Developing Universally Applicable Service Quality Assessment Model Based on the Theory of Consumption Values, and Using Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Relations to Empirically Test Three Industries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Service Quality Assessment Models
2.2. Theory of Consumption Values
2.3. Service Quality and Consumption Values
3. Research Method
3.1. Conceptualization of CV-SQ’s Potential Attributes
3.2. Use of the Modified Delphi Method to Confirm the Attributes of CV-SQ Aspects
3.3. Reliability and Validity
4. Empirical Testing of the CV-SQ Model by Using the Aviation Companies, Travel Agencies, and Hotels
4.1. Test the Consistency of the Universal Applicability of the CV-SQ Model
4.2. Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Relations (Fuzzy LinPreRa)
4.3. Analysis Most Important Key Factor of Service Quality
5. Conclusions and Recommendations
5.1. Discussion
5.2. Management Implications
5.3. Research Contributions
5.4. Recommendations for Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
No. | Gender | Education | Years of Experience | Professional Background | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industry | |||||
1 | M | Master’s | 19 | Customer complaint management, service quality improve management | Customer service manager |
2 | M | Bachelor’s | 13 | Innovation service project management, service quality improve project management | Project manager |
3 | F | Master’s | 23 | Service quality audit | Customer service senior manager |
4 | M | Master’s | 15 | Service quality management, | Customer service manager |
5 | M | Master’s | 20 | Customer relations management, services marketing management | Sales manager |
6 | F | Bachelor’s | 12 | Consumer behavior analysis, service quality management, | Customer service manager |
7 | M | Ph.D. | 27 | Organizational management, service quality management | General manager |
Academia | |||||
8 | M | Ph.D. | 20 | Customer relations management, consumer behavior, service marketing strategies | Professor |
9 | M | Ph.D. | 18 | Service quality management, consumer behavior research | Associate prof. |
10 | F | Ph.D. | 17 | Marketing management, service quality management, MCDM | Professor |
11 | F | Ph.D. | 13 | Marketing management, business administration, customer relations management | Associate prof. |
12 | M | Ph.D. | 28 | Consumer behavior research, marketing management, multivariate analysis | Professor |
13 | F | Ph.D. | 22 | Marketing strategies, research methods, service quality management | Professor |
14 | M | Ph.D. | 25 | Service quality research, marketing management, MCDM | Professor |
15 | F | Ph.D. | 16 | Customer relations management, service quality management | Associate prof. |
Appendix B
Function 4–11 | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Functional Value | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0.41 | 0.60 | 0.26 | 0.49 | 0.74 |
Social Value | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.79 |
Conditional Value | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.71 |
Emotional Value | 0.40 | 0.59 | 0.78 | 0.35 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.64 |
Epistemic Value | 0.26 | 0.51 | 0.74 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.58 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 2.18 | 2.81 | 3.39 | 1.83 | 2.25 | 2.70 | 1.96 | 2.32 | 2.71 | 1.89 | 2.34 | 2.78 | 2.19 | 2.78 | 3.37 |
Function 4–12 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.67 |
Function 4–13 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
Function 4–14 | 0.2228 | 0.1809 | 0.1874 | 0.1872 | 0.2217 | ||||||||||
rank | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Comfort | Efficiency | Safety | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comfort | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.72 |
Efficiency | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.64 |
Safety | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.21 | 1.34 | 1.51 | 1.34 | 1.43 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.72 | 1.85 |
Function 4–12 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.62 |
Function 4–13 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3005 | 0.3194 | 0.3800 | ||||||
rank | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Function 4–11 | Respect | Recommendation | Praise | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respect | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.57 |
Recommendation | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.60 |
Praise | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.47 | 1.60 | 1.75 | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.48 | 1.35 | 1.53 | 1.67 |
Function 4–12 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.56 |
Function 4–13 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3571 | 0.3065 | 0.3364 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Adaptability | Mobility | Immediacy | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adaptability | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.59 |
