Evaluation of perceived quality service by site of social networks

Abstract

The service sector is the key to economic growth and job creation in Brazil. Measure the quality of service provision is essential to the development of the sector. The growing phenomenon of social networking sites, and the grip of a major part of the population have this medium as an opportunity for understanding the consumer of services and how the window for observing their perception of the quality of services. The purpose of this study was to identify the five dimensions of service quality in posts made by consumers of a restaurant on your page on a social networking site. These posts were content analyzed for semantic clusters that could be categorized within these dimensions. The results validated through the model of service quality gaps show that the social networking sites appear as an important source of information for companies about the expectations, perceptions and satisfaction of its customers. Still stood out limitations on the low standardization of data from social networks, and consumer behavior of heterogeneity regarding different brands. The article reveals opportunities for further studies both in the field of service quality perceived as the exploitation of social networking sites as a source of data for further research. Keywords: Social Networks. Service quality. Marketing Services.