Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AdrianaCavalcante de Farias_DISSERT.pdf: 1085710 bytes, checksum: f0d483558257ce642f9c19d33ba70b2b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-11-04 / This Master of Science Thesis deals with the perception of hotels managers about the factors affecting the loyalty and satisfaction of its customers. It is surveyed a group of managers attending a hotel industry meeting and the results of their responses are compared with three surveys on tourist satisfaction and loyalty factors in Natal, Brazil, including international, national and regional tourist. The main findings suggest a divergence on the managers perception and the customer significant factors affecting satisfaction surveyed, but a certain convergence on the factors affecting loyalty. The research suggest a need for a customer satisfaction and loyalty measurement system in order to contribute for the alignment of managers perception and its customers evaluations / Esta Tese investiga a percep??o dos gestores de hot?is sobre os fatores que afetam a satisfa??o e fidelidade dos clientes de hot?is. ? feita uma pesquisa com gestores de meios hospedagem e comparados os resultados com pesquisas com turistas internacionais, nacionais e regionais a Natal sobre os fatores de sua satisfa??o e fidelidade ao hotel em que se hospedaram. Os principais resultados sugerem uma diverg?ncia entre o que pensam os gerentes e os clientes sobre os fatores da satisfa??o, mas uma certa converg?ncia sobre os fatores da fidelidade. A pesquisa sugere a necessidade da exist?ncia de sistemas de medi??o permanente dos fatores da satisfa??o e fidelidade do cliente para manter um alinhamento dos gerentes ao seu mercado

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoabMS.pdf: 1436441 bytes, checksum: b8de89f097ab89d839ac999284ae02b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / The corporative strategies have been systematically changing since the middle of the 90?s by including measurement of satisfaction and loyalty of the consumers in their organization. strategies. This essay presents a study on the factors that influence on the satisfaction and loyalty of the consumers, and is based on national models of satisfaction rates. For this essay, the new Norwegian model was used. During the period of 01/06/03 until 02/14/03, a field research was developed and applied to 230 tourists visiting the city of Natal/RN / As estrat?gias corporativas v?m mudando desde meados da d?cada de 1990 de forma sistem?tica ao inclu?rem os fatores de medi??es da satisfa??o e da fidelidade dos consumidores em suas estrat?gias organizacionais. Tais mudan?as s?o oriundas da necessidade em aprimorar seus produtos e servi?os, de forma a maximizar a aceita??o e recompra do consumidor. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo dos fatores que influenciam a satisfa??o e a fidelidade dos consumidores, tendo como ferramenta de estudo e an?lise os modelos nacionais de ?ndices de satisfa??o. Para o presente trabalho, foi utilizado o novo modelo noruegu?s proposto. Foi desenvolvida e aplicada uma pesquisa de campo no per?odo de 06/01/03 a 14/02/03, com 230 turistas que visitaram a cidade do Natal/RN

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeonarTB.pdf: 1379454 bytes, checksum: f5fc8da2f731c2f3e72295e5c17b8647 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / This thesis shows concepts and models related to customer satisfaction measurement, focusing in detail on patients satisfaction evaluations in a policlinic sector of a hospital located in Natal RN. To reach this aim, two hundred and fifty one patients of this hospital were interviewed. The methodology approach includes a theoretical basis through a review and study of previous research on the topic, governmental initiatives and management systems which deal with excellence and need more reports concerning customers perceptions about satisfaction. Furthermore, it was included some models of nationals index about customer satisfaction. The Norwegian model was used in this thesis. The use of this approache, together with a multiple regression analysis, led to results that shows the factors which affect patients satisfaction in a policlinic sector. They are four as following: The evaluation of physician attendance; its results; simplicity of accessibility when health services are needed; and both support and tranquility given by the hospital. The study results can support researches of a conceptual model to determinate the aspects which affect the patient s satisfaction and could be a contribution to a development of a national costumer satisfaction index / Esta disserta??o demonstra conceitos e modelos relacionados ? mensura??o da satisfa??o de clientes, avan?ando em particular pela avalia??o da satisfa??o de pacientes do setor ambulatorial de um hospital localizado na cidade de Natal-RN. Para tanto, foram entrevistados 251 pacientes. A metodologia aplicada envolveu uma fundamenta??o te?rica a partir do estudo de trabalhos anteriores, da abordagem de iniciativas governamentais e da observa??o de sistemas de gest?o que buscam a excel?ncia e necessitam de informa??es a respeito da percep??o do cliente em rela??o ? satisfa??o. S?o abordados alguns ?ndices nacionais de satisfa??o de clientes, sendo aplicado o modelo noruegu?s nesta disserta??o. A utiliza??o desta modelagem, juntamente com as an?lises de regress?o m?ltipla, produziu resultados que demonstram que para os entrevistados a avalia??o do atendimento realizado pelo m?dico, os resultados da consulta, a facilidade de acesso aos servi?os de sa?de quando ? necess?rio e o apoio e a tranq?ilidade oferecidos pelo hospital s?o os aspectos que mais influenciam a satisfa??o com a institui??o. Assim, essa disserta??o contribui em estudos que busquem um modelo conceitual para a avalia??o dos fatores que afetam a satisfa??o de clientes, e que podem resultar no desenvolvimento de um ?ndice nacional de satisfa??o de clientes

