Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to use SERVQUAL to measure Generation Y’s (Gen Y) perceived service quality and its effects on their satisfaction toward the Malaysian hotel industry.
Design/methodology/approach
The required data were collected through questionnaire, distributed to 200 respondents in four areas of Klang Valley. The collected data were put through multiple regression to identify the effect of SERVQUAL dimensions on service quality.
Findings
The results reveal that all the elements of SERVQUAL, except tangibility, had a significant and positive relationship with customer satisfaction.
Research limitations/implications
It is a niche area research which is done on a small population in a specified geographical area within Malaysia, though its research implications are significant and add significantly to the tourism literature with respect to Gen Y.
Practical implications
This research holds importance in the growing service tourism and hoteling industry in Malaysia, where Gen Y holds a key economic position and is predicted
to grow even further in the near future.
Originality/value
It is a niche area research done on very specific consumers in Malaysia. It, therefore, adds to the emerging field of tourism in relation to Gen Y.
The purpose of this paper is to use SERVQUAL to measure Generation Y’s (Gen Y) perceived service quality and its effects on their satisfaction toward the Malaysian hotel industry.
Design/methodology/approach
The required data were collected through questionnaire, distributed to 200 respondents in four areas of Klang Valley. The collected data were put through multiple regression to identify the effect of SERVQUAL dimensions on service quality.
Findings
The results reveal that all the elements of SERVQUAL, except tangibility, had a significant and positive relationship with customer satisfaction.
Research limitations/implications
It is a niche area research which is done on a small population in a specified geographical area within Malaysia, though its research implications are significant and add significantly to the tourism literature with respect to Gen Y.
Practical implications
This research holds importance in the growing service tourism and hoteling industry in Malaysia, where Gen Y holds a key economic position and is predicted
to grow even further in the near future.
Originality/value
It is a niche area research done on very specific consumers in Malaysia. It, therefore, adds to the emerging field of tourism in relation to Gen Y.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 62-74 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Tourism Futures |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 May 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors.Keywords
- Malaysia
- Service quality
- SERVQUAL
- Hotel Industry
- Gen Y