Browsing by Author "Andaleeb, Syed Saad"
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Academia's missing middle
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (The Daily Star, 2015-02-20) -
Attaining global standards in our universities
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (The Daily Star, 2017-02-25) -
Bangladesh in the 21st Century: the harvard conference recommendations
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 2008 Bangladesh Development Initiative, USA (BDI), 2008)On June 13-14, 2008, an international conference was organized by Bangladesh Development Initiative, Democracy and Development in Bangladesh Forum, and the Ash Institute of Democratic Governance at Harvard University’s ... -
Caring for children: a model of healthcare service quality in Bangladesh
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 2008 The Author, Oxford University Press, 2008)Objective This study assesses the links between service quality and patient satisfaction in the context of health services delivered to children in a developing country. With the growing importance of patients' voice in ... -
Choice and evaluation of hospitals in Bangladesh: insights from patients and policy implications
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Health Policy & Administration., 1998)Various aspects of health care services in Bangladesh, especially in the public sector, are not well documented. Based on a survey, this paper attempts to gain insights into the health care area from the perspectives of ... -
Credibility of TV news in a developing country: the case of Bangladesh
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Rahman, Anis; Rajeb, Mehdi; Akter, Nasrin; Gulshan, Sabiha (© 2012 AEJMC., 2012)Television has recently experienced unprecedented expansion in Bangladesh. Given its popularity and influence, and with more people using it for their information, research on the credibility of TV news is warranted. ... -
Customer satisfaction in the restaurant industry: an examination of the transaction-specific model
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Conway, Carolyn (© 2006 Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2006)Purpose – To determine the factors that explain customer satisfaction in the full service restaurant industry. Design/methodology/approach – Secondary research and qualitative interviews were used to build the model ... -
Customer satisfaction with complaint resolution in the power sector in a developing economy
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Huda, S. S M Sadrul; Akhtar, Afsana; Dilshad, Segufta (© 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC., 2012)Public services play a critical role in helping nations evolve into modern societies. The power sector is especially vital because of its profound influence on other sectors of the economy. Unfortunately, the power sector ... -
Delivering primary education in Bangladesh: enabling the field personnel
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 1998 Published by MCB UP Ltd., 1998)To transform the population of Bangladesh into a more literate and numerate group so that higher‐order nation building objectives can be attained, primary education has a vital role to play. Its effective delivery depends ... -
Dependence relations and the moderating role of trust: implications for behavioral intentions in marketing channels
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 1995 Published by Elsevier Inc., 1995)This paper examines how the behavioral intentions of channel members are likely to be moderated by trust perceptions when dependence is high or low. An experimental research methodology using a 2 × 2 factorial design was ... -
Determinants of customer satisfaction with hospitals: a managerial model
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 1998 Published by MCB UP Ltd., 1998)States that rapid changes in the environment have exerted significant pressures on hospitals to incorporate patient satisfaction in their strategic stance and quest for market share and long‐term viability. This study ... -
Do warranties influence perceptions of service quality?: a study of the automobile repair and service industry
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Basu, Amiya K. (© 1998 Published by Elsevier Ltd., 1998)The relationship between customers' overall evaluation of service quality and five factors — perceived fairness, empathy, responsiveness, reliability, and convenience — was examined in the automobile repair and service ... -
Doctors' service orientation in public, private, and foreign hospitals
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Siddiqui, Nazlee; Khandakar, Shahjahan (© 2007 Emerald Group Publishing Limited., 2007)The purpose of this study is to propose a doctors' service orientation (DSO) scale and uses it to compare the services received in public, private and foreign hospitals in a developing country from the patient's perspective. ... -
The effect of board’s quality on performance: a study of Canadian firms
Adjaoud, Fodil; Zeghal, Daniel; Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2007)We investigate the impact of board’s quality as defined by a Score published in a Canadian National Newspaper on the performance of the firm. Based on the current literature, we ranked the boards of 219 Canadian firms ... -
An examination of the effects of adaptive selling behavior and customer orientation on performance of pharmaceutical salespeople in an emerging market
Kara, Ali; Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Turan, Mehmet; Çabuk, Serap (© 2013 The Author(s), SAGE Journals, 2013)The effects of salespeople's customer orientation and adaptive selling behavior on their performance have been frequently studied in the marketing literature. However, most of the studies were conducted in the developed ... -
An experimental investigation of satisfaction and commitment in marketing channels: the role of trust and dependence
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 1996 Published by Elsevier Inc., 1996)This paper examines the independent and interactive effects of trust and dependence on satisfaction and commitment in a contrived dyadic exchange relationship. Trust and dependence were manipulated in a 2 × 2 factorial ... -
Explaining industrial importers' commitment from an emerging market perspective: theoretical and managerial insights
Saleh, Md Abu; Ali, Mohammed Yunus; Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 2014 Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014)This study seeks to provide insights concerning the predictors of industrial importers' commitment to their foreign suppliers in a relationship paradigm involving an emerging market. Design/methodology/approach: Integrating ... -
Explaining the commitment of family planning fieldworkers in Bangladesh
Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 1996 Guttmacher Institute, 1996)Fieldworkers are a crucial component of the family planning program in Bangladesh; yet, the factors influencing fieldworkers' commitment--an important determinant of program effectiveness--have not previously been explored. ... -
Explaining user satisfaction with academic libraries: strategic implications
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Simmonds, Patience L. (© American Library Association, Chicago, 1998-03)Competitive pressures, information availability, rising costs, and an increasingly aware and selective student population mandate that academic libraries become more user focused. This calls for a better understanding of ... -
Factors influencing customer trust in salespersons in a developing country
Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Anwar, Syed Ferhat (© 1996 American Marketing Association, 1996)Research on trust is limited in the context of developing countries. Because of its importance in facilitating exchange, this study attempts to assess the determinants of customer trust in salespersons in a developing ...