Yamaqupta, Narueban (2014) Relationship between service quality, academic quality and satisfaction among students of Southern Thailand government universities: The moderating effect of value. DBA thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
s91741.pdf
Download (2MB) | Preview
s91741_abstract.pdf
Download (1MB) | Preview
Abstract
In the context of higher education institutions, particularly those located in southern Thailand, achieving student satisfaction is imperative for a number of reasons.
Firstly, higher education institutions in this region are currently faced with situations that result in decreasing numbers of students. Secondly, competition tends to increase
every year from both within and outside the country. Hence, low student satisfaction becomes an essential issue for higher education institutions to resolve. Moreover, indepth
investigation on student satisfaction in this region is under-researched. Past studies have shown that student satisfaction is influenced by a variety of factors,
including aspects related to quality and value. Therefore, this study sought to assess the relationship between service quality and academic quality on student satisfaction, and also to gauge the moderating effect of value using a multi-items measurement. Important instruments, such as the SERVPERF and the PERVAL scales, were used in this study. The respondents for this study were students enrolled in ten (10) government universities in the southern region of Thailand. A total of 768
questionnaires were distributed, and only 346 of them were usable. Approximately, 14 hypotheses were developed and tested with multiple regression and hierarchical regression analyses. The results indicated that several dimensions of service quality and academic quality were significantly related to student satisfaction, and the explanation power of the model increased from 25.6% to 33.5% when value
moderated the relationship which explained the moderating effect of value. Plausible reasons for the findings were discussed within the context of the study. Both practical and theoretical contributions as well as recommendations for future research were made.
Item Type: | Thesis (DBA) |
---|---|
Supervisor : | Md Isa, Filzah and Othman, Abdul Rahim |
Item ID: | 4314 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Service quality, academic quality, student satisfaction, value, and higher education in Thailand |
Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
Divisions: | Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2015 04:04 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2022 01:10 |
Department: | Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business |
Name: | Md Isa, Filzah and Othman, Abdul Rahim |
URI: | https://etd.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4314 |