Determinants of satisfaction citizens in Administrations local public

Authors

  • Pablo Gutiérrez Rodríguez Universidad de León
  • Pedro Cuesta Valiño Universidad Pontificia Comillas
  • José Luis Vázquez Burguete Universidad de León

Keywords:

Satisfaction, citizens, quality, public policies.

Abstract

The main aim, in all Public Administrations, it is the Satisfaction Measure. First,because it allows to listen directly to the citizens on what they think about servicesthat receive and, secondly, because the satisfaction is a result measure of servicedelivery. About this, the perceived quality joins as a management line and evaluationfor local entities and as a powerful tool to penetrate into the knowledge of thedemand and the results, as well as for putting in functioning the most suitable policies.Thus, recognizing the determinants of quality perceived in local public service,the actions concentrate to carrying out for improving satisfaction, due to the strongrelation between these two variables.

Author Biographies

Pablo Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Universidad de León

Departamento de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa

Pedro Cuesta Valiño, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Departamento de Marketing

José Luis Vázquez Burguete, Universidad de León

Departamento de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa

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Published

2012-10-25

How to Cite

Gutiérrez Rodríguez, P., Cuesta Valiño, P., & Vázquez Burguete, J. L. (2012). Determinants of satisfaction citizens in Administrations local public. Icade. Journal of the Faculty of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, (75), 291–313. Retrieved from https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/revistaicade/article/view/338