2. Literature Review
Recent developments in terms of e-service have led researchers and practitioners to
reevaluate certain traditional concepts, such as service quality and satisfaction, in the
context of information technology. Online consumers actively participate in service
delivery, supplying their own effort and time, and consumers also contribute by assuming
part of the responsibility for service delivery. This aspect of online purchasing can affect
perceptions of service quality and satisfaction [16]. Whereas traditional service quality is
defined as a “consumer's judgment about anentity's overall excellence or superiority” [17],
e-service quality represents “the extent to which a website facilitates efficient and
effective shopping, purchasing and delivery” [17]. The relevant literature on e-service
quality indicates that a website is not simply a utilitarian tool for finding information,
making choices, and ordering a product or service [18].