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The information indicated above are the studies that helped the researchers in understanding and relating various study to their present investigation about customers' satisfaction to the service of water district. In assessing the customers' satisfaction of Otay Water District, Ren & Parker Research (2008) conducted a survey that focused on customer service call. The study is somehow related to the present investigation of the researchers which aimed to know the overall satisfaction of the customers not only the customers service but also to other factors. While in the case of Mekelle City, Abebe (2011) also assessed customers' satisfaction within her city, however the result of her study revealed dissatisfaction. Once more, …show more content…

As cited in the paper of Clinton and Wellinton (2013), Oliver (1981) asserted that, it focused on the nature of the 'consumer's post-usage evaluation process' where its concepts states that if the customer's expectation didn't match to actual performance of product or service, he or she will make adjustment, either in expectation or perception of the product or service, to relieve dissatisfaction Noted in the study of Jiang and Klein (2009), discrepancy is a perceived difference between an adopted anchor, which can be set by personal expectation or social pressure, and; a personal understanding of accomplishment along the same dimension (Locke 1969; Oliver 1981). More commonly employed in discrepancy is expectation-gap. Where in satisfaction is regarded as function of the perceived gap between what you have (achieved state of nature) and what you want to have (anchor as a goal). If the acquired performance of the product or service meets the prior expectation of the customer, positive disconfirmation (performance > expectation) is likely to result in satisfaction. On the contrary, if it’s failed to meet, negative disconfirmation (performance < expectation) will results to dissatisfaction (Oliver 1981).

In line with theory, this study utilized 'Disconfirmation Theory'. Ekinci et al (2004) highlights the latest definition of Oliver's disconfirmation theory, which

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