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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES (IJMCS )

E-ISSN 2545-5273
P-ISSN 2695-2173
VOL. 8 NO. 5 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijmcs.v8.no5.2024.pg1.16

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Service Quality and Customer Patronage: A Focus on White Petroleum Products Service Station in Delta State, Nigeria

IYADI, Rollins Chiyem PhD, DIEMUODEKE, Oghenedoro Johnbull

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Abstract

The study focused on the influence of service quality on customer patronage of white petroleum products service stations in Delta State, Nigeria. The business of petroleum products retailing has become highly competitive and following the removal of fuel subsidies which drastically increased the pump prices of petroleum products, there is more consideration and demand for better service delivery from petroleum products retailers. Petroleum products service stations tend to differ from the usual filling stations that retail petroleum products by their capacity (numbers of dispensing pumps) and services they offer to customers such as lube services, vulcanizing services, mini- market, convenience services, customer care services, minor repairs, etc, these services are meant to compliment the sales of petroleum products. Thus, this study examined the impact of service quality on customer patronage of petroleum products service stations in Delta State, Nigeria. The servqual model dimension of service was adopted for this study as (service responsiveness, service assurance, service reliability, service tangibility, and service empathy) as the independent variables against customer patronage as the dependent variable. Petroleum products service stations were selected from Asaba, Ughelli, Sapele, and Warri areas of the State. Questionnaire were administered on customers of the selected service stations using a sample size of 400. Data gathered were analyzed using regression analysis (SPSS version 25). The result of the study showed that there is significant positive relationship between service quality and customer patronage of petroleum products service stations in the areas under review. It was concluded that service responsiveness, service assurance, service reliability, and service tangibility influence customer patronage of petroleum products service stations in Delta State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, we recommended that ex

keywords:

service quality delivery, petroleum products, service stations, customer patronage

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