A Study on Comparison of Excellence Among of P-Model, E-Model, and GAP-Model

  • Cho, Yoon-Shik (Dept. of Hotel and Tourism Event Management, Silla University) ;
  • Doh, Min-Sun (Dept. of RPTA, Western Illinois University)
  • Published : 2008.08.31

Abstract

The disconfirmation paradigm is the earliest researched and the most deeply researched of all the paradigms in marketing. Disconfirmation paradigm deals with the influence of expectation, perceived product performance, and the discord between the two on consumer satisfaction. The GAP-Model is based on the disconfirmation paradigm that tries to understand the effect of the gap between before purchase expectations and after purchase perceptions of the product performance on dependent variables such as customer satisfaction. The purpose of this research is to test whether regression coefficients of a P-Model(performance only model), an E-Model(expectation only model) and GAP(P-E)-Model are equivalent in explaining service value and loyalty. The Chow's F-Test is used to test the excellence of the 3 models. As a result of comparison and analysis, P-Model showed more excellence of service value and loyalty than E-Model or GAP-Model.

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