Journal of Service Research and Studies (서비스연구)

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The Effect of Support Quality of Chatbot Services on User Satisfaction, Loyalty and Continued Use Intention: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Social Presence

챗봇서비스의 지원품질이 사용자 만족, 충성도 및 지속사용의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 : 사회적 실재감의 조절효과를 중심으로

  • Kim Jung Tae (Technology Management, Graduate School of Business Consulting, Daejeon University) ;
  • Choi Do Young (Dept. of Business Administration, Daejeon University)
  • 김정태 (대전대학교 대학원 융합컨설팅학과 기술경영) ;
  • 최도영 (대전대학교 경영대학 경영학과)
  • Received : 2022.10.07
  • Accepted : 2022.11.20
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

This study examined whether the social support (emotional support, information support) provided by customers through chatbot service affects the satisfaction of chatbot service felt by customers and whether the satisfaction of chatbot service affects loyalty and intention to continue using chatbot service. In order to confirm the moderating effect of social presence of chatbot service, a total of 300 effective data were obtained by conducting an online survey divided into a group that recognizes social presence highly and a group that recognizes low. As a result of the analysis, the path from emotional support to satisfaction of chatbot service was supported in the group that recognized social presence highly, and the path from emotional support to satisfaction of chatbot service was not supported in the group that recognized social presence low, and the difference was confirmed in the hypothesis path coefficient. This is interpreted as the social presence affecting human emotional response.This study can provide implications for the function of social presence of chatbot service in that it applied information support and emotional support, which are two factors of social support, to chatbot service, and demonstrated the relationship between satisfaction, loyalty, and continuous use according to the degree of social presence of chatbot users.

본 연구는 고객이 챗봇서비스를 통하여 제공 받는 사회적 지원(정서적 지원, 정보적 지원)이 고객이 느끼는 챗봇서비스 만족에 영향을 미치는지 확인하고, 이 챗봇서비스의 만족이 충성도와 챗봇서비스 지속사용의도에 영향을 미치는지 연구하였다. 그리고, 챗봇서비스의 사회적 실재감의 조절효과를 확인하기 위해 사회적 실재감을 높게 인식하는 그룹과 낮게 인식하는 그룹으로 나누어 온라인 설문을 실시하여 총 300개의 유효 데이터를 얻었다. 분석결과 사회적 실재감을 높게 인식하는 그룹에서는 정서적 지원에서 챗봇서비스의 만족으로의 경로가 지지되었고, 사회적 실재감을 낮게 인식하는 그룹에서는 정서적 지원에서 챗봇서비스 만족으로의 경로가 지지되지 못하였으며 가설 경로계수에서도 차이가 확인되었다. 이는 사회적 실재감이 인간의 정서적 반응에 영향을 미치는 것으로 해석된다. 본 연구는 사회적 지원의 두 가지 요인인 정보적 지원과 정서적 지원을 챗봇서비스에 적용하여 챗봇 이용자가 느끼는 챗봇의 사회적 실재감 정도에 따른 만족도, 충성도, 지속적 이용 간의 관계를 실증하였다는 점에서 챗봇서비스의 사회적 실재감의 기능에 시사점을 제공해 줄 수 있다.

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