Customer and Employee Views of Quality Attributes of Public Libraries

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ŠPAČEK David LUKÁŠOVÁ Růžena NUNVÁŘOVÁ Svatava

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture & Change Management
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

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Field Management and administrative
Keywords Public Services; Public Libraries; Quality Management; Quality Criteria; Change Management
Description Based on empirical findings and the development of the service quality concept, service quality is now often believed to be the antecedent of customer satisfaction. The "user-based" approach towards the definition of quality is not only emphasized in the private, but also in the public sector. Accomplishment of such approach in practice requires certain level of accordance between client's and provider's understanding of the quality however. The paper presents the results of the qualitative research, the objective of which was to identify the degree of agreement on perceived quality attributes of employees and clients of public libraries. Quality attributes of librarian services were identified on the basis of individual interviews and views of both groups of respondents were compared. On the basis of the comparison potential risks were specified concerning the efficiency of reaching public libraries' clients satisfaction.
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