Abstract
This paper examines the quality of municipal services within inner-city services. It identifies the most important service quality dimensions that determine citizen satisfaction. System dynamics approach is used to model and analyze ways to improve citizen satisfaction. For that purpose, we developed questionnaires based on ServQual. 634 questionnaires were distributed to respondents in a town neighborhood of about 16,000 citizens. The relevance of the ServQual dimensions was validated. Three of the ServQual dimensions: reliability, empathy and responsiveness, significantly predicted citizen satisfaction. The paper discusses ways to guide practitioners to improve quality attributes and enhance inner-city customer satisfaction.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Exploring Services Science - 8th International Conference, IESS 2017, Proceedings |
Editors | Monica Dragoicea, Maurizio Cavallari, Stefano Za |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 409-420 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319569246 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 8th International Conference on Exploring Service Science, IESS 2017 - Rome, Italy Duration: 24 May 2017 → 26 May 2017 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing |
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Volume | 279 |
ISSN (Print) | 1865-1348 |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Exploring Service Science, IESS 2017 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 24/05/17 → 26/05/17 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
Keywords
- Customer satisfaction
- Inner city
- Quality
- ServQual
- Service