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This chapter contains the collection of the researchers’ reviewed related works of
literature and related studies; whereas these studies share almost identical ideas or
concepts that can be useful to the current topic. The chapter also covers critics and
the importance of having the related literature and studies to help understand the
purpose of the researchers’ study. However, the chapter does not explore complex
RELATED STUDIES
Customer Satisfaction
Kabu Khadka & Soniya Maharjan (2017) posited that every business
business is about to start, customers always come “first” and then the profit. They
also stated that the companies that are succeeding to satisfy the customers fully will
remain in the top position in a market. Today’s business company has known that
customer satisfaction is the key component for the success of the business and at
the same time it plays a vital role to expand the market value.
perspective based on a large body of work in the academic community that has only
recently found its way into nonacademic surveys. Although other conceptualizations
have been suggested, the expectancy disconfirmation with performance model is
The article was made because the development of the marketing concept has grown
rapidly, therefore, that it no longer focuses on its products, but focuses on its
consumers, hence, that an interesting experience will provide something different for
behavior.
Seman, Harun, & Siew (2020) posited that the traditional way of marketing
strategy tends to focus more on attracting new customers than satisfying the existing
competitive marketplace shows that retaining customers is the more effective way to
that companies which emphasize on attracting new customers are actually earning
customer retention (Richard L. Oliver, 2010; Nadia, 2020,; Seman, Harun, & Siew,
2020; Kabu Khadka & Soniya Maharjan , 2017) These studies helped in discussing
one of the variables of the study which is customer satisfaction. The studies
business, it also provided theories which can be used by the present researchers in
Customer Retention
The main objective of this research is to examine the effect customer satisfaction
may or may not have on customer retention by examining customer satisfaction and
customer loyalty. This section of the review, focuses on the perceived connection
‘end’ rather than the means of delivering long term profitability of firms. The
customer relationships can help increase customer retention. From the customer’s
eliminate service irritants, provide loyalty benefits, assist customers in making brand
competitors, satisfactorily settled all service related problems, selling various product
small and medium enterprises in New Zealand, investigating the value of customer
retention and customer loyalty. The aim of the research is to find a usable strategy
customers prefer certain businesses for their products and services. The research
found that both customers and SMEs believe that location and customer service are
the two important factors that help in generating a successful business. Customer
retention helps in securing long term stability and profitability amongst the
Many review studies were handled to provide valuable insights into customer
retention issues and factors that could influence it positively and effectively. The
study of Alkitbi et. al. (2020) systematically reviews and analyzes customer retention
and its related factors of 30 research studies from 2005 to 2019. The main findings
contain that the most common factors that affect customer retention are service
retention studies were focused on the banking sector, followed by the studies that
Customer Loyalty
Customer satisfaction is a concept that has received extensive attention over the
past few years (Helgesen, 2010; Nelson, 2012; Evanschitzky et. al., 2011; Batista,
Kumar, Maull, 2010; Hassan, 2012). The status of customer loyalty completely
important goal of marketing, and loyalty programs are intended to help in reaching it.
They also posited that loyalty program is a far more important driver of purchase
particular provider and program loyalty ensures that once inside the store, more
money is spent.
study that builds upon previous findings that operations performance of service
delivery can positively affect customer satisfaction, further extending this verdict to
conclusion that while operations speed may help to acquire customers, it is the
operations dependability that more strongly drives customer loyalty in the long term.
Hassan (2012) indicated that increasing a store’s loyal customer base provides
perceive value and the importance value has to loyalty. Hassan’s qualitative study
utilized mini-depth interviews as the approach of collecting and analyzing the data.
Hassan’s (2012) findings indicated that for customers value proposition is a widely-
used concept, but lacks specific definition. Additionally, Hassan provided valuable
RELATED LITERATURE
Customer Satisfaction
customer profitability, and customer retention. The sample of the study consists of
750 managers and employees of different restaurant in Riyadh, the capital city of
Saudi Arabia. The findings of the study revealed a significant influence of customer
the data doesn’t support the hypothesis that customer loyalty mediates the
hand, there are significant relationships between customer satisfaction and customer
profitability and between customer profitability and customer retention, while there is
This study focused on the customer satisfaction among the members of the
Summit Point Golf and Country Club which served as the basis for continuous
by the Summit Point employees in terms of food and beverages, customer service
and facilities. The members of the Summit Point Golf and Country Club are
generally satisfied in terms of facilities and amenities, food and beverages and
amenities and customer service is rejected. This means that their responses differ as
to their reasons of joining the club, their obtained degree and the frequency of
Hypotheses
growth.
growth.
retention.
retention.
retention.
retention.