• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.433-443
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• 2015

This study aims to analyze key antecedents of customer loyalty based on dedication-based and constraint-based mechanisms. Our framework provides a theoretical lens of how two distinctive mechanisms influence customer loyalty in a coffee chain context. In this regard, this study examines the effects of customer satisfaction and switching costs on customer loyalty in a coffee shop market. In order to test the proposed model, data collected from 263 university students were empirically tested by using partial least squares regression. The analysis results reveal that customer loyalty is jointly influenced by both a dedication-based and a constraint-based mechanisms. Coffee quality service quality, price and value, and service atmosphere significantly affect user satisfaction. Habit and brand image were found to be the key factors of forming perceived switching costs.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.87-98
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• 2017

As the market for coffee chains becomes fierce, it is important for coffee chains to establish an enduring relationship with customers and encourage them to revisit their stores. Thus, it becomes important to understand consumers' repurchase decision-making mechanisms in the context of coffee chains. Customer satisfaction, perceived switching costs, and regret were considered as the main factors of customers' repurchase intentions. Especially, the effect of regret experience of coffee chains on consumers' repurchase decision was examined. In addition, coffee quality, physical environment quality, service encounters performance, and brand trust were considered as attributes of coffee shop selection, and their effects on customer satisfaction and perceived switching cost were investigated. The results of the study showed that customer satisfaction and perceived switching costs had a positive effect on repurchase intention, while regret had a negative effect on repurchase intention. Coffee quality and physical environmental quality had no significant effect on customer satisfaction and perceived conversion cost. Service encounter performance had a significant impact on perceived switching costs alone. Brand trust had a significant impact on both customer satisfaction and perceived switching cost.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.122-138
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• 2011

This study aims to investigate whether hotel brand personality predicts restaurant loyalty mediated through trust and satisfaction. An experimental design is applied to test six hypotheses that reflect the research questions. The guests who have experienced dining in five star hotels in Seoul are targeted for sampling. A total of 184 faithful cases out of 250 cases have been analyzed. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance, and structural equation modeling (SEM) are employed using the SPSS and AMOS 7. The findings indicate that hotel restaurant customers' loyalty is positively influenced by hotel brand's ruggedness and sophistication. Also, all the variables in brand personality except excitement have a positive impact on hotel restaurant customers' trust. Noticeably, hotel restaurant satisfaction is increased through brand sincerity and sophistication. Finally, both restaurant trust and satisfaction have a positive impact on restaurant loyalty. In conclusion, these findings suggest that hotel practitioners need to develop the influential variables of hotel brand personality to elevate the level of restaurant loyalty.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.352-365
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• 2010

Most of studies concerned with on-line Brand community show that it makes users to increase their brand loyalty and brand attachment. But it wouldn't be explained that on-line brand community could be the field of consumer's public complaining in service failure. So, this study tried to focus the dimensions of negative emotions and customer characteristics that may cause relationship dissolutions in on-line brand community. The findings of the present study following as, high relationship quality of on-line brand community user directly effects negative emotions, especially, disappointment and betrayal. second, disappointment and betrayal influences the desire of revenge. Third, customer's negative reactions (for example, negative replies about the brand or public complaining in community) are mediated by customer's desire of revenge. The analysis was held with brand community customers who has been experienced service recently by using SPSS14K and Smart PLS 2.0. The study verified the structural equation model hypothesizing the between emotional factors and negative reactions. In conclusion, this article provides implications into understanding of customer's negative emotions and user's characteristics that cause negative reactions in on-line brand community. thus, this may allow marketers to have managerial insights on handling of on-line brand community independently operated by consumers.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.187-198
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• 2007

To improve VMD technology and suggest the comprehensive evaluation method for VMD, this study investigated and compared two methods of VMD evaluations; expert evaluation and questionnaire to consumers. We analyzed VMD factors of 4 stores with the same brand according to purchasing psychological steps of consumers at the purchasing point. The results are following: Customer Attraction and Purchase Stimulus by VMD showed higher scores in road shop than in department stores, while Put-on Imagination and Comparison Process by VMD showed higher scores in department stores than road shop. Visual Satisfaction and Shop Visit Satisfaction increased the purchasing desire of consumers. High-scored VMD shop evaluated by expert had high score in product purchasing intention of consumers. We found out that questionnaire method to consumers or their response is needed for evaluate VMD of shop in terms of analyze possibility of the related to their purchasing intention.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.85-92
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• 2018