Mobility | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.56 |
Immediacy | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.70 | 1.37 | 1.49 | 1.60 | 1.30 | 1.47 | 1.65 |
Function 4–12 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.55 |
Function 4–13 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3414 | 0.3314 | 0.3272 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Function 4–11 | Attentiveness | Pleasure | Dependability | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attentiveness | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.61 |
Pleasure | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.57 |
Dependability | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.36 | 1.54 | 1.69 | 1.36 | 1.46 | 1.58 | 1.34 | 1.50 | 1.68 |
Function 4–12 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
Function 4–13 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3393 | 0.3260 | 0.3348 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Innovation | Knowledge | Technology | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Innovation | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.58 |
Knowledge | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 |
Technology | 0.42 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.41 | 1.57 | 1.72 | 1.35 | 1.44 | 1.55 | 1.33 | 1.49 | 1.64 |
Function 4–12 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.55 |
Function 4–13 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3479 | 0.3219 | 0.3302 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Appendix C
Function 4–11 | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Functional Value | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.37 | 0.55 | 0.71 | 0.32 | 0.55 | 0.78 |
Social Value | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.46 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.78 |
Conditional Value | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.67 |
Emotional Value | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.57 |
Epistemic Value | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 0.22 | 0.39 | 0.58 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.88 | 2.45 | 3.04 | 1.82 | 2.20 | 2.66 | 2.07 | 2.43 | 2.77 | 2.25 | 2.69 | 3.06 | 2.14 | 2.73 | 3.31 |
Function 4–12 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.55 | 0.66 |
Function 4–13 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
Function 4–14 | 0.1956 | 0.1782 | 0.1951 | 0.2141 | 0.2171 | ||||||||||
rank | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Function 4–11 | Comfort | Efficiency | Safety | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comfort | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.64 |
Efficiency | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.54 |
Safety | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.26 | 1.39 | 1.55 | 1.46 | 1.56 | 1.66 | 1.39 | 1.55 | 1.68 |
Function 4–12 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 |
Function 4–13 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3107 | 0.3470 | 0.3424 | ||||||
rank | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Respect | Recommendation | Praise | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respect | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.71 |
Recommendation | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.59 |
Praise | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.17 | 1.31 | 1.47 | 1.44 | 1.54 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.66 | 1.80 |
Function 4–12 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.60 |
Function 4–13 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 |
Function 4–14 | 0.2921 | 0.3431 | 0.3648 | ||||||
rank | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Function 4–11 | Adaptability | Mobility | Immediacy | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adaptability | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0.61 |
Mobility | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.57 |
Immediacy | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.36 | 1.52 | 1.69 | 1.36 | 1.48 | 1.59 | 1.32 | 1.50 | 1.68 |
Function 4–12 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
Function 4–13 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3382 | 0.3293 | 0.3324 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Attentiveness | Pleasure | Dependability | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attentiveness | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.51 | 0.63 |
Pleasure | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.59 |
Dependability | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.33 | 1.52 | 1.67 | 1.34 | 1.44 | 1.56 | 1.38 | 1.54 | 1.71 |
Function 4–12 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.57 |
Function 4–13 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3345 | 0.3221 | 0.3434 | ||||||
