LINKING SERVICE QUALITY AND SATISFACTION TO BEHAVIOURAL INTENTIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTING

• Authors: Ďaďo Jaroslav , Janka Táborecká-Petrovičová , Dejan Rizniċ , Tamara Rajiċ
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This study aims to examine relationships among higher education service quality and student satisfaction and their relatedness to students’ behavioural intentions. Slovak higher education setting has provided a framework to this study. Structural equation modelling, using LISREL 8.80, has been performed on student survey data and indicated that both higher education service quality and satisfaction are important determinants of students’ behavioural intentions. However satisfaction mediates the effect of service quality and exerts more significant impact on behavioural intentions. Findings of this study indicate that university administrators should pay special attention to satisfying existing students in order to motivate them to recommend the institution to prospective students and enrol higher levels of study within the same faculty. Implications of the study, limitations and directions for future research have been discussed.

Keywords

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BEHAVIOURAL INTENTIONS; EDUCATION SERVICE; SLOVAKIA; STUDENTS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 583 – 596

Contributors

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Ďaďo Jaroslav

• Univerzita Mateja Bela, Ekonomická fakulta, Tajovského 10, 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

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Janka Táborecká-Petrovičová

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Dejan Rizniċ

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Tamara Rajiċ