Effect service quality on customer decision to use the parcel and luggage delivery service of state railway of Thailand at Sila-at station, Mueang District, Uttaradit Province
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study level of service quality and customer decision to use the parcel and luggage delivery service of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) at Sila-At Station, Muang District, Uttaradit Province and to explore service quality affecting customer decision on using the parcel and luggage delivery service of the State Railway of Thailand at Sila-At Station. The infinite population of this research was customers who used the parcel and luggage delivery service of SRT at Sila-At Station, Muang District, Uttaradit Province. The sample selected by accidental sampling was 400 customers who used the parcel and luggage delivery service of SRT at Sila-At Station. The instruments used were questionnaires. The percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis were the parameters used for statistical analysis. The results revealed that the overall service quality and customer decision on using the parcel and luggage delivery service of SRT at Sila-At Station, Muang District, Uttaradit Province was at a high level. The highest ranked factor was responsiveness followed by reliability, assurance, empathy and tangibles respectively, and all these factors were ranked at a high level. Moreover, customer decision on using the parcel and luggage delivery service of SRT at Sila-At Station was at a high level. The highest ranked factor was post purchase behavior followed by purchase decision, information search, evaluation of alternative, and problem recognition respectively. In addition, the hypothesis testing result showed that service quality factors including reliability, responsiveness and assurance affected customer decision on using the parcel and luggage delivery service of SRT at Sila-At Station, Muang District, Uttaradit Province with statistical significance at 0.05.