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlbertoBF_DISSERT.pdf: 4192519 bytes, checksum: 6795a029b50a219cfdea5278c95296c9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-26 / This paper aims to conduct a study to evaluate and measure the possible impact that the unavailability of spare parts can have on customer satisfaction for car dealerships in the post-sales. A theoretical-conceptual review on the subject of satisfaction and loyalty, on the backdrop of the reality of the automobile market, allowed the construction of a research tool dedicated to collect opinions of car owners, to allow an analysis empirical relationship between the availability of parts, repairs or scheduled service possible, and change or stay on the mark on the occasion of change of vehicle. 236 forms were applied to car owners in the city of Natal / RN. The results obtained in this survey allowed the identification of the unavailability of parts as a significant factor, among others, the motivation for the customer to switch brands. Collaterally, we could also conclude that the dynamics of change in marks, whatever its motivation, is reflected in the perceived positions of the different brands as the market share both in strictly quantitative terms and in terms of relative positioning, with significant changes in the ranking of consumer preferences for different brands available / O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de realizar um estudo que avalie e mensure os poss?veis impactos que a indisponibilidade de pe?as de reposi??o pode causar na satisfa??o dos clientes de concession?rias de autom?veis no per?odo p?s-vendas. Uma revis?o te?rico-conceitual sobre o tema da satisfa??o e da fideliza??o de clientes, sobre o pano de fundo da realidade do mercado automobil?stico, permitiu a constru??o de um instrumento de investiga??o dedicado a colher opini?es de propriet?rios de autom?veis, de modo a permitir uma an?lise emp?rica da rela??o entre indisponibilidade de pe?as, em revis?es programadas ou em repara??es eventuais, e a mudan?a de ou perman?ncia na marca por ocasi?o de troca de ve?culo. Foram aplicados 236 formul?rios a propriet?rios de autom?veis na cidade de Natal/RN. A an?lise dos resultados obtidos em tal pesquisa de opini?o permitiu a identifica??o da indisponibilidade de pe?as como um fator significante, dentre outros, para a motiva??o do cliente em mudar de marca. Colateralmente, foi poss?vel tamb?m concluir que a din?mica de mudan?a de marcas, qualquer que seja sua motiva??o, tem reflexos percept?veis nas posi??es das distintas marcas quanto a fatias de mercado, tanto em termos estritamente quantitativos, quanto em termos de posicionamento relativo, com altera??es significantes no ranking de prefer?ncias do consumidor pelas distintas marcas dispon?veis no mercado

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlcyAF.pdf: 1096444 bytes, checksum: 97feebcb56699f550246ea8427a52e77 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / This Master of Science Thesis deals with the customer satisfaction and loyalty focusing on a private higher education institution in Bel?m city, Brazil. The literature review focuses on costumer satisfaction and loyalty concepts and theory, models of quality managing systems and methodologies of costumer satisfaction measurement. The research was a survey with a random stratified sample of 329 undergraduate students of Business Administration at the Faculdade do Par? , in the morning and the night periods. The data analysis was made through the descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The main findings are that the model was satisfactory and the main factors affecting Satisfaction to the School were Best Professor Didatics (beta=0.297), Courses Contents (beta=0.280), Clerks Sympathy (beta=0.201), and Number of Students in Classroom (beta=0,187) with a adjusted R2 = 0,47. The main factors affecting School Loyalty with an adjusted R2 = 0,43 were School Image (beta=0.383), Affective Commitment (beta=0.255), and Satisfaction with Professors (beta=0,218). The findings suggest also that may be differences between the set of students and those that complain for something / Esta tese investiga os fatores que contribuem para a satisfa??o e fidelidade do cliente, usando um modelo baseado em Johnson(2001), aplicado no setor de servi?o e especificamente em educa??o superior. A revis?o da literatura foi direcionada para os conceitos de satisfa??o e fidelidade do cliente, modelos de sistemas de gest?o da qualidade e m?todos que dimensionam a satisfa??o do consumidor. ? realizada uma pesquisa tipo survey com 329 alunos de gradua??o em Administra??o da Faculdade do Par?, nos turnos da manh? e da noite. A an?lise conduzida utilizou de estat?stica descritiva e an?lise de regress?o m?ltipla. Os principais resultados mostram que o modelo geral ? satisfat?rio e apontam para que os fatores qualidade do Did?tica do Melhor Professor (beta=0,297), o Conte?do das Disciplinas (beta=0,280), a Simpatia dos Funcion?rios (beta=0,201), e a Quantidade de Alunos em Sala de Aula (beta=0,187) foram os fatores significativos a explicar a Satisfa??o com a Faculdade para o conjunto dos alunos (R2ajustado = 0,47). Por seu turno, os principais fatores a explicar Fidelidade ? Faculdade (R2ajustado=0,43) foram a Imagem da Faculdade (beta=0,383), o Compromisso Afetivo (beta=0,255), e a Satisfa??o com Professores (beta=0,218). Os resultados sugerem ainda haver diferen?as entre o conjunto dos alunos e aqueles que reclamaram de algum problema

