THE LINK BETWEEN SERVICE QUALITY, CORPORATE IMAGE AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTION: SATISFACTION AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLE

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the relationship between service quality, corporate image, customer satisfaction and behavioral intention of Garuda Indonesia Airways’ customers. This research also investigates the roles of customer satisfaction as a mediating variable. The population of this study is all customers of Garuda Indonesia Airways. This study employs 150 customers as respondents. The data collection has been conducted by using a convenience sampling method. This research analyzes the data by using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS). After some preliminary tests, this study found that service quality has a positive and significant impact on corporate image and customer satisfaction. Service quality has no significant direct impact on behavioral intention. The corporate image has significantly and positively related to behavioral intention. Customer satisfaction is a significant and positive antecedent of behavior intention. Even though there is no significant direct effect of service quality on behavioral intention, surprisingly, it has a significant indirect impact on behavioral intention through customer satisfaction as an intervening variable. Furthermore, some limitations and further research have been addressed.