A STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF INTERNET BANKING USERS SERVICE QUALITY - A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING PERSPECTIVE

The purpose of the study is to identify the perceptions of Internet banking (IB) users in Tamil Nadu using technology acceptance model (TAM) by incorporating service quality as external variable. The study found that both the TAM variables – perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU). A total of 380 questionnaires were distributed for internet banking customers and 336 were returned (resulting 88.42 percentage of response rate). The results confirm that the all six dimensions (Website attribute, Reliability, Responsiveness, Fulfillment, Efficiency and Privacy) are distinct constructs. The results also indicate that internet banking service quality consisting of six dimensions has appropriate reliability and each dimension has a significant relationship with internet banking service quality. The efficiency of banking website is the important aspect of internet banking service quality. The finding found that the relationship between internet banking service quality, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness are significant. This study proposes a model to understand the effect of internet banking service quality on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness in developing country. The constructs truly reflect the dynamism of customers' banking relationship and a better understanding the attitude on internet banking will help the bankers in implementing more effective marketing strategies