Abstract:
The purposes of this study were 1) to study the levels of The study was carried out to investigate the personal factors, the customers service using behavior, and the perceived service quality, as well as to compare the service quality of Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited between the Head Office and the Silom Branch. The sample used in the study comprised 200 customers of the Head Office, and 200 customers of the Silom Branch. The questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument and the analysis of the data was done through descriptive statistics consisting of Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, together with inferential statistics which included Pearson Chi-square and Independent Sample t-test at 0.05 level of significance.
The results of the study showed that most of the respondents at the Head Office were male, aged between 26-35 years old, were married, graduated with Vocational/High Vocational Certificate, earned an average monthly income more than 30,000 Baht, used the banking service 6-10 times per month for the purpose of foreign currency exchange service and deposit service. The majority of the respondents at the Silom Branch were female, aged between 36-45 years old, were single, graduated with Vocational/High Vocational Certificate, earned an average monthly income more than 30,000 Baht, used the banking service 11-15 times per month for the purpose of mutual funds service and various types card services. It was found that the service quality of the Head Office in the aspects of reliability, assurance, empathy, responsiveness were at a high level, while the tangibles aspect was at a moderate level. Regarding the service quality of the Silom Branch, the study revealed that the aspects of assurance, and empathy, responsiveness were found at the highest level, while the other aspects were shown at a high level. The service quality of the Head Office in the aspects of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy was lower than the service quality of the Silom Branch at 0.05 level of significance.