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KMID : 0379220090290020579
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2009 Volume.29 No. 2 p.579 ~ p.591
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Effects of service quality to service satisfaction and decision making in elderly care facility
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Kim In
Shin Hak-Gene
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is what are the factors affecting decision making for selection of social welfare facility, esp., elderly care facility. The resident’s selection for social welfare facility are relatively new terms in the Korean social work. To explore the factors, we employed an empirical study. The collected data was analyzed by using SEM(Structural equation modeling). As the results, the standardized regression coefficient of the hypothesis that the service quality will affect the service satisfaction is equal to 0.555(t=6.723, p<0.01) and the coefficient that the service satisfaction will affect the decision making is equal to 0.766. The absolute fitness of the SEM model shows χ² = 580.151(d.f.=317, p-value=0.000) and RMSEA=0.063, so that the model is absolutely fit. Since CFI=0.915, the model is comparatively fit. Conclusively speaking, the hypothesis that service quality affects to service satisfaction was supported. The hypothesis that service satisfaction affects to decision making was also supported. By accounting for the results of the analysis, this study verified the service quality leading to service satisfaction is an important factor for resident to select a residential facility.
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KEYWORD
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elderly care facility, service quality, service satisfaction, decision making
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