Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia

Specialty coffeehouse was a fast growing industry ever since it was introduced to Malaysia in early 1996. Among the established specialty coffeehouse were Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks Coffee and Gloria Jean's Coffee. If the local coffeehouse and restaurant would like to be as competiti...

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Main Author: Teh, Chean Boon
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Language:English
Published: 2002
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spelling my-upm-ir.914902022-05-18T01:05:19Z Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia 2002-01-29 Teh, Chean Boon Specialty coffeehouse was a fast growing industry ever since it was introduced to Malaysia in early 1996. Among the established specialty coffeehouse were Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks Coffee and Gloria Jean's Coffee. If the local coffeehouse and restaurant would like to be as competitive as the franchise specialty coffeehouse, it is paramount important to understand the consumers' expectations and needs. Nevertheless, there is lack of theoretical understanding about the disconfirmatory effects on the formation of dining satisfaction, and how satisfaction affects post-dining behavioral intentions in Malaysia coffeehouse. The main objective of this study is to study the theoretical understanding about the disconfirmatory effects on the formation of dining satisfaction in Malaysia. Besides that this paper will access the attributes which contributed to customers' satisfaction and measure the probability of return as a consequence of dining satisfaction in specialty coffeehouse. From the results of the study, we concluded that post-dining satisfaction towards the specialty coffeehouse may not directly lead to return patronage. Second, marketer should put in extra effort in narrowing the gap between pre-dining and post-dining perception because customers' expectations are not easily met. Third, the attributes that marketers can improve to narrow the gap between pre-dining and post-dining perception are those attributes under the 'a coffeehouse that...'. Finally, the conceptual model for customer satisfaction and return patronage suggested by Kivela et al (1999(1)) may not be applicable to all type of restaurant, especially the specialty coffeehouse involved in this study. Thus, other factors which may influence customers' decision to return to the restaurant should be further studied. Consumer satisfaction - Malaysia 2002-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91490/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91490/1/GSM%202002%209%20UPM%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Consumer satisfaction - Malaysia Abdullah, Iskandar
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language English
advisor Abdullah, Iskandar
topic Consumer satisfaction - Malaysia


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Teh, Chean Boon
Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia
description Specialty coffeehouse was a fast growing industry ever since it was introduced to Malaysia in early 1996. Among the established specialty coffeehouse were Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks Coffee and Gloria Jean's Coffee. If the local coffeehouse and restaurant would like to be as competitive as the franchise specialty coffeehouse, it is paramount important to understand the consumers' expectations and needs. Nevertheless, there is lack of theoretical understanding about the disconfirmatory effects on the formation of dining satisfaction, and how satisfaction affects post-dining behavioral intentions in Malaysia coffeehouse. The main objective of this study is to study the theoretical understanding about the disconfirmatory effects on the formation of dining satisfaction in Malaysia. Besides that this paper will access the attributes which contributed to customers' satisfaction and measure the probability of return as a consequence of dining satisfaction in specialty coffeehouse. From the results of the study, we concluded that post-dining satisfaction towards the specialty coffeehouse may not directly lead to return patronage. Second, marketer should put in extra effort in narrowing the gap between pre-dining and post-dining perception because customers' expectations are not easily met. Third, the attributes that marketers can improve to narrow the gap between pre-dining and post-dining perception are those attributes under the 'a coffeehouse that...'. Finally, the conceptual model for customer satisfaction and return patronage suggested by Kivela et al (1999(1)) may not be applicable to all type of restaurant, especially the specialty coffeehouse involved in this study. Thus, other factors which may influence customers' decision to return to the restaurant should be further studied.
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author Teh, Chean Boon
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title Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia
title_short Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia
title_full Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia
title_fullStr Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in Malaysia
title_sort consumer satisfaction and return patronage in specialty coffeehouse in malaysia
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91490/1/GSM%202002%209%20UPM%20IR.pdf
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