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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022

Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in the Post Pandemic World: A Study of Saudi Auto Care Industry.

Sotirios Zygiaris, Zahid Hameed, Mubarak Ayidh Alsubaie, Shafiq Ur Rehman

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sotirios ZygiarisCollege of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Zahid HameedCollege of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Mubarak Ayidh AlsubaieCollege of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Shafiq Ur RehmanDepartment of Management Sciences, University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University · SAUniversity of Business and Technology · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the impact of service quality on customer satisfaction in the post pandemic world in auto care industry. The car care vendor in the study made effective use of social media to provide responsive updates to the customers in the post pandemic world; such use of social media provides bases for service quality and customer satisfaction. The study examined the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction using the SERVQUAL framework. According to the findings, empathy, reliability, assurance, responsiveness, and tangibles have a significant positive relationship with customer satisfaction. Our findings suggest that it is critical for workshops to recognize the service quality factors that contribute to customer satisfaction. Findings also suggest that empathy, assurance, reliability, responsiveness, and tangibles contribute to customer satisfaction. Auto repair industry must regularly provide personal attention, greet customers in a friendly manner, deliver cars after services, notify customers when additional repairs are required, and take the time to clarify problems to customers. Furthermore, workshops must screen and hire courteous staff who can clearly communicate the services required to customers both in-person and online and effectively communicate the risks associated with repairs. Service quality seems to be aided by prompt services.

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auto carecustomer satisfactionpandemic (COVID-19)Saudi Arabiaservice quality

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PMID35360585
PMCPMC8962199
OpenAlexW4220674168

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