Mediating Role of Hygiene Ambiance and Customer Satisfaction during COVID-19: Evidence from university Students of Hyderabad, Pakistan
Keywords:
Ambiance, Food quality, Brand awareness, Customer satisfactionAbstract
Aim of this study is mediating effect of ambiance between food quality, brand awareness and customer satisfaction during COVID-19. The quantitative research approach was applied in this study, which utilized primary data and a sample of 222 business students who are consumers of KFC in Hyderabad. The data was collected through a questionnaire. The findings revealed that three partial mediation effect ambiance between food quality, brand awareness and customer satisfaction during COVID-19. Based on these findings it is important it for KFC top management should focus on ambiance in order to get more customer satisfaction during COVID-19.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10316525
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