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FranciscoAC.pdf: 1386214 bytes, checksum: 3c754f8c0154cb5dd4c1bb62a81da4af (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / This Thesis deals with a study on customer satisfaction and loyalty focusing on a model of factors antecedents of customer satisfaction and loyalty. The model is based on a Satisfaction Index model adopted in Norway developed by Johnson et al.(2001) and the service quality drivers from the literature. It is surveyed a sample of tourist in Natal. It is used a survey questionnaire applied at the airport in the departure moment of the tourist. The final sample results on 198 cases. Is is used a multiple regression analysis as the method to verify the factor affecting satisfaction and loyalty. Two models arise from the analysis. The first model concerning satisfaction results with cleaness and hygiene of the bathroom, leisure facilities, employees promptness, and price as the significant factors affecting satisfaction. The model has a R2 of 0.6430 and the also check in service, cleaness of the apartment and the hotel in general, bedroom setting have colinearity with some factors entering the model. The loyalty model results with satisfaction, affective commitment as the main factors affecting loyalty, with a R2 0.5396, and also image has collinearity with satisfaction. A small part of the sample has complained and this factor was not considered in the models. The results are consistent with the literature in term of quality as the main driver of the satisfaction and that it is not the only one factor to explain loyalty / Esta tese de mestrado tem como estrat?gia de estudo os fatores que contribuem para a satisfa??o e fidelidade do cliente, enfocando o novo modelo de ?ndice noruegu?s de satisfa??o e fidelidade do consumidor, aplicado no setor de servi?o hoteleiro em Natal, Brasil. Considerando as caracter?sticas dos servi?os prestados pelas organiza??es que lidam com os meios de hospedagem, a pesquisa te?rica foi direcionada para os conceitos de satisfa??o e fidelidade do cliente, modelos de sistemas de gest?o da qualidade e m?todos que dimensionam a satisfa??o do consumidor. A pesquisa de campo foi com 198 h?spedes, realizada no per?odo de 23 a 31 de julho de 2003, com os turistas que se hospedaram nos hot?is em Natal. As an?lises dos dados foram feitas atrav?s da estat?stica descritiva e an?lise de regress?o m?ltipla. Os resultados evidenciam que as principais vari?veis que influenciaram a satisfa??o s?o: limpeza e higieniza??o do banheiro do apartamento, ?rea de lazer do hotel, presteza dos funcion?rios e pre?o pago ao hotel que explicam 64,30% da varia??o na satisfa??o com os hot?is. Em rela??o ? fidelidade dos h?spedes, os construtos antecedentes que influenciaram foram: a satisfa??o dos h?spedes e compromisso afetivo, os quais explicam 52,95% da variabilidade dos dados

The aim of this diploma thesis was to analyse services provided by a hotel in the historical center of Český Krumlov and to evaluate the customer satisfaction with these services. As the next step, I looked into a proposal to improve some of those services and to design new ones, which have, so far, been missed by the customers in the offer. The work was based on a survey, which was carried out during the summer and in the beginning of the autumn 2008. The opening part of the thesis mentions theoretical basis connected with the specialised literature. The work itself continues with the results of the survey (questionnaire). The closing part of the work suggests improvements and new packages of services for clients.

