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The Influence of Express Mail Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction: Evidence from EMS Ethiopia


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1 Assistant Professor, Researcher and Community Service Provider, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
2 MBA, Private Business Person, GAMBY Medical and Business College, Ethiopia
3 Assistant Professor, Marketing, Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce, Ethiopia
     

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The study examined the association between service quality and customer satisfaction in Ethiopian Express Mail Service (EMS Ethiopia). It had adopted explanatory design using quantitative data collected using standardized questionnaire. The instrument used was the SERVPERF model, consisting of the five quality dimensions (Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance and Empathy). Data were collected from a sample of 384 respondents who send their documents and parcels through EMS Ethiopia over a period of two consecutive weeks. The findings of the study indicated that all service quality dimensions have positive and significant influence on customers’ satisfaction except tangibility. Of all the service quality dimensions Empathy has the most important influence on customer satisfaction followed by Responsiveness. Hence improving the quality of service will help strengthen the satisfaction of customers in EMS Ethiopia. Future research should study by reaching other organizations to better generalize about the Ethiopian Business Environment in general.

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Service Quality, Service Quality Dimensions, Customer Satisfaction
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Authors

Mengistu Bogale Ayele
Assistant Professor, Researcher and Community Service Provider, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Habtamu Bekele
MBA, Private Business Person, GAMBY Medical and Business College, Ethiopia
Mesfin Workineh
Assistant Professor, Marketing, Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce, Ethiopia

Abstract


The study examined the association between service quality and customer satisfaction in Ethiopian Express Mail Service (EMS Ethiopia). It had adopted explanatory design using quantitative data collected using standardized questionnaire. The instrument used was the SERVPERF model, consisting of the five quality dimensions (Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance and Empathy). Data were collected from a sample of 384 respondents who send their documents and parcels through EMS Ethiopia over a period of two consecutive weeks. The findings of the study indicated that all service quality dimensions have positive and significant influence on customers’ satisfaction except tangibility. Of all the service quality dimensions Empathy has the most important influence on customer satisfaction followed by Responsiveness. Hence improving the quality of service will help strengthen the satisfaction of customers in EMS Ethiopia. Future research should study by reaching other organizations to better generalize about the Ethiopian Business Environment in general.

Keywords


Service Quality, Service Quality Dimensions, Customer Satisfaction

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