Determinants of Quality Perception in Educational Administration: Potential Conflict between the Requirements of Internal and External Customers.

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Title: Determinants of Quality Perception in Educational Administration: Potential Conflict between the Requirements of Internal and External Customers.
Language: English
Authors: Galloway, R. L., Wearn, Katrina
Source: Educational Management & Administration. Jan 1998 26(1):35-48.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 1998
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Faculty, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
ISSN: 0263-211X
Abstract: Attempts to measure perceived quality, based on customers' views within the context of a (British) university faculty office, using a modified SERVQUAL instrument. Internal customers demonstrated that perceived quality is driven by task-focused issues, stressing clarity, accuracy, and reliability. External customers, whose usage is more casual, judge quality on the basis of readily apparent, more superficial indicators. (19 references) (MLH)
Entry Date: 1998
Accession Number: EJ562499
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Attempts to measure perceived quality, based on customers' views within the context of a (British) university faculty office, using a modified SERVQUAL instrument. Internal customers demonstrated that perceived quality is driven by task-focused issues, stressing clarity, accuracy, and reliability. External customers, whose usage is more casual, judge quality on the basis of readily apparent, more superficial indicators. (19 references) (MLH)
ISSN:0263-211X