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Effect of Consumers' Awareness in Store and Determinants of Consumer Complaint Behavior on Consumer Complaint Intention: Focus on Super Stores and Traditional Markets

소비자의 점포인식과 불평행동 결정요인이 불평행동의도에 미치는 영향: 대형마트와 전통시장을 중심으로

  • Kim, Yoon Jung (Department of Consumer Information Science, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, Seung Sin (Department of Consumer Information Science, Konkuk University)
  • 김윤정 (건국대학교 소비자정보학과) ;
  • 이승신 (건국대학교 소비자정보학과)
  • Received : 2015.03.19
  • Accepted : 2015.12.11
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

Product complaints allow business operators to learn from and solve problems they have been unaware of and prevent customers from leaving in advance. The ability to deal properly with complaints may improve consumer loyalty and repurchase intentions. This study analyzes consumers' intention in complaining behavior towards supermarkets and traditional markets. This study provides implications for business operators in the establishment of marketing strategies to deal with complaints and perform education related to consumer complaints by the verification of variables that influence intention on complaining behavior. A survey was conducted on housewife consumers who had experience using supermarkets and traditional markets. The major results are as follows: first, in store awareness higher in supermarkets than in traditional markets. Second, determinants of consumer complaint behavior, indicated a belief there was a need to spend more money at traditional markets than supermarkets, where the possibility of complaint success and complaint attitudes were found to be low. Third, intention of complaining behavior was lower at traditional markets than supermarkets. Intentions on private complaining behavior and public complaining behavior were both low. Fourth, intention of private behavior is higher than intention of public behavior for both supermarkets and traditional markets. Fifth, complaint attitudes were variables with the greatest influence on intention of complaining behavior for both supermarkets and traditional markets.

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