Service quality and satisfaction: A study of FIBERVNN VNPT Long An

Vu Son Tung1, Tran Thanh Phong2
1 Hong Bang University International, Vietnam
2 College Of Foreign Economic Relation, Vietnam

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The study aims to build a model of the influence of service quality on customer satisfaction. A service quality model of level 2 is applied to evaluate the FiberVNN service of VNPT Long An. A mixed method (qualitative and quantitative research) in which group discussion aims to adjust the scale and to test the hypotheses in the model by SEM. Data for the study is a convenience sample with 431 items collected from individual customers who have used FiberVNN service for more than 6 months in Long An. The results show that all the hypotheses are significant, specifically, image is a part-mediator in the relationship of functional quality and technical quality with customer satisfaction.

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