ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI KHOA QUẢN TRỊ VÀ KINH DOANH --------------------- KHƯƠNG NHƯ QUỲNH A RESEARCH OF THE EFFECT OF SERVICE QUALITY TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN IZONE IELTS TRAINING ACADEMY NGHIÊN CỨU ẢNH HƯỞNG CỦA CHẤT LƯỢNG DỊCH VỤ ĐẾN SỰ HÀI LÒNG CỦA KHÁCH HÀNG TẠI HỌC VIỆN ĐÀO TẠO IELTS IZONE LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH HÀ NỘI - 2020 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI KHOA QUẢN TRỊ VÀ KINH DOANH --------------------- KHƯƠNG NHƯ QUỲNH A RESEARCH OF THE EFFECT OF SERVICE QUALITY TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN IZONE IELTS TRAINING ACADEMY NGHIÊN CỨU ẢNH HƯỞNG CỦA CHẤT LƯỢNG DỊCH VỤ ĐẾN SỰ HÀI LÒNG CỦA KHÁCH HÀNG TẠI HỌC VIỆN ĐÀO TẠO IELTS IZONE Chuyên ngành: Quản trị kinh doanh Mã số: 60 34 01 02 LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH NGƯỜI HƯỚNG DẪN KHOA HỌC: TS. TRẦN KIM HÀO HÀ NỘI - 2020 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com DECLARATION The author confirms that the research outcome in the thesis is the result of author‟s independent work during study and research period and it is not yet published in other‟s research and article. The other‟s research result and documentation (extraction, table, figure, formula, and other document) used in the thesis are cited properly and the permission (if required) is given. The author is responsible in front of the Thesis Assessment Committee, Hanoi School of Business and Management, and the laws for above-mentioned declaration.
31st of August, 2019 i TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENT After studying MBA course, I have attained plenty of various knowledge, skills and insights. The course raises my capacity of administration and management up to the next level. I declare that this is a true copy of my thesis. The content of this thesis has been approved by the committee of Vietnam National University, Hanoi – Hanoi School of Business and Management (HSB).
This thesis has not been submitted for a higher degree to any other University or Institution. I would like to thank sincerely people for heloping, supporting and guiding me conscientiously in order to finish this thesis successfully. First of all, I would like to thank all the professors of MBA program, especially Dr. Tran Kim Hao – my supervisor.
Then I would like to thank deeply to the directors and staff of IZONE IELTS Training Academy, respondents and interviewees who allowed me to gather enough data for this research. Finally, I would like to express my thanks to my husband, my family, my colleges and my fellow friends who always stand by me during the past two years and encourage me to keep moving from the beginning of my study. ii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ABBREVIATION EFA Exploratory Factor Analysis iii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.academy LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. The relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction.
Service Quality 5 Gap Model in SERVQUAL .4: Conceptual model of the research .1: Organization Chart of IZONE IELTS Training Academy .3: Current enrolled course at IZONE statistic .4: Referral channel statistic .5: Referral intention statistic .6: Calibration model of customer satisfaction .academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.academy LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Compare the two SERVQUAL and SERVPERF model .1: Categories of IELTS training center in Hanoi .1: Factors table after Cronbach test .2: Reliable observed variables after running exploratory factor analysis .7: Table of Descriptive statistic of grouped factors after run exploratory factor analysis .3: Correlation test result. 38 Table 3: Cronbach analysis result. KMO and Bartlett's Test result.
Total Variance Explained test result. Rotated Component Matrixa test result. 60 Table 11: Model Summaryb test result. 64 Table 12: ANOVAa test result.
64 Table 13: Coefficientsa test result. 64 Table 14: Levene Statistic of age group test result. 64 Table 15: ANOVA Statistic of age group test result. 65 Table 16: Levene Statistic of group of referral channel test result.
65 Table 17: ANOVA Statistic of group of referral channel test result. 65 Table 18: Levene Statistic of group of current enrolled courses at IZONE test result. 65 Table 19: ANOVA Statistic of group of current enrolled courses at IZONE test result .academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.academy TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION. Aim of research.
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. Theoretical background review. Dimensions of service quality. The relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction.
Service quality assessment models. Service Quality Gap Model. 10-component of service quality model. SERVQUAL and SERVPERF models.
Research conceptual model. Proposed hypothesis of the research. 15 CHAPTER II: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. Sampling design and procedure.academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.
Data collection instrument. Data analysis methods. 19 CHAPTER III: CURRENT SITUATION OF IZONE IELTS TRAINING ACADEMY. Current situation of IELTS training market in Hanoi.
Situation of IELTS training service in Hanoi. Overview of IZONE IELTS Training Academy. IZONE general information. IZONE‟s differences in the IELTS training market.
IZONE‟s organizational information. IELTS course levels in IZONE. Current situation of IELTS trainining service quality in IZONE. IZONE‟s IELTS teachers:.
IZONE‟s training program design:. IZONE‟s training materials:. IZONE‟s supportive service:. 31 CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING RESULTS.
Demographic and general statistic. General information of IZONE learning customer analysis. Customer satisfaction questionnaire analysis. Exploratory Factor Analysis .academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.
Testing research hypotheses. 40 CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION. Finding result discussion. 43 CONCLUSION, LIMITATION AND IMPLICATION.
