International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality in Asia Pasific
Vol 8, No 2 (2025): June 2025

Riding the Wave of Satisfaction: Exploring Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Ride-Hailing Services

Tan, Lay Hong (Unknown)
Liem, Gai Sin (Unknown)
Sing, Steven (Unknown)
Sim, Vivian (Unknown)
Sim, Wei Siang (Unknown)
Binti Abdull, Siti Nur Allisya Nurulzaman (Unknown)
Binti Mohamed Ridzuan, Siti Nursyakiroh (Unknown)
Ali, Anees Janee (Unknown)
Kee, Daisy Mui Hung (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2025

Abstract

In Malaysia, ride-hailing services like Grab Car increasingly supplement public transport. This study examines how five service quality dimensions—tangibility, empathy, responsiveness, reliability, and assurance—affect customer satisfaction. Using a quantitative method, data were collected via an online survey of 100 respondents and analyzed through regression analysis. The results show that perceived service reliability (? = 0.345, p 0.001) and assurance (? = 0.439, p 0.001) significantly and directly influence customer satisfaction, explaining 50.3% of the variance (R² = 0.503). Empathy (? = 0.517) and responsiveness (? = 0.355) influence satisfaction indirectly through reliability, while tangibility (? = 0.415) and responsiveness (? = 0.365) do so through assurance. However, tangibility does not significantly affect reliability, and empathy does not influence assurance. These findings suggest that improving reliability and assurance, supported by other service dimensions, can enhance customer satisfaction. This research offers practical insights for public transport and ride-hailing services to strengthen service quality and increase customer loyalty.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJTHAP

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

IJTHAP aims to enhance theoretical development in the field of hospitality and tourism. In order to promote those innovations and fresh ideas, the journal alsso accepts conceptual research, book review, as well as essays of experience belongs to hospitality practitioners. The mission of IJTHAP is to ...