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Attitude of Consumers toward Restaurant Service Robots Based on UTAUT2 Theory

  • JUNG, Se Yeon (Department of Food Science and Service, Eulji University) ;
  • CHA, Seong Soo (Department of Food Science and Service, Eulji University)
  • Received : 2022.01.17
  • Accepted : 2022.02.11
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

Recently, the use of serving robots has been increasing due to the increase in preference for non-face-to-face services and the rise in the minimum wage due to the coronavirus. When analyzing previous studies related to serving robots, it was confirmed that most of the studies on the functions and technologies of serving robots were conducted. Therefore, this study analyzed the factors affecting the attitude and customer satisfaction of restaurant consumers toward serving robots by adding performance expectations, effort expectations, and speed factors among the UTAUT2 models. The survey period was conducted from July 28, 2021 to September 9, 2021, and 306 out of a total of 310 surveys were used for analysis, excluding 4 unfaithful surveys. For the analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and hypothesis test were performed using SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 20.0, and the research results are as follows. First, it was found that performance expectation, effort expectation, and speed had a significant positive (+) effect on attitudes. Second, it was found that attitude had a significant positive (+) effect on customer satisfaction. This study researched customer selection attributes of robot service restaurants using the UTAUT2 model, and also provided academic and practical implications.

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This research was supported by 2021 Eulji university 'University Innovation Support Project' grant funded.

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