A fuzzy approach to service quality diagnosis

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify service quality dimensions that could enhance the level of services provided by a variety of carriers and rank them, accordingly. Design/methodology/approach – This research aims to identify service quality dimensions that could enhance the level of...

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Published in:Marketing intelligence & planning 2015-02, Vol.33 (1), p.103-119
Main Authors: Saeida Ardakani, Saeid, Nejatian, Majid, Farhangnejad, Mohammad Ali, Nejati, Mehran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air travel
Aircraft accidents & safety
Airline industry
Airlines
Airports
Competition
Competitive advantage
Customer relationship management
Customer satisfaction
Customer services
Employees
Food quality
Fuzzy logic
Fuzzy sets
Linguistics
Market shares
Marketing
Marketing strategy/methods
Passengers
Perceptions
Purchase intention
Quality of service
Studies
Success
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Summary:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify service quality dimensions that could enhance the level of services provided by a variety of carriers and rank them, accordingly. Design/methodology/approach – This research aims to identify service quality dimensions that could enhance the level of services provided by a variety of carriers and rank them, accordingly. Findings – The results show that “safety,” “timeliness,” and “variety and type of airplane” are the most important service quality criteria from the passengers’ viewpoint. It also indicates that the most and least important dimensions of service quality are “tangibles” and “responsiveness,” respectively. The results ranked the airlines from one to three as Emirates Airline, Mahan Air, and Iran Air. Originality/value – Most of the service quality criteria are descriptive and are stated using lingual expressions (cardinal or ordinal scales). Therefore, evaluation of perceptions and expectations of customers regarding service quality using non-fuzzy methods ignores the ambiguity involved in individual judgments.
ISSN:0263-4503
1758-8049
DOI:10.1108/MIP-02-2013-0035