PERAN KEPUASAN PELANGGAN DALAM MEMEDIASI PENGARUH KUALITAS PRODUK TERHADAP LOYALITAS PELANGGAN KFC DI KOTA DENPASAR

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the role of customer satisfaction in mediating the effect of product quality on customer loyalty. This study located in Denpasar City involved 100 respondents who had consumed KFC more than once with the purposive sampling method, collected through a questionnaire using descriptive statistical analysis techniques and path analysis and sobel test. Based on the results of the analysis it was found that product quality had a significant positive effect on customer satisfaction. The higher the quality provided, the higher the level of satisfaction felt. Product quality has a significant positive effect on customer loyalty. The higher the quality of the product, the higher the level of customer loyalty for a product. Customer satisfaction has a significant positive effect on customer loyalty. The higher the level of customer satisfaction, the higher the level of customer loyalty to the product provided. Customer satisfaction is able to mediate the influence of product quality on customer loyalty. The role of mediation owned by customer satisfaction indirectly affects product quality towards customer loyalty. Keywords: product quality, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty