Asian Journal of Research in Marketing
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 6

An investigation of the impact of service features on customer satisfaction (case study: bank industry of Iran)

  • Author:
  • Vahid Reza Mirabia, Amir Khazaeib, Leila Ebrahimib
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 201 to 207

aFaculty of Management, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

bDepartment of Management, Qeshm International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran

Online published on 16 December, 2014.

Abstract

Service quality has been found to be a multidimensional construct that is composed of two sets of attributes: structure and process. Customers make inferences about the service quality on the basis of tangibles and intangibles natures of the services that surround the service environment. So, the objective of this study is to investigate the impact of interactive features and physical features of the study on customer satisfaction in bank industry of Iran. To do so, a sample of 263 bank customers was selected and had filled the questionnaires. Data were collected with questionnaire instruments. Model was developed and tested with structural equation model (SEM) using Smart PLS software to analyze. The results show that both interactive features and physical features have positive impact on customer satisfaction, also findings showed that customer satisfaction either have positive impact on word of mouth communication among bank customers.

Keywords

Service features, interactive features, physical features, customer satisfaction, word of mouth