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The Effect of Social Function and Telepresence on Intention to Offer Support Through Trust of Metaverse Participants

메타버스의 사회적 기능과 원격실재감이 메타버스 참여 주체의 신뢰를 통해 요청지원 의도에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2022.03.08
  • Accepted : 2022.04.22
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

COVID-19 has radically changed the behavior of members of society for exchange. In particular, the strong contagiousness of the virus is increasing networking on online platforms while reducing people's networking in the real world. Recently, the metaverse, which strengthened the presence based on 3D technology, is attracting attention from members of society such as individuals and companies. We present a method to improve metaverse utilization from the perspective of organizations and employees who have introduced metaverse for work. In other words, we check the effect of metaverse social function and telepresence on the employee's intention to offer support by improving the trust of the metaverse participants. We obtained samples through questionnaires targeting employees of organizations that introduced metaverse to their work, and verified the research hypothesis by applying the structural equation model. As a result, social interactivity, reciprocal favor, and telepresence of metaverse partially affected metaverse trust (platform, peer, organization), and metaverse trust increased the intention to offer support. Our study suggests a strategic direction to improve the metaverse utilization and exchange level of employees of organizations who want to use the metaverse for business.

코로나19는 사회 구성원의 행동 방식을 급격하게 변화시키고 있다. 특히 바이러스의 강력한 전염성은 사회 주체의 현실 세계에서의 네트워킹을 축소 시켰으며, 온라인 플랫폼 중심의 네트워킹을 강화하고 있다. 최근 3D 기술기반 현실적 실재감을 강화한 메타버스는 개인, 기업들의 관심을 받고 있다. 본 연구는 업무에 메타버스를 도입한 조직과 조직원의 관점에서 메타버스 활용 향상 방안을 제시한다. 즉, 연구는 메타버스의 사회적 기능과 원격실재감이 메타버스 참여 주체의 신뢰 향상을 통해 사용자의 요청지원 의도에 미치는 영향을 확인한다. 본 연구는 메타버스를 업무에 활용하는 조직에 근무하는 조직원을 대상으로 설문을 통해 표본을 확보하였으며, 구조방정식을 적용하여 연구가설을 검증하였다. 가설검정 결과, 메타버스의 사회적 상호작용성, 상호호혜성, 그리고 원격실재감이 메타버스 신뢰(플랫폼, 동료, 조직)에 부분적으로 영향을 미쳤으며, 메타버스 신뢰가 요청지원 의도를 높이는 것을 확인하였다. 연구의 결과는 메타버스를 업무적으로 활용하고자 하는 조직 및 구성원들의 메타버스 활용 및 교류 수준을 향상하기 위한 전략적 방향을 제시한다.

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