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The Information Search Behavior for Service Quality of Travel Agents

소비자 정보탐색활동이 여행 서비스품질 인식에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • 전창석 (남서울대학교 관광경영학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.08
  • Accepted : 2016.11.24
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find the important travel agency service quality factors in relation to the amount of information search efforts through major information channels of customers such as interpersonal source, retailer source, and external media source. Factor analysis using varimax rotation was performed and 20 service attributes of travel agent was reduced to 6 factors; convenience system, personal service, customer maintaining service, reputation, atmosphere and accessibility. According to MANOVA analysis there are significant differences in the service quality factor due to the type of source and amount of efforts of information search.

소비자들이 이용하는 정보채널에 따라 소비자가 중요하게 평가하는 여행사 서비스품질 속성에는 차이가 있을 것이라는 문제의식을 가지고 본 연구를 진행하였으며 선행연구를 통해서 여행상품 구매자들은 무형의 서비스상품을 구매하기 위해서 다양한 정보채널을 활용해 여행사의 서비스품질을 평가하고 있으며 일반적으로 정보탐색에 이용되는 채널(인적채널, 영업장방문채널, 미디어 채널)을 통한 정보탐색 활동의 노력에 따라서 서비스품질속성에 대한 중요도 평가에는 유의한 차이가 있음이 나타났다.

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