rank | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Function 4–11 | Innovation | Knowledge | Technology | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Innovation | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.60 |
Knowledge | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.59 |
Technology | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.39 | 1.55 | 1.69 | 1.32 | 1.41 | 1.52 | 1.39 | 1.54 | 1.68 |
Function 4–12 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.56 |
Function 4–13 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3435 | 0.3148 | 0.3417 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Appendix D
Function 4–11 | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Functional Value | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 0.48 | 0.65 | 0.25 | 0.49 | 0.73 |
Social Value | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 0.78 |
Conditional Value | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.72 |
Emotional Value | 0.35 | 0.52 | 0.70 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.55 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.58 |
Epistemic Value | 0.27 | 0.51 | 0.75 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 2.17 | 2.76 | 3.35 | 1.79 | 2.20 | 2.67 | 1.81 | 2.17 | 2.55 | 2.21 | 2.67 | 3.06 | 2.08 | 2.70 | 3.31 |
Function 4–12 | 0.43 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.54 | 0.66 |
Function 4–13 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
Function 4–14 | 0.2201 | 0.1776 | 0.1747 | 0.2126 | 0.2149 | ||||||||||
rank | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Comfort | Efficiency | Safety | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comfort | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.55 |
Efficiency | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.60 |
Safety | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.64 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.49 | 1.63 | 1.77 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.47 | 1.34 | 1.51 | 1.65 |
Function 4–12 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.55 |
Function 4–13 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3621 | 0.3044 | 0.3334 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Function 4–11 | Respect | Recommendation | Praise | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respect | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 0.52 |
Recommendation | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.55 |
Praise | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.68 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.52 | 1.66 | 1.80 | 1.33 | 1.41 | 1.53 | 1.26 | 1.43 | 1.57 |
Function 4–12 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
Function 4–13 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3681 | 0.3165 | 0.3154 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Function 4–11 | Adaptability | Mobility | Immediacy | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adaptability | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.59 |
Mobility | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.56 |
Immediacy | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.70 | 1.37 | 1.49 | 1.60 | 1.30 | 1.47 | 1.65 |
Function 4–12 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.55 |
Function 4–13 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3414 | 0.3314 | 0.3272 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Function 4–11 | Attentiveness | Pleasure | Dependability | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attentiveness | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.56 |
Pleasure | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.55 |
Dependability | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.42 | 1.60 | 1.75 | 1.35 | 1.46 | 1.57 | 1.29 | 1.44 | 1.62 |
Function 4–12 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.54 |
Function 4–13 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3531 | 0.3251 | 0.3217 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Function 4–11 | Innovation | Knowledge | Technology | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Innovation | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
Knowledge | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.56 |
Technology | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
total | 1.45 | 1.61 | 1.74 | 1.34 | 1.43 | 1.53 | 1.32 | 1.47 | 1.61 |
Function 4–12 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.54 |
Function 4–13 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Function 4–14 | 0.3558 | 0.3189 | 0.3254 | ||||||
rank | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Author | Consumption Values Classification |
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Hirschman and Holbrook [82] | Experience consumption value, Rational consumption value. |
