Title

A Psychologically-Based Definition of Customer Satisfaction

Authors

Angela M. Wicks, Bryant UniversityFollow
Elizabeth Anderson-Fletcher, University of HoustonFollow
Wynn E. Chin, University of Houston

Document Type

Article

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Keywords

042-001

Abstract

A shift in focus from quality to satisfaction (Johnson and its antecedents ) has created a need for further research into satisfaction (Westbrook and Oliver, 1991, and Oliver, 1993). This paper examines the psychology, customer satisfaction, service operations management, and health care management literatures to develop an appropriate definition for overall satisfaction and to develop a definition of satisfaction for each process segment of an ambulatory surgery process.