Analysis of the variables that determine the satisfaction level of employees, agents and ultimate customers of an insurance company

The latest marketing theories and researches have showed that for understanding the complexity of service organizations and ensuring their long term success, the key point of success is the customer. Also the related concepts such as customer orientation, customer satisfaction and organizational culture have great importance. The purpose of this study is to analyze the variables that determine the satisfaction level of employees, agents and ultimate customers of an insurance company, to examine the relationships between them and additionally to describe and compare the types and patterns of organizational culture within the selected company.Three different surveys were sent to the groups (all company employees, all insurance agents and some ultimate customers assigned by their agents of the selected insurance company) by e-mail to determine their satisfaction levels and their perceptions with respect to the cultural profile of the company. The quantitative data collected were analyzed by statistical methods through the SPSS version 15.0 software. The results showed that there exist relationships both between company employee satisfaction and insurance agent satisfaction, and between perception of the insurance agent service quality and perception of the ultimate customer service quality. In spite of the strength of these associations being very low, it would be right to deal with these concepts in a holistic perspective and not to think separately for reaching the goals of the company. Also, organizational culture profile of the selected insurance company was determined and seen that there was evidence of reasonable balance in the four cultural types. It can be said that this balance will provide organizational effectiveness to the company.