Testing higher education service quality scale at Ho Chi Minh City

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  • Nguyen Thi Anh Van Trường Đại học Sư phạm Kỹ thuật TP.HCM, Việt Nam

Corressponding author's email:

vannta@hcmute.edu.vn

Keywords:

service quality, HEdPERF (Higher Education Perfomance), higher education service

Abstract

This study focuses on identifying the scale of higher education service quality in Vietnam basing on the HEdPERF (Higher Education Perfomance) scale. The sample size is 505 students at HCMC University of Technology and Education. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) have been used for data analysis. The results show that scale of higher education service quality consists of six main factors: (1)  academic aspect (AA), (2) reputation (RE), (3) programs issues (PI), (4) staff attitude (SA), (5) access (AC), (6) staff  expertise (SE).

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Published

25-09-2015

How to Cite

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Nguyễn Thị Anh Vân, “Testing higher education service quality scale at Ho Chi Minh City”, JTE, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 81–87, Sep. 2015.

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