Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study personal factors and organization characteristics, and the relationships of service marketing mix affecting the selection of international transportation services.
The sample used in the study was 400 employees who worked in import-export organizations in the Bangkok metropolitan region. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test and Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) at a significance level of 0.05.
The results of the study showed that in personal factors and organization characteristics, different genders, ages, nationalities and decision makers affected the selection of the services at an indifference level, but different educational levels, positions and business sizes affected the selection of the services at a difference level. The service marketing mix related to the selection of international transportation services including product factors, price factors, promotion factors, personnel factors, physical factors and service process factors influenced the decision-making to select international transportation services. In addition, duration of transportation, cost of transportation, trust, convenience, capabilities and safety influenced the decision-making to select international transportation services.