Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16270
Author(s): | Eurico, S. Pinto, P. Silva, J. A. Marques, C. |
Date: | 2018 |
Title: | The ECSI model in higher education in tourism: a segmentation analysis in the Portuguese case |
Volume: | 66 |
Number: | 2 |
Pages: | 208 - 226 |
ISSN: | 1332-7461 |
Keywords: | Higher education in tourism ECSI FIMIX PLS Portugal |
Abstract: | This research explores the European Consumer Satisfaction Index model applied to higher education in tourism by including the construct of employability and by accounting for unobserved heterogeneity. In particular, it intends to identify segments of higher education institutions' (HEI) consumers based on the structural model estimates of the European Consumer Satisfaction Index (ECSI), enlarged with the employability construct. A model-based segmentation approach using FIMIX in PLS path model-ling is used. Th e ECSI is properly adjusted to the educational framework and shows its effectiveness when assessing students' satisfaction regarding the attended HEI. Two distinctive graduate segments are identifi ed using a sample of 166 HEI consumers. The results confi rm the assumption of heterogeneity as the relationships differ across segments and the need for HEIs to target those segments differently in such a competitive context. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | BRU-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
208-226 Paper07 Pages from 109-248 Tourism 2018 02ENG.pdf | Versão Editora | 236,72 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.