Abstract:
The independent study was conducted to investigate the expectation, the satisfaction and the service quality: a case study of the Office of the Registrar, Thammasat University. The sample consisted of 373 students of Thammasat University Rangsit Campus. The data were gathered through the application of questionnaire and were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, together with inferential statistics which included Independent Samples t-test, One-way ANOVA, Paired Samples t-test, Least Significant Different (LSD), and Pearsons Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance.
The results of the study showed that the majority of the respondents were female, the second-year students, had domiciles in countryside, obtained 2.50-2.99 GPA, were the students of Faculty of Law, used the service once a month. The respondents had overall expectation of the service at a high level, and the highest level of expectation was the service aspect. The overall students satisfaction toward the service quality was found at a high level, and the highest level of satisfaction was the building aspect. The students expressed the overall opinion toward the service quality at a moderate level, and the highest-level opinion was on the tangible aspect.
The results of hypothesis testing indicated that different personal factors on study results and faculties caused differences in the expectation on the service. The students with different gender, domiciles, study results and faculties had different opinion toward the service quality. The expectation on the personnel and service aspects had correlation with the satisfaction of the service. The overall satisfaction had correlation with the service quality. It was also found that there were differences in expectation and satisfaction of the service in the aspects of building, and material and technology.