Zeithaml [69] | Low price, whatever one wants in a product, what the consumer gets for what she or he gives, the quality the consumer receives for the price paid. |
Sheth, Newman [41] | Functional Value, Conditional Value, Social Value, Emotional Value, Epistemic Value. |
Burns [83] | Product value, Use value, Possession value, Full value. |
Kotler [84] | Product value, Service value, Personal value, Image value. |
Flint, Woodruff [85] | Actual value, Desired value. |
Yang and Lin [86] | Functional Value, Social Value, Emotional Value, Epistemic Value, Fashion Value. |
Wang, Wang [87] | Function value (price), Function value (quality), Social Value, Emotional Value. |
Qasim, Yan [88] | Function value (price), Function value (quality), Social Value, Conditional Value, Epistemic Value, Emotional Value. |
Karjaluoto, Glavee-Geo [89] | Functional Value, Social Value, Epistemic Value, Emotional Value. |
Consumption Value Aspects Researcher | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value | Cannot Be Classified |
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Parasuraman, Zeithaml [92] | Tangibility Reliability Safety | Proximity Courtesy Communicability | Responsiveness | Goodwill Understanding of customers | Competence | |
Parasuraman, Zeithaml [12] | Tangibility Reliability Authenticity | Responsiveness | Concern | |||
Schvaneveldt, Enkawa [93] | Authenticity Ease of use Integrity Environment | Feelings | Accountability | |||
Cronin Jr and Taylor [18] | Tangibility Reliability | Responsiveness | Empathy | Guarantee | ||
Gerhard, CHRIST0 [94] | Extrinsic aspects Intrinsic aspects | |||||
Robledo [95] | Tangibility Reliability | Concern for customers | ||||
Brady and Cronin Jr [96] | Environment | Interaction | Results | |||
Zeithaml [97] | Efficiency Reliability Privacy | Realizability | ||||
Petrick [98] | Reputation | Emotions | Quality Monetary cost Action cost | |||
Khan [99] | Reliability Tangibility | Responsiveness | Empathy | Guarantee Ecological materials | ||
Lee and Lin [100] | Reliability | Responsiveness | Trustworthiness | |||
Parasuraman, Zeithaml [101] | Reliability Ease of navigation Efficiency Safety Privacy Customization | Responsiveness Visitability Agility Individuation | Trustworthiness | Guarantee Price information Website aesthetics | ||
Abdullah [102] | Reliability | Empathy | Non-academic aspects Academic aspects | |||
Cid-López, Hornos [103] | Tangibility Reliability Application procedures Technology | Responsiveness | Empathy | Guarantee Overall satisfying service | ||
Wu, Deng [67] | Before-sale service quality During-sale service quality After-sale service quality |
Aspects Attributes Service | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value |
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Service quality | Comfort Efficiency Safety Multifunctionality | Respect Influence Recommendation Praise Communicability | Adaptability Responsiveness Mobility Immediacy | Concern Attentiveness Pleasure Memorability Sharing Dependability | Innovativeness Knowledge Prospective Technological |
Aspects Attributes Service | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value |
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Service Quality | Comfort 100 Efficiency 100 Safety 100 | Respect 100 Recommendation 80 Praise 93 | Adaptability 93 Mobility 87 Immediacy 100 | Attentiveness 100 Pleasure 93 Dependability 93 | Innovative 100 Knowledge 93 Technology 100 |
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Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neither Agree nor Disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree | 50% or More the Same | ||||||||
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E | R | E | R | E | R | E | R | E | R | E | R | ||
Functional Value | Comfort | 1 | 14 | 3 | +2 | +2 | |||||||
Efficiency | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | +2 | +2 | |||||||
Safety | 1 | 15 | 2 | +2 | +2 | ||||||||
Social Value | Respect | 1 | 14 | 3 | +2 | +2 | |||||||
Recommendation | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +2 | +2 | |||||
Praise | 1 | 14 | 3 | +2 | +2 | ||||||||
Conditional Value | Adaptability | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | +1 | +2 | |||||
Mobility | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +2 | +2 | |||||||
Immediacy | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | +2 | +2 | |||||||
Emotional Value | Attentiveness | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | +2 | +2 | |||||
Pleasure | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +1 | +2 | ||||||
Dependability | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | +2 | +2 | ||||||
Epistemic Value | Innovation | 1 | 14 | 3 | +2 | +2 | |||||||
Knowledge | 15 | 3 | +2 | +2 | |||||||||
Technology | 15 | 3 | +2 | +2 |
