composed of 13 specific behavioral intentions likely to result from perceived service quality. The battery was sig- nificantly correlated with customer perceptions of service quality. Most recently, Narayandas (1998) developed a benefits-of-customer-retention (BCR) ladder for the PC industry that demonstrated good psychometric properties.
Individual companies have also monitored the impact of service quality on selected behavioral intentions. Toy- ota found that intent to repurchase a Toyota automobile increased from a base of 37 percent to 45 percent with a positive sales experience, from 37 percent to 79 percent with a positive service experience, and from 37 percent to 91 percent with both positive sales and service experiences (McLaughlin 1993). A similar study by Gale (1992) quan- titatively assessed the relationship between level of service quality and willingness to purchase at AT&T. Of AT&T’s customers who rated the company’s overall quality as excellent, more than 90 percent expressed willingness to purchase from AT&T again. For customers rating the ser- vice as good, fair, or poor, the proportions decreased to 60 percent, 17 percent, and 0 percent, respectively.