A Study on Formation of Consumer's Attachment to Internet-Site and Trust Perception : Focused on Search Portal Site

소비자의 사이트 애착 형성과 신뢰 지각: 검색 포털 사이트를 중심으로

This study is to find a foundation of building customer's attachment to internet site and understand the structural cause and effect relationship between customer's attachment and trust ; Once being formated attachment to internet-site, become Trust on the internet-site. Empirical study have been carried out by using structural equation model to find those relationship and the result and its implication are following. First, Customer's self-image Congruence have an influence on attachment to internet site and as origin nature, secure attachment is also one of critical foundations of attachment to the site. Second, Customer's activities for community have an effect on the attachment significantly but interaction between customer and the site have tiny effect on love to the site. Third, the love to the site could be one of critical elements to perceive the trust to the site but only interested in the site wouldn't effect on the trust. Except for those elements mentioned above, as a foundation of building the attachment, interaction and self-image congruence have directly effect on the trust.