The thesis examines the development of the satisfaction of customers of the E.ON energy corporation during 2005 ? 2010 on the basis of a MAC CASA survey. The outcome is assessed in comparison with implemented marketing measures, the development of prices, and other factors relating to the period in question. The assessment is followed by recommendations aimed at improving customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Titel: Prestationsmätningar och medarbetarengagemang: En fallstudie om kopplingen mellan medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet och långsiktiga mål samt strategier   Nivå: C-uppsats i ämnet företagsekonomi   Författare: Sanna Almqvist och Pernilla Wiberg   Handledare: Tomas Källquist   Datum: 2018 – januari   Syfte: Bakgrunden till denna studie grundar sig i att tidigare forskning lyfter olika aspekter av nyttan av prestationsmätning ur ledare eller företagets perspektiv. De efterfrågar dock mer forskning om hur medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar leder till engagemang. Vårt syfte är därmed att öka förståelsen för hur medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet engagerar dem i deras vardagliga arbete att sträva mot långsiktiga mål och strategier.                       Metod: Denna studie grundar sig i ett aktörssynsätt med ett hermeneutiskt och socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv. Insamlandet av det empiriska datamaterialet har skett genom kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuerna omfattats av teman som återfunnits vid skapandet av den teoretiska referensramen som bygger på tidigare forskning inom ämnet. Genom en abduktiv forskningsansats har det empiriska datamaterialet och den teoretiska referensramen analyserats i samspel och påverkat varandra för att kunna besvara studiens syfte.                                            Slutsats: Slutsatsen i studien är att positiv inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet engagerar medarbetare i det vardagliga arbetet. Studien tyder ytterligare på att olika engagemang hos medarbetare leder till strävan mot olika slags mål.   Studiens bidrag: Denna studie bidrar ur en teoretisk synvinkel till att belysa medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet, samt deras perspektiv på koppling mellan prestationsmätning och långsiktiga mål och strategier. Vidare bekräftas även tidigare forskning inom medarbetarengagemang.   Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Studien kommer fram till att det skulle vara intressant att vidare forskning belyser likheter och skillnader inom de två olika spåren av prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet som återfunnits i denna studie, indirekta och direkta. / Title: Performance measures and employee engagement: A case study about the connection between employees attitude toward customer satisfaction measures and long-term goals and strategies.   Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration   Author: Sanna Almqvist and Pernilla Wiberg   Supervisor: Tomas Källquist   Date: 2018 – january   Aim: The background to this study is based on previous research highlighting different aspects of the benefit of performance measurement from a leader or company perspective. But they request more research on how employees attitude to performance measurements leads to engagement. Our aim is thus to increase understanding of how employees' attitude towards performance measurements within customer satisfaction engages them in their daily work to strive towards long-term goals and strategies.   Method: This study is influenced by a hermeneutic and social constructionist perspective. The empirical data has been collected through qualitative semistructured interviews. The interviews were covered by topics that were found in theoretical framework based on previous research on the subject. Through an abductive research method, empirical data and the theoretical frame of reference have been analyzed in interaction and influenced each other in order to answer the aim of the study.                                            Conclusions: The conclusion of the study is that a positive attitude toward measurements within customer satisfaction, engage employees in everyday work. The study also points to that different involvement of employees leads to the pursuit of different kinds of goals.   Contribution of the thesis: This study, from a theoretical point of view, contributes to illustrating employees' attitude to customer satisfaction measurements, as well as their perspective on linking performance measurement with long-term goals and strategies. Furthermore, previous research in employee engagement is also confirmed.   Suggestions for future research: The study reveals that it would be interesting for further research to illustrate similarities and differences within the two different traces of customer satisfaction measurements found in this study, indirect and direct measurements of customer satisfaction.

O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre a identificação dos atributos e das dimensões da qualidade dos serviços prestados pelos laboratórios acreditados ou em processo de acreditação da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), sob a perspectiva das empresas-cliente que utilizam estes serviços. A operacionalização da pesquisa realizou-se, inicialmente, por meio de um estudo qualitativo de caráter exploratório, com aplicação de dezesseis entrevistas individuais, com uma abordagem semi-estruturada, mediante a aplicação de um roteiro de questões. Com base nos atributos identificados na pesquisa qualitativa, foi elaborado um questionário estruturado, o qual foi aplicado a 160 empresas, resultando em um total de 147 casos válidos. Por meio da análise fatorial, o conjunto de 28 atributos foi agrupado em sete dimensões de análise ou fatores, que representam um índice de explicação de 70,32% da variação dos dados originais. Além disso, por meio da regressão linear múltipla foi possível explicar 64,7% da satisfação geral das empresas-cliente em função de apenas sete atributos. / This work presents a study on the quality attributes and dimensions of the services offered by the accredited laboratories or in accreditation process of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), on a company based perspective. The operationalization of the research was done thru the application of sixteen individual interviews, with a semi-structured approach. With the identification of the attributes in a qualitative process, was elaborated a structured questionnaire, which was applied in 160 companies, resulting in 147 valid cases. In factorial analysis, 28 attributes were grouped into seven analysis dimensions or factors, which represent an explication factor of 70,32% of variation from the original data. Furthermore, by means multiple linear regression, it was possible to explain a 64,7% general satisfaction index of the companies only with these seven attributes.