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The development of HEdPERF: a new measuring instrument of service quality for the higher education sector

The development of HEdPERF: a new measuring instrument of service quality for the higher... Preface Service quality has attracted considerable attention within the tertiary education sector, but despite this, little work has been concentrated on identifying its determinants from the standpoint of students being the primary customers. Thus, it would seem rational to develop a new measurement scale that incorporates not only the academic components, but also aspects of the total service environment as experienced by the student. Likewise, there are many areas of disagreement in the debate over how to measure service quality, and recent research has raised many questions over the principles on which the existing instruments are founded. Although these generic instruments have been tested with some degree of success in wide‐ranging service industries, but their replication in higher education sector is still hazy. This paper describes the methodological development of HEdPERF (Higher Education PERFormance‐only), a new measuring instrument of service quality that captures the authentic determinants of service quality within the higher education sector. The proposed 41‐item instrument has been empirically tested for unidimensionality, reliability and validity using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Such valid and reliable measuring scale would be a tool that tertiary institutions could use to improve service performance in the light of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Consumer Studies Wiley

The development of HEdPERF: a new measuring instrument of service quality for the higher education sector

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1470-6423
eISSN
1470-6431
DOI
10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00480.x
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Abstract

Preface Service quality has attracted considerable attention within the tertiary education sector, but despite this, little work has been concentrated on identifying its determinants from the standpoint of students being the primary customers. Thus, it would seem rational to develop a new measurement scale that incorporates not only the academic components, but also aspects of the total service environment as experienced by the student. Likewise, there are many areas of disagreement in the debate over how to measure service quality, and recent research has raised many questions over the principles on which the existing instruments are founded. Although these generic instruments have been tested with some degree of success in wide‐ranging service industries, but their replication in higher education sector is still hazy. This paper describes the methodological development of HEdPERF (Higher Education PERFormance‐only), a new measuring instrument of service quality that captures the authentic determinants of service quality within the higher education sector. The proposed 41‐item instrument has been empirically tested for unidimensionality, reliability and validity using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Such valid and reliable measuring scale would be a tool that tertiary institutions could use to improve service performance in the light of

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International Journal of Consumer StudiesWiley

Published: Nov 1, 2006

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