Limitation of Sampling. Limitation of Bias by respondents. Limitation of the option format of the answers .academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. Research rationale In recent years, along with the integration trend, economic change and growth, the demand for English learning is increasing in Vietnam.
However, english learners are form all backgrounds, ages, and learning purposes. To follow this rapid growing trend, various types of English schools and training centers are mushrooming in Vietnam and particularly in Hanoi and focusing on: English communication skills, vocaburary and grammar, with ranging from Basic to Advanced level. Especially, training IELTS, TOEFL as international English proficiency certificates is the extremely hot trend with hundreds of training centers with a variety of cost and quality. According to experts in education field of Vietnam, there is an inverse relationship between quantity and quality of English language centers operating in the country.
Several schools attract learners only with favorable training courses, modern facilities, vermicular or foreign and experienced teachers, etc. However, after less than one week of training in reality, they fail to provide promised learning conditions, from teaching staffs, training contents and training methods. Specifically, in terms of teaching workforce, many academies advertise their academic personnel as carefully selected foreigners coming from English - speaking countries, certificated and experienced English lecturers. However, many of them are actually English tourists who know English quite well but have zero experience in neither English teaching or pedagogic approach.
The reality has raised great difficulties for learners and also learners‟ parents in finding a prestige English center. Educational and media experts in Vietnam have spent a lot of time and effort in discussing the issue for years, but not yet reached final research findings and effective assessment of this situation. Therefore, it is crutial for English training schools, especially IELTS centers to concentrate on evaluating the satisfaction of their learners given to their service quality in order to propose sustainable development strategies and implement the strategies in competitive context of the following years. IZONE IELTS Training Academy has existed in the IELTS training market for 5 years and has gained significant achievements.
However, according to the estimated percentage of IELTS learners who drop out while studying and discontinue to study the next level, which is respectively 15% and 40%, IZONE training service quality is recognized to remain several problems during these years of operation and development. Therefore, this research aims at evaluating what factors affect customer satisfaction of IZONE service quality so as to find solutions for decreasing the current dropout rate and 1 (LUAN.academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.academy rising the proportion applying for the next level courses. For this reason, the researcher selected the topic: “A research of the effect of service quality to customer satisfaction in IZONE IELTS training academy”. Literature review Unlike tangible product manufacturers, training institutions find it difficult to standardize service quality, because it depends not only on specific quality policy of the training centers, but also on customers‟ needs and wants (Bunn et al.
The level of customer satisfaction determines the existence and sustainable growth of organizations (Phillip Kotler, 2011). The Servqual (Service quality) scale model (Parasuraman et al., 1985) is one of the famous model in marketing that used to evaluate the service quality. Many researchers who tested the Servqual scale with different theories have evaluated the reliability and high value of the Servqual scale model. This scale can be applied in the different services‟ sectors such as education, hospitality, retail and others sectors.
The Servqual model measures service quality based on the perception by customers who using its service. Parasuraman et al (1985) said that in any services the quality of service perceived by customers could apply to the scale of the model including the 10 components Reliable, Responsiveness, Competence, Access, Courtesy, Communication, Credibility, Security, Empathy, Tangibles. Later, many authors tested 5-scale model as noticed some overlapping scales and close correlation. Cronin and Taylor (1992, 1995) systemarized Servqual model into Servperf model which had 5 factors according to flexibility depending on the service sector.
The model applied for this research includes 5 key factors determining the quality of the service including: reliability, responsiveness, assuarance, empathy, and tangibles. Aim of research The principle objective of this research is to analyze how service quality affects customer satisfaction in IZONE IELTS Training Academy. Additionally, the researcher will examine that what the customers feel about IZONE‟s service quality and what factors of service quality mainly influence them to feel satisfied during learning in IZONE. This research also figures out what factors make customers feel unsatisfied in order to improve.
Research objects This research will focus on customers who have been learning in IZONE IELTS Training Academy in August of 2019 5. Research scope - Scope of contents: Service quality and customer satisfaction 2 (LUAN.academy TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.academy - Scope of space: IZONE IELTS Training Academy in Hanoi - Scope of time: The research questionnaire was surveyed in August of 2019. - Scope of sample: Approximately 130 responses from IZONE customers who are learning a course of IZONE in Hanoi, 6. Thesis structure The first part of the study will outline the research rationale, literature review, research objectives, research objects, research scope, research methodology and thesis structure Chapter 1: Literature Review Chapter one will discuss about the content includes literature review, relevant conceptual models, proposed theoretical framework and hypotheses development in detail.
Chapter 2: Research Methodology Chapter two of the study will discuss about research methodology with research approach, process, design, data collection methods, sampling design, research instrument, constructs measurement, data processing and data analysis. Chapter 3: Current situation of IZONE IELTS Training Academy Chapter three describes the overview of IELTS training industry and the current situation of IZONE IELTS Training Academy in term of service quality. Chapter 4: Research results Chapter four will shows questionnaires which will be constructed, in the form of charts and tables. The analytical results which get through SPSS version 20.0 will be discussed relate to the hypotheses and research question.
Chapter 5: Research discussion and recommendation Chapter five will discuss about statistical analysis results in the chapter four and recommend solutions to improve the variable that have the lowest score in the questionnaire analysis.