Exploring Students’ Satisfaction on Educational Service Quality of Government and Private University in Thailand

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Veerasak Jinarat

Abstract

This research article is to study the influence and prediction of educational service quality elements on students’ satisfaction. Students’ satisfaction currently is a major reason for improving the development approach of educational service quality of government and private university in Thailand. Consequently, the researcher used a questionnaire and collected 709 of the university students and analyzed the data by multi-regression analysis.
The research results revealed that: the elements of university service quality influenced and predicted significantly to students’ satisfaction. Moreover, the elements of service quality in terms of assurance, empathy, reliability, tangible and responsibility influenced significantly and simultaneously to students’ satisfaction at F = 122.07 (Sig. 000), R2 = .46 and accumulation error = 52%.

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Jinarat , V. . (2024). Exploring Students’ Satisfaction on Educational Service Quality of Government and Private University in Thailand. Dhammathas Academic Journal, 24(3), 197–210. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/dhammathas/article/view/267884
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บทความวิจัย (Research Article)

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