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The Effects of E-WOM in Selecting the Mobile Application

모바일 어플리케이션 선택과정에서 전자적 구전의 효과

  • Received : 2016.10.06
  • Accepted : 2016.11.14
  • Published : 2017.01.28
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Abstract

The purpose of paper is to confirm the role of E-WOM(Electronic Worth of Mouth) in decision making of selecting the mobile application via smart-phone or tablet pc. Particularly i wished to confirm the effects of others' positive or negative reviews in purchasing(free downloading) mobile applications. To resolve these research questions, the secondary data or previous research were collected and arranged theoretically. From literature research, i made out the proposed model to explain the relationships between the variables, executed the operational definitions and 14 Hypotheses were established, collected the survey data of 228 mobile application users. Using the empirical test analysis, previous performances to confirm the construct validity and internal consistency and PLS(Partial Least Square) modelling method was executed. The test result showed that proposed relations of variables was empirically identified, therefore, i got the conclusion as followings; First, attributes of mobile application users' reviews have the effects positively to usefulness perception and expected performance. Second, it was significantly tested Usefulness of Online Review and Expected Performance. Second, Usefulness of Online Review, Source Credibility and Expected Performance have effect positively to Intention of Review Adoption.

온라인 소비자들의 구매의사결정에 전자적 구전의 효과는 상당하다 볼 수 있다. 실제로 많은 선행연구에서는 온라인 리뷰를 통한 제품정보의 획득이 구매의사결정에 큰 영향을 미치고 있음을 실증적으로 검토하기도 하였다. 온라인 구전 관련 선행연구에 대한 이론적인 검토를 통해 온라인 리뷰의 유용성의 결정요인과 스마트폰 이용자들의 모바일 앱 수용과정의 영향력 관계를 살펴보고자 하였다. 모바일 앱에 대한 유용성을 평가하기 위한 특성들을 선행연구로부터 도출하였으며, 온라인 리뷰의 유용성과 성과에 대한 기대, 그리고 정보원 신뢰성이 리뷰 수용도에 미치는 영향력을 확인하기 위한 연구가설을 설정하였다. 연구가설 검증을 위해 모바일 앱을 구매(무료 또는 유료)한 경험이 있는 228명으로부터 자료를 수집, PLS(Partial Least Square) 기법을 이용하여 검증하였다. 분석결과 모바일 앱에 대한 사용자 리뷰의 신뢰성과 충분성, 도움정도 그리고 설득력이 리뷰 수용의도에 영향을 미치며, 정보원 신뢰성 역시 유의적인 영향을 미친다는 점을 확인하였다.

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