Aspects Attributes Service | Functional Value | Social Value | Conditional Value | Emotional Value | Epistemic Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Service Quality | Comfort 100 a, 98 t, 100 h Efficiency 100 a, 99 t, 99 h Safety 100 a, 95 t, 100 h | Respect 99 a, 100 t, 100 h Recommendation 94 a, 88 t, 96 h Praise 98 a, 95 t, 99 h | Adaptability 100 a, 100 t, 99 h Mobility 99 a, 98 t, 97 h Immediacy 100 a, 100 t, 100 h | Attentiveness 100 a, 100 t, 100 h Pleasure 100 a, 99 t, 100 h Dependability 100 a, 98 t, 98 h | Innovative 100 a, 100 t, 100 h Knowledge 99 a, 100 t, 99 h Technology 100 a, 100 t, 100 h |
Linguistic Variables | Designation | Triangular Fuzzy Number | Triangular Fuzzy Reciprocal Scale |
---|---|---|---|
Demonstrated importance | DI | (2, 5/2, 3) | (1/3, 2/5, 1/2) |
Very strong importance | VSI | (3/2, 2, 5/2) | (2/5, 1/2, 2/3) |
Strong importance | SI | (1, 3/2, 2) | (1/2, 2/3, 1) |
Moderate importance | MI | (1/2, 1, 3/2) | (2/3, 1, 2) |
Equal importance | EI | (1, 1, 1) | (1, 1, 1) |
Aspects | Attributes | Relative Weights | Rank | ||||
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Name | Weights | Rank | Name | Weights | Rank | ||
Functional Value | 0.2228 | 1 | Comfort | 0.3005 | 3 | 0.0670 | 6 |
Efficiency | 0.3194 | 2 | 0.0712 | 5 | |||
Safety | 0.3800 | 1 | 0.0847 | 1 | |||
Social Value | 0.1809 | 5 | Respect | 0.3571 | 1 | 0.0646 | 7 |
Recommendation | 0.3065 | 3 | 0.0554 | 15 | |||
Praise | 0.3364 | 2 | 0.0609 | 14 | |||
Conditional Value | 0.1874 | 3 | Adaptability | 0.3414 | 1 | 0.0640 | 8 |
Mobility | 0.3314 | 2 | 0.0621 | 11 | |||
Immediacy | 0.3272 | 3 | 0.0613 | 12 | |||
Emotional Value | 0.1872 | 4 | Attentiveness | 0.3393 | 1 | 0.0635 | 9 |
Pleasure | 0.3260 | 3 | 0.0610 | 13 | |||
Dependability | 0.3348 | 2 | 0.0627 | 10 | |||
Epistemic Value | 0.2217 | 2 | Innovation | 0.3479 | 1 | 0.0771 | 2 |
Knowledge | 0.3219 | 3 | 0.0714 | 4 | |||
Technology | 0.3302 | 2 | 0.0732 | 3 |
Aspects | Attributes | Relative Weights | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Weights | Rank | Name | Weights | Rank | ||
Functional Value | 0.1956 | 3 | Comfort | 0.3107 | 3 | 0.0608 | 14 |
Efficiency | 0.3470 | 1 | 0.0679 | 7 | |||
Safety | 0.3424 | 2 | 0.0670 | 8 | |||
Social Value | 0.1782 | 5 | Respect | 0.2921 | 3 | 0.0520 | 15 |
Recommendation | 0.3431 | 2 | 0.0611 | 13 | |||
Praise | 0.3648 | 1 | 0.0650 | 10 | |||
Conditional Value | 0.1951 | 4 | Adaptability | 0.3382 | 1 | 0.0660 | 9 |
Mobility | 0.3293 | 3 | 0.0642 | 12 | |||
Immediacy | 0.3324 | 2 | 0.0648 | 11 | |||
Emotional Value | 0.2141 | 2 | Attentiveness | 0.3345 | 2 | 0.0716 | 4 |
Pleasure | 0.3221 | 3 | 0.0690 | 5 | |||
Dependability | 0.3434 | 1 | 0.0735 | 3 | |||
Epistemic Value | 0.2171 | 1 | Innovation | 0.3435 | 1 | 0.0746 | 1 |
Knowledge | 0.3148 | 3 | 0.0683 | 6 | |||
Technology | 0.3417 | 2 | 0.0742 | 2 |
Aspects | Attributes | Relative Weights | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Weights | Rank | Name | Weights | Rank | ||
Functional Value | 0.2201 | 1 | Comfort | 0.3621 | 1 | 0.0797 | 1 |
Efficiency | 0.3044 | 3 | 0.0670 | 9 | |||
Safety | 0.3334 | 2 | 0.0734 | 4 | |||
Social Value | 0.1776 | 4 | Respect | 0.3681 | 1 | 0.0654 | 10 |
Recommendation | 0.3165 | 2 | 0.0562 | 14 | |||
Praise | 0.3154 | 3 | 0.0560 | 15 | |||
Conditional Value | 0.1747 | 5 | Adaptability | 0.3414 | 1 | 0.0597 | 11 |
Mobility | 0.3314 | 2 | 0.0579 | 12 | |||
Immediacy | 0.3272 | 3 | 0.0572 | 13 | |||
Emotional Value | 0.2126 | 3 | Attentiveness | 0.3531 | 1 | 0.0751 | 3 |
Pleasure | 0.3251 | 2 | 0.0691 | 6 | |||
Dependability | 0.3217 | 3 | 0.0684 | 8 | |||
Epistemic Value | 0.2149 | 2 | Innovation | 0.3558 | 1 | 0.0765 | 2 |
Knowledge | 0.3189 | 3 | 0.0685 | 7 | |||
Technology | 0.3254 | 2 | 0.0699 | 5 |
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Hsu, T.-H.; Her, S.-T.; Hou, J.-J. Developing Universally Applicable Service Quality Assessment Model Based on the Theory of Consumption Values, and Using Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Relations to Empirically Test Three Industries. Mathematics 2021, 9, 2608. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9202608
Hsu T-H, Her S-T, Hou J-J. Developing Universally Applicable Service Quality Assessment Model Based on the Theory of Consumption Values, and Using Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Relations to Empirically Test Three Industries. Mathematics. 2021; 9(20):2608. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9202608
Chicago/Turabian StyleHsu, Tsuen-Ho, Sen-Tien Her, and Jia-Jeng Hou. 2021. "Developing Universally Applicable Service Quality Assessment Model Based on the Theory of Consumption Values, and Using Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Relations to Empirically Test Three Industries" Mathematics 9, no. 20: 2608. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9202608
APA StyleHsu, T.-H., Her, S.-T., & Hou, J.-J. (2021). Developing Universally Applicable Service Quality Assessment Model Based on the Theory of Consumption Values, and Using Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Relations to Empirically Test Three Industries. Mathematics, 9(20), 2608. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9202608