2.2 The Nature of Customers’
Satisfaction
The good or bad quality of the service of the FIK
UNY tennis court management can be known
through the satisfaction level of the users of the
court.
Thus, it is really urgent to understand the
meaning of customers’ satisfaction itself. According
to Kotler (2008: 16) customers’ satisfaction depends
on estimation of performance and presumption of
relative product to the customer expectation. If the
performance of produce does not meet the
expectation, the customer will be unsatisfied. If the
performance meets the expectation, the customer
will be satisfied. If the performance exceeds the
expectation, the customer will be very satisfied.
Band in Musanto (2004) also agrees with the
theory. Band states that customers’ satisfaction is a
level where customers’ need, eagerness, and
expectation can be fulfilled. Then, it will bring the
repurchase or continued loyalty.
Mowen (in Trisno Musanto, 2004) adds that a
key of customer satisfaction lies on the performance
that is shown by the agents which is interpreted as
the quality of the agent. According to this theory,
the customers’ satisfaction has closed relationship to
the quality of service or product provided by the
service providers.
Satisfaction is a function of performance’s
impression and expectation. If the performance is
below the expectation, customers will be unsatisfied.
Then, if the performance meets the expectation,
customers will be satisfied. Finally, if the
performance exceeds the expectation, customers will
be very satisfied or happy. Based on Richard Oliver
quoted by Handi Irawan (2002) satisfaction is the
fulfillment responses from the customers.
Satisfaction is a result of customers’ assessment.
The goods/services have given satisfaction level in
which fulfillment level can be more or less. In other
words, customers’ satisfaction is accumulated result
obtained by the users of certain service.
Based on the explanation above, it can be
concluded that customers’ satisfaction will be
materialized by the positive relationship of the
customer expectation of the product quality or
performance provided by producers. The level of
customers’ satisfaction depends on the quality/
performance of product which is provided, the
greater the quality or performance of product, the
greater the satisfaction of the customers.
The attention to the customers’ satisfaction or
dissatisfaction increases over the time. The
enhancement happens because of the purpose of a
company that is to create customers’ satisfaction.
The greater level of customers’ satisfaction will
bring the great profit for the company. It is because
the customers will likely repurchase the companies’
products. On the other hand, the less level of
customers’ satisfaction, it might lead the possibility
of the customers to change the product. They will
possibly buy the competitors’ products.
Tse and Wilton (1988) in Lupiyoado (2004)
customers’ satisfaction or dissatisfaction is
customers’ responses of disconfirmation evaluation
which is felt between the previous expectation and
actual performance after using the service.
If good or service companies do not really
understand about customers’ expectation, their
satisfaction is very difficult to be obtained. The
similar quality of product or service gives the
different satisfaction to different customers. Thus, a
company has to frequently pay attention to the
quality of product or service given to the customers.
According to the several theories, it can be
summarized that customers’ satisfaction is the
responses of customers’ reaction. The customers
compare the given performance and the result of the
customers’ expectation. If the result is below the
expectation, the customer will be disappointed,
unsatisfied or very unsatisfied. On the other hand, if
the service meets the expectation, the customer will
be satisfied and if the service exceeds the
expectation, the customer will be very satisfied.
Customers’ satisfaction gives several benefits.
Those benefits include the harmony relationship
between companies and customers, the good basic
willingness of repurchase, the creation of customer
loyalty, oral recommendation giving the profit for
company, good company reputation, and an increase
in profit.
2.3 Affecting Factors of Customers’
Satisfaction
Customers’ or users’ satisfaction is not easily
obtained moreover with a different level between
each customer. It shows that there are several
affecting factors of customers’ or users’ satisfaction.
Thus, it is needed to know what factors contribute in
the satisfaction of each customer or user.
According to M oenir (in Yulaimi and Putu R,
2007), for a service to be satisfactory to a person or
a group of people, there are four main requirements,
namely; (1) polite attitude, (2) manners of saying
what should be received by other people, (3) good
timing in saying, and (4) hospitality.