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Service quality strategy implementation : a model and the case of the Algarve hotel industry

dc.contributor.authorCândido, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-24T12:11:16Z
dc.date.available2014-03-24T12:11:16Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis is the third of a series of papers addressing the problem of service quality strategy implementation. The first paper focuses on service quality as a function of quality gaps and proposes a comprehensive model that amplifies the areas where to look for service quality gaps (Cândido & Morris, 2000). The second paper focuses on strategy implementation and proposes three interrelated models: a static model of the organisation; a dynamic model of the strategy process; and a mixed model, which integrates static and dynamic models (Cândido & Morris, 2001). Taken together, the four models can help to implement a service quality strategy that simultaneously avoids quality gaps and resistance to change. Now, this paper undertakes a tentative validation of the models. Sample data has been collected through two complementary questionnaires, both implemented in the population of four and five star hotels of the Algarve (FFSHA). Data analysis involves descriptive statistics and statistical tests. In general, the descriptives and the statistical tests do not provide evidence against the models thus supporting their validity. Descriptives have also raised concerns about some possible inconsistent management practices during the implementation of a quality strategy. The paper concludes with insights to managers interested in implementing such a strategy.por
dc.identifier.citationCândido, Carlos J. F. (2005) Service Quality Strategy Implementation – A Model and the Case of the Algarve Hotel Industry, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, Vol. 16, No. 1.por
dc.identifier.issn1478-3363 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1478-3371 (Online)
dc.identifier.otherAUT: CCA00501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3713
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1478336042000255613por
dc.subjectBusiness strategypor
dc.subjectStrategy processpor
dc.subjectStrategy implementationpor
dc.subjectTotal quality managementpor
dc.subjectService qualitypor
dc.subjectQuality gappor
dc.subjectAlgarvepor
dc.subjectHotel industrypor
dc.subjectTourismpor
dc.titleService quality strategy implementation : a model and the case of the Algarve hotel industrypor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage14por
oaire.citation.issue1por
oaire.citation.startPage3por
oaire.citation.titleTotal Quality Management Journalpor
oaire.citation.volume16por
person.familyNameCandido
person.givenNameCarlos Joaquim Farias
person.identifier.ciencia-idDF13-9313-8491
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5875-1243
person.identifier.ridC-3836-2008
person.identifier.scopus-author-id6602395626
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor
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