Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 12, Issue 2


Published
on

April 5, 2021


Pages

1895-1905


DOI

Article

A Study on Determinants of Customer Satisfaction in E-enabled Bus Booking Platforms


Authors

Amol Deogadkar* Affiliation:
PhD Scholar, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
and Shailendrakumar Kale Affiliation:
Professor and Research Coordinator, Global Business School & Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune


Abstract

E-enabled ventures (especially the online bus booking services ) have witnessed impressive growth in India during last decade. Especially after COVID-19, customer shift towards online services is expected to augment. This paper is an attempt to develop a scale for determinants of customer satisfaction amongst the existing users of online bus booking (e-enabled platform). Using e-SERVQUAL model by Parasuraman et al. (2005), a draft instrument was designed. Since online bus services also includes physical experience of services offered, Tangibility factor was added in the construct. The questionnaire was tested on a sample of existing users of online bus booking services (n=105).

After checking for the adequate reliability score, Exploratory factor Analysis (EFA) was performed. It resulted into extraction of four factors such as Contact, Fulfilment, Privacy and Responsiveness, accounting for 50.5% of total variance explained. Validating this scale on a larger sample for generalisation of the results would be the future agenda of research. Development of India specific scale for e-enabled business models in public transports can be considered as one of the major contribution of this study.


Keywords

E-SERVQUAL, Online bus booking, Privacy, Reliability, e-commerce adoption


Citation

Deogadkar, A. & Kale, S. (2021). A study on determinants of customer satisfaction in e-enabled bus booking platforms. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 12(2), 1895–1905.

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