Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Study on Factors Affecting Intention of Switching China's Mobile Telecommunication Service - Focusing on PPM Theory

중국 이동통신시장에서 서비스 전환의도에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구 - PPM 이론을 중심으로

  • Received : 2017.05.23
  • Accepted : 2017.07.20
  • Published : 2017.07.28
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Abstract

China's mobile communication market has been growing quantitatively and qualitatively since 2000. Currently, it has secured 1.27 billion mobile subscribers and many of the Korean companies try to enter the Chinese market and cooperation with companies in China is being held. Thus understanding of the Chinese markets is the key to better prepare for future international competition. This study is to identify factors affecting switching intentions and behaviors for Chinese mobile subscribers to other mobile service providers by the PPM and it is to derive correlations between strategies of mobile service providers and users' switching intention by the groups classified by ARPU. We conducted a survey targeting 270 Chinese mobile users and analyze it by using Smart PLS 2.0. In conclusion, push effects have positive influence on intention to switching and relational switching cost among mooring effect have significantly negative influence on intention to switching In particular, intention to switching depending on the groups classified by a level of their ARPU have been shown as significantly different. This study will extend theoretical range of PPM theory in explaining users' switching behaviors and contribute to establish strategies to enter the chinese market.

중국 이동통신 시장은 2000년 이후 양적, 질적 성장을 거듭하여 현재 12억 7,300만 명의 이동통신 가입자를 확보하고 빠르게 성장하고 있다. 특히 국내 관련 기업의 중국 이동통신시장의 진출과 이를 위한 협력의 장이 열리고 있어 중국 이동통신 시장의 이해가 그 어느 때 보다 중요해 졌다. 따라서 본 연구는 중국 이동통신 서비스와 사용자의 전환행위간의 관계를 설명하고자 한다. PPM 이론을 적용하여 타 이동통신사로의 가입 전환의도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하고, 월평균 이용요금에 따라 구분된 그룹별 전환요인과 전환의도간의 관계를 도출하고자 한다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 270명의 중국의 이동통신 이용자 대상 설문을 진행했고, Smart PLS 2.0로 데이터 분석을 수행하였다. 결론적으로 푸시효과가 타 통신사로의 전환의도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치고, 무어링효과 중 유대감 측면의 전환비용이 통신사 전환의도에 유의미한 부(-)의 영향을 미침을 확인하였다. 특히 월평균 요금 수준에 따라 통신사 전환의도에 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 본 연구를 통해 서비스 전환 연구에 활용되던 PPM이론의 활용 범위를 확장 하였으며, 실무적으로 중국 이동통신 시장 진출 전략 수립에 유효한 시사점을 제공할 것이다.

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