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The Effect of Performance on Service Quality in Accounting Profession: An Application

Author(s): Ayşe Gül Gök, Mahmut Sami Öztürk
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Service Quality; Perceived Service Quality Performance; Accounting Professional; SERVQUAL;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The accounting profession, which is in the service sector and whose importance is increasing day by day, is affected by the intense competition environment. In order for professional accountants to survive in this environment, it is necessary to attach importance to the concepts of "service quality" and "employee performance". In this study, it is aimed to measure the service quality and performance perceptions of businesses operating in the Western Mediterranean Region towards professional accountants. In addition, the study was carried out to investigate whether performance affects service quality. Design\methodology\approach – In this study, the sub-dimensions of the service quality of the performance perception levels of the accounting professionals; The effects on physical properties, reliability, responsiveness, security, empathy dimensions were tested with the structural equation model. The population of the study consists of 144397 enterprises operating in the Western Mediterranean Region and receiving accounting services. A face-to-face survey method was applied to 394 business executives selected by simple random sampling. By measuring the service quality perceptions (SERVQUAL scale) and performance perception levels (employee performance scale) of the taxpayers, the effect of the employee performance perception level on the service quality perception level was examined. Findings – Employee performance perception level affects service quality perception level. In addition, it has been determined that employee performance has a significant effect on the sub-dimensions of perceived service quality, namely "physical characteristics, reliability, responsiveness, security and empathy dimensions". In addition, employee performance has an important explanatory power on “physical characteristics, reliability, responsiveness, security and empathy dimensions”.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 590-604
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish