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The Impacts of Restaurant's Hygiene Environment on Customers' Behaviors

외식업체의 물리적 환경이 고객의 행동에 미치는 영향 -위생관리변수의 조절효과를 중심으로-

  • Received : 2021.07.21
  • Accepted : 2021.08.25
  • Published : 2021.08.31

Abstract

This study investigates the effects of restaurants' physical environments on customers' words of moth and return intention. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire from restaurants during summer of 2020 and received 627 useful responses. The data was analyzed using the hierarchical multiple regression. The results showed that restaurants' physical environments was statistically significant influencing factors on customers' positive word-of-mouth and return intention. Hygiene environmental variables did not moderated the relationship between restaurants' physical environments and customers' word-of-mouth whereas hygiene environmental variables did moderated the relationship between restaurants' physical environments and customers' return intention. The results of this study suggested that restaurant business owners need to maintain clean environment and to continuously educate employees to protect customers from COVID-19 spread.

본연구는 코로나19 확산의 여파로 외식 산업의 심각한 매출 감소를 회복하기 위한 처방안의 하나로서 소비자들이 외식산업의 물리적 환경의 중요성을 어떻게 인식하고 특히 위생변수의 조절효과가 소비자들의 행동에 어떠한 영향을 끼치는지를 조사하였다. 이 목표를 달성하기 위해 본 연구는 자기 기입식 설문조사 방법을 통해 진행하였으며 배포된 설문지 중 627부가 최종 유효한 응답지로 선택되었다. 그리고 다중회귀분석을 통해 외식산업의 물리적 환경변수가 고객의 구전 (Word of Mouth) 행동과 재방문의사에 어떠한 영향을 주었는지 검증하고 위생관리변수가 물리적환경변수와 소비자의 행동사이의 관계에서 조절역할을 하였는지를 검증하였다. 검증결과 외식산업의 물리적환경은 소비자의 긍적적인 구전에 영향을 주었고 재방문 의도에도 긍적적인 영향을 주었다. 외식업체의 물리적 환경과 구전의 관계에 코로나19 대응 위생관리 변수가 조절역활을 하지 않았지만 외식업체의 물리적환경과 재방문의도 관계에서는 조절역활을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 통해 코로나19 이후 외식업체의 운영성과를 높이기 위해서는 무엇보다도 매장 내의 청결성을 유지하는 것과 코로나19로 인한 고객 감소에 대응하기 위해 매장 내에서 질병 예방 노력이 중요함이 확인되었다.

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Acknowledgement

This study has funded by Incheon National University Research Grant in 2021 (grant number 2021-0138)

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