Rodriguez del Bosque and San Martin (2008) suggest that consumer
satisfaction is not only cognitive but also emotional. While the literature
contains significant differences in the definition of satisfaction,
there are at least two common formulations of satisfaction: transaction-
specific and overall satisfaction. Transaction-specific satisfaction
is an immediate post-purchase evaluative judgement and, as such, is
an affective reaction to the most recent experience with a firm (Oliver,
1993). The transactional-specific approach suggests that satisfaction occurs
at the post-consumption stage following a single encounter with
the service provider (e.g., satisfaction with a specific employee) (Jones
& Suh, 2000).