Asian Review of Social Sciences (ARSS)
A Study on Service Quality in Banks with Special Reference to SIB Customers of Thrissur Town, Kerala
Author : K. R. Mary LiyaVolume 8 No.1 Special Issue:February 2019 pp 80-83
Abstract
In the era of privatization, liberalization and globalization banks play a dynamic role in contributing to the economic development of the country the banking industry in India facing certain challenges that are challenge of quality service, customer satisfaction, customer retention, customer loyalty. Quality service plays a major role in achieving customer satisfaction and creating brand loyalty in banking sector. Service quality is also interrelated to other behavioral outcome of the customers. Study understands the various customer perceptions about service quality factors like assurance, empathy, responsiveness, reliability, and tangibility in banking industry and the satisfaction level towards the banks as service quality reflects the way the banks are performing the present study attempts to explore the perception and expectation of customers in respect to the services provided by banks.
Keywords
Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, Empathy, Tangibles
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