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Towards an Expectation-Oriented Model of Public Service Quality: A Preliminary Study of NYC 311

  • George Mason University

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Abstract

The 311 system has been deployed in many U.S. cities to manage non-emergency civic issues such as noise and illegal parking. To assess the performance of 311-mediated public service provision, researchers developed models based on execution time and the status of execution. However, research on user satisfaction suggests that the level of individuals’ perception is asymmetric with respect to the quality of services, because negative experiences have a stronger impact on people’s dissatisfaction than positive experiences do for satisfaction. Informed by the uneven nature of human satisfaction regarding positive and negative service quality, we propose an expectation-based model that measures the quality of public services by adapting the asymmetric function that reflects different perceptions of positive and negative experiences. Our preliminary analysis using the NYC 311 and Census data provides an initial assessment of the model’s validity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Informatics - 13th International Conference, SocInfo 2022, Proceedings
EditorsFrank Hopfgartner, Kokil Jaidka, Philipp Mayr, Joemon Jose, Jan Breitsohl
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages447-458
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031190964
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event13th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2022 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: Oct 19 2022Oct 21 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13618 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period10/19/2210/21/22

Keywords

  • 311 System
  • Expectancy disconfirmation
  • Expectation-oriented model
  • The quality of public service

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