Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants

Restaurant servicescape domain consists of physical and social aspects. Surprisingly, both aspects have been studied independently. This study aims to investigate the unanimous effects of servicescape on consumer behaviour in a full-service context (Malaysia) through the mediating and moderating eff...

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Autores principales: Muhammad Asghar Ali, Ding Hooi Ting, Lina Salim, Muhammad Ahmad-Ur-Rehman
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2ce73848138a46fa916f03b43fa9844f2021-12-02T18:23:51ZInfluence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants2331-197510.1080/23311975.2021.1924923https://doaj.org/article/2ce73848138a46fa916f03b43fa9844f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1924923https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Restaurant servicescape domain consists of physical and social aspects. Surprisingly, both aspects have been studied independently. This study aims to investigate the unanimous effects of servicescape on consumer behaviour in a full-service context (Malaysia) through the mediating and moderating effects of customer satisfaction and perceived crowding. Online survey method was used for data collection. 300 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire. Only 200 properly filled responses were subjected to data analysis using the Smart PLS-SEM technique. Based on the results, servicescape (3rd order construct) directly influenced eWOM and repurchase intentions. An indirect effect through partial mediation of customer satisfaction was also found. Furthermore, perceived crowding positively moderated the relationship between servicescape and customer satisfaction. Limited number of studies have investigated the holistic effects of servicescape on consumption evaluation and consumer behaviour. This is the first study on full-service restaurant context, investigating servicescape as a higher-order construct. Full-service restaurants need to be conscious of servicescape elements to maintain an acceptable level of crowding and to positively influence consumer behaviour.Muhammad Asghar AliDing Hooi TingLina SalimMuhammad Ahmad-Ur-RehmanTaylor & Francis Grouparticleservicescapeperceived crowdingsocial servicescapephysical servicescapefull-service restaurantsewomre-purchase intentionsBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic servicescape
perceived crowding
social servicescape
physical servicescape
full-service restaurants
ewom
re-purchase intentions
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle servicescape
perceived crowding
social servicescape
physical servicescape
full-service restaurants
ewom
re-purchase intentions
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Muhammad Asghar Ali
Ding Hooi Ting
Lina Salim
Muhammad Ahmad-Ur-Rehman
Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants
description Restaurant servicescape domain consists of physical and social aspects. Surprisingly, both aspects have been studied independently. This study aims to investigate the unanimous effects of servicescape on consumer behaviour in a full-service context (Malaysia) through the mediating and moderating effects of customer satisfaction and perceived crowding. Online survey method was used for data collection. 300 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire. Only 200 properly filled responses were subjected to data analysis using the Smart PLS-SEM technique. Based on the results, servicescape (3rd order construct) directly influenced eWOM and repurchase intentions. An indirect effect through partial mediation of customer satisfaction was also found. Furthermore, perceived crowding positively moderated the relationship between servicescape and customer satisfaction. Limited number of studies have investigated the holistic effects of servicescape on consumption evaluation and consumer behaviour. This is the first study on full-service restaurant context, investigating servicescape as a higher-order construct. Full-service restaurants need to be conscious of servicescape elements to maintain an acceptable level of crowding and to positively influence consumer behaviour.
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author Muhammad Asghar Ali
Ding Hooi Ting
Lina Salim
Muhammad Ahmad-Ur-Rehman
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Ding Hooi Ting
Lina Salim
Muhammad Ahmad-Ur-Rehman
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title Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants
title_short Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants
title_full Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants
title_fullStr Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants
title_full_unstemmed Influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: A study on Malaysia’s full-service restaurants
title_sort influence of servicescape on behavioural intentions through mediation and moderation effects: a study on malaysia’s full-service restaurants
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2ce73848138a46fa916f03b43fa9844f
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