Firdaus Abdullah
  • Jasmine Vivienne Andrew
  • Voon Boo Ho

    (Universiti Teknologi MARA)

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Excellent service quality is crucial to business survival in the present banking environment in order to gain competitive advantage and corporate profitability. Thus, it is essential to analyze the means of measuring and evaluating service quality provided by banking institutions as they adjust to the dynamic changes in the banking environment. Previous studies have produced scales that bear a resemblance to generic measures of service quality, which may not be totally adequate in assessing the perceived quality in the banking sector. This study aims to identify and validate the dimensions of service quality within the banking sector in Malaysia from the customers’ perspective. A proposed 29-item instrument has been empirically tested for unidimensionality, reliability and validity using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. A factorial analysis suggests that service quality has three dimensions namely ‘Systemization of service delivery’, ‘Reliable Communication’ and ‘Responsiveness’. A subsequent multiple regression analysis revealed that ‘Systemization’ is the most important service quality dimension within the banking sector

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  • Firdaus Abdullah & Jasmine Vivienne Andrew & Voon Boo Ho, 2010. "Identifying And Validating Dimensions Of Service Quality For The Banking Industry In Malaysia," Journal of Global Business and Economics, Global Research Agency, vol. 1(1), pages 79-98, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:grg:01biss:v:1:y:2010:i:1:p:79-98
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    1. Asare Yaw Obeng & Peter L Mkhize, 2017. "Operational Risk, Bank Size and the Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya," International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies, Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 6(3), pages 51-69, April.
    2. Suzana Markovic & Jelena Dorcic & Goran Katusic, 2015. "Service Quality Measurement in Croatian Banking Sector: Application of SERVQUAL Model," MIC 2015: Managing Sustainable Growth; Proceedings of the Joint International Conference, Portorož, Slovenia, 28–30 May 2015,, University of Primorska, Faculty of Management Koper.

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    Keywords

    Service quality; banking industry; instrumentation;
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    JEL classification:

    • M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics

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