Bachelor Thesis 15hp (2FE07E; 2FE10E)
School of Business and Economics
2.5.1 The SERVQUAL model
SERVQUAL is a 22-item subsequent scale for measuring consumers’ expectations and perceptions of service quality. Originally, Parasuraman et al. (1985) identified five organizational gaps within the process of service design/delivery that cause deficits in quality and leading to dissatisfied customers. However, they refined their research and the original ten dimensions of service quality (proposed in their work in 1985), became five (Parasuraman et al., 1988). As Parasuraman et al. (1988) describe in their work, these dimensions are: tangibles (the environment of the company and how the working staff appears to be), reliability (ability to serve customers in a dependable way), responsiveness (a company’s tendency to serve customers willingly and promptly), assurance (making the customers feel safe and easy around the company’s environment) and empathy (ability to understand the needs of the customer).