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Measurement of Citizens’ Satisfaction: The Key Quality Attributes of Local Authority Services

LUKÁŠOVÁ, Růžena and David ŠPAČEK

Basic information

Original name

Measurement of Citizens’ Satisfaction: The Key Quality Attributes of Local Authority Services

Edition

Review of Management and Economical Engineering, 2010, 1583-624X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50600 5.6 Political science

Country of publisher

Romania

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/10:00049322

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Keywords in English

Public services; Quality management; Quality criteria
Changed: 23/3/2011 13:19, RNDr. Michaela Křivanová

Abstract

In the original language

For local authorities, surveys of citizen satisfaction represent an important technique for obtaining the feedback from the public and also an indicator of quality of the provided services. If the feedback is to be efficient and provide relevant information for the improvement of the provided services, it is necessary that the measuring tools are based on the knowledge of the key attributes of the service quality reflecting expectations of users. The measurement of citizen satisfaction with public services is more complicated due to the character of the services, and little is known about the quality attributes of these services. The paper presents the results of qualitative research conducted with use of the critical incident method, the objective of which was to find out citizens’/customers’ expectations concerning services of public administration delivered by local authorities and to identify the key quality attributes of the examined public services.

Links

GA402/07/1486, research and development project
Name: Měření spokojenosti občanů s veřejnými službami jako součást řízení kvality v organizacích veřejného sektoru
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Measurement of Citizens Satisfaction with Public Sector Services as Integra Part of Quality management in Public Sector Organizations