Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception

The purpose of this research is to inspect in what extent service quality and satisfaction influence the purchase intention from a restaurant when perception employed as a mediating function. In order to test the proposed conceptual framework, this research used a sample of 200 tourists’ who visited...

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Main Authors: Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Abdullah, Muhammad Madi, AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem, Moudud, Hasan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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spelling iium-426852016-02-13T05:26:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/ Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Abdullah, Muhammad Madi AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem Moudud, Hasan HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products The purpose of this research is to inspect in what extent service quality and satisfaction influence the purchase intention from a restaurant when perception employed as a mediating function. In order to test the proposed conceptual framework, this research used a sample of 200 tourists’ who visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research included both domestic and international tourists. Apart from confirmatory factor analysis, this research applied structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. The results show that the relationships among the variables are all significant. Moreover, the mediating effect of perception in between service quality and purchase intention is partial. On the other hand, the role of perception as a mediation in between the relationship of tourists’ satisfaction and their purchase intention from a restaurant was significant. This research offers substantial data for the restaurant managers to be aware about which criteria meet the expectation of the tourists’ in order to attract their restaurant services in a consistent and attractive manner. This research also contributes to the existing knowledge of tourism study by focusing on the restaurant sectors of Malaysia. Keywords: Tourists’ Purchase Intention, Service Quality, Perception, Satisfaction 2015-04-13 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/1/42685.pdf Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir and Abdullah, Muhammad Madi and AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem and Moudud, Hasan (2015) Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception. In: International Conference on Natural Resources, Tourism And Services Management 2015, 14-16 April 2015, Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. http://submit.confbay.com/conf/icnts2015
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language English
topic HF Commerce
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
spellingShingle HF Commerce
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
Abdullah, Muhammad Madi
AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem
Moudud, Hasan
Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
description The purpose of this research is to inspect in what extent service quality and satisfaction influence the purchase intention from a restaurant when perception employed as a mediating function. In order to test the proposed conceptual framework, this research used a sample of 200 tourists’ who visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research included both domestic and international tourists. Apart from confirmatory factor analysis, this research applied structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. The results show that the relationships among the variables are all significant. Moreover, the mediating effect of perception in between service quality and purchase intention is partial. On the other hand, the role of perception as a mediation in between the relationship of tourists’ satisfaction and their purchase intention from a restaurant was significant. This research offers substantial data for the restaurant managers to be aware about which criteria meet the expectation of the tourists’ in order to attract their restaurant services in a consistent and attractive manner. This research also contributes to the existing knowledge of tourism study by focusing on the restaurant sectors of Malaysia. Keywords: Tourists’ Purchase Intention, Service Quality, Perception, Satisfaction
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
Abdullah, Muhammad Madi
AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem
Moudud, Hasan
author_facet Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
Abdullah, Muhammad Madi
AbdelFattah, Fadi AbdelMuniem
Moudud, Hasan
author_sort Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
title Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
title_short Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
title_full Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
title_fullStr Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
title_full_unstemmed Tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
title_sort tourists’ intention in selection of a restaurant: testing a mediating influence of perception
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42685/
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