The effect of competition on expectation, perception and loyalty to service offers

This article focuses on the effect of competition on expectations, perception, and loyalty to service offers. Questionnaires were used to gather data from second year students at the University of Iceland, where three faculties in particular face local competition, the faculty of law, the faculty of...

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Main Author: Guðlaugsson, Þórhallur Örn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Research in applied business and economics 2006
Subjects:
K2
L4
Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2006.4.1.2
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2266 2023-08-20T04:07:32+02:00 The effect of competition on expectation, perception and loyalty to service offers Áhrif samkeppni á væntingar, skynjun og tryggð við þjónustutilboð Guðlaugsson, Þórhallur Örn 2006-06-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2006.4.1.2 isl ice Research in applied business and economics Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2006.4.1.2/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2006.4.1.2 Copyright (c) 2016 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál Research in applied business and economics; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2006); 27-58 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál; Bnd. 4 Nr. 1 (2006); 27-58 1670-4851 1670-4444 Expectation perception loyalty service K2 L4 Væntingar skynjun tryggð þjónusta info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2006 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:31Z This article focuses on the effect of competition on expectations, perception, and loyalty to service offers. Questionnaires were used to gather data from second year students at the University of Iceland, where three faculties in particular face local competition, the faculty of law, the faculty of economics and business administration, and the faculty of engineering. The main findings of the study indicate that students at the three faculties facing strong local competition report similar expectations as do students at other faculties. However, the results also indicate that they are less tolerant; that the increase competition has lead to higher demands. The results furthermore suggest that the students of the competitive faculties demonstrate less loyalty than do students at other faculties and that in the case of these faculties the University is shifting from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. Viðfangsefni þessarar greinar er að skoða áhrif samkeppni á væntingar, skynjun og tryggð við þjónustutilboð. Stuðst er við gögn úr könnunum meðal nemenda á öðru ári við Háskóla Íslands en þar eru það fyrst og fremst þrjár deildir sem búa við mikla samkeppni, lagadeild, viðskipta? og hagfræðideild og verkfræðideild. Meginniðurstaða rannsóknarinnar er sú að nemendur í samkeppnisdeildunum þremur virðast í grundvallaratriðum hafa svipaðar væntingar til þjónustu og nemendur annarra deilda. Umburðarlyndi þeirra virðist hins vegar vera minna, sem bendir til þess að aukin samkeppni hafi þau áhrif að kröfur aukast. Niðurstöður benda enn fremur til þess að nemendur samkeppnisdeildanna sýni sinni deildi minni tryggð en nemendur annarra deilda og bendir allt til þess að skólinn sé að færast af seljandamarkaði yfir á kaupendamarkað hvað þær deildir varðar. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Mikla ENVELOPE(-6.300,-6.300,62.350,62.350)
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topic Expectation
perception
loyalty
service
K2
L4
Væntingar
skynjun
tryggð
þjónusta
spellingShingle Expectation
perception
loyalty
service
K2
L4
Væntingar
skynjun
tryggð
þjónusta
Guðlaugsson, Þórhallur Örn
The effect of competition on expectation, perception and loyalty to service offers
topic_facet Expectation
perception
loyalty
service
K2
L4
Væntingar
skynjun
tryggð
þjónusta
description This article focuses on the effect of competition on expectations, perception, and loyalty to service offers. Questionnaires were used to gather data from second year students at the University of Iceland, where three faculties in particular face local competition, the faculty of law, the faculty of economics and business administration, and the faculty of engineering. The main findings of the study indicate that students at the three faculties facing strong local competition report similar expectations as do students at other faculties. However, the results also indicate that they are less tolerant; that the increase competition has lead to higher demands. The results furthermore suggest that the students of the competitive faculties demonstrate less loyalty than do students at other faculties and that in the case of these faculties the University is shifting from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. Viðfangsefni þessarar greinar er að skoða áhrif samkeppni á væntingar, skynjun og tryggð við þjónustutilboð. Stuðst er við gögn úr könnunum meðal nemenda á öðru ári við Háskóla Íslands en þar eru það fyrst og fremst þrjár deildir sem búa við mikla samkeppni, lagadeild, viðskipta? og hagfræðideild og verkfræðideild. Meginniðurstaða rannsóknarinnar er sú að nemendur í samkeppnisdeildunum þremur virðast í grundvallaratriðum hafa svipaðar væntingar til þjónustu og nemendur annarra deilda. Umburðarlyndi þeirra virðist hins vegar vera minna, sem bendir til þess að aukin samkeppni hafi þau áhrif að kröfur aukast. Niðurstöður benda enn fremur til þess að nemendur samkeppnisdeildanna sýni sinni deildi minni tryggð en nemendur annarra deilda og bendir allt til þess að skólinn sé að færast af seljandamarkaði yfir á kaupendamarkað hvað þær deildir varðar.
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title The effect of competition on expectation, perception and loyalty to service offers
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