최근 커피 전문점의 한계를 극복하기 위하여 카페와 디저트의 결합 형태인 디저트카페가 활성화 되었으며,이 또한 치열한 경쟁상황에 놓여 있는 관계로 경쟁에서 보다 유리한 위치를 확보하기 위한 고객맞춤형 마케팅전략이 필요함으로 본 연구를 수행한다. 최근, 연구방향이 디저트카페의 서비스품질, 브랜드이미지, 물리적환경 및 선택속성에 관한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있으나 고객의 감성 지능과 연계한 연구는 없었던 관계로 본 연구에서는 고객의 감성지능과 연관된 효과를 검증하고자 한다, 또한, 스마트폰의 보급으로 모바일쿠폰이 매우 활성화 되어 있음으로 디저트카페의 환경과 모바일쿠폰의 특성이 어떠한 영향관계를 보이고 있는지 살펴보고자 한다. 디저트카페의 물리적환경(심미성,공간효율성,청결성,쾌적성,편의성),선택속성(서비스,맛과향,가격,다양성,독창성),모바일쿠폰(획득용이성,사용편의성,유희성,경제성)이 고객만족에 미치는 영향력을 살펴본다. 또한 고객의 감성지능이 조절효과로서 각각의 요인들에 대하여 고객만족도에 어떠한 관계를 가지게 되는지 살펴보며, 본 연구를 통하여 기존의 마케팅전략에서 고객의 감성지능 맞춤형 마케팅전략을 구사함으로써 보다 효율적이고 목표를 명확화 함으로써 마케팅 비용과 노력을 줄이는데 기여할 수 있을 것이라고 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.353-356
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• 2010

고객관계관리(CRM)세계시장개방은 일련의 과정 및 특정고객과 장기적인 관계를 정립하여 이윤을 추구하는 영업전략 지원시스템으로 구성되어 있다. 이 연구를 통해 e-쇼핑몰에서의 e-CRM의 구성요소들이 소비자의 고객만족과 충성도에 어떠한 영향관계를 미치는가를 조사한다. 또한 e-CRM구성요소들을 통한 고객의 만족이 인터넷을 통한 구전효과나 구매선택에 어떠한 영향을 미치며, 각각의 요소들의 가중치를 알아보았다.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.279-298
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• 2014

This research is based on service marketing to explain the effect of barista job attributes as the antecedents of lovemarks for increasing brand loyalty. The analysis was held with customers who experienced local and national coffee shop in Pusan area by using SPSS18K and Smart PLS 2.0. The study verified the structural equation model hypothesizing the relationship among related factors including barista job attributes, lovemarks and brand loyalty. According to the result of this study, barista job attributes factors including expertise, communication, and service orientation have positive effect on the lovemark. Furthermore, structural relationships among lovemark variables were identified through hypothesis testing. However, the effects of expertise and service orientation on intimacy were not significant especially in local brand. Additional multi-group testing was conducted to explain managerial implication of this research. The research has several marketing implication on service marketing and lovemark theory. For firms, customers'perception of barista's job attributes can generate positive lovemark effect and develop brand loyalty in the service marketing perspectives.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.111-136
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• 2011

This article aims to reveal the relative influences to the Brand Power and Performance of Factors that comprise the port brand assets in order to control and manage the ports. And also this Paper want to suggest the useful strategies and implications for the improvement of Brand Power by comparing the level of brand competitiveness of Incheon Port with those of other Korean ports that are in competitive relation. In this research we can find out that the components of port brand asset are awareness level, image, service quality, and satisfaction of relation. And among those 4 factors, recognition level and satisfaction of relation are very significant relation factors for the loyalty in Incheon Port. In comparison study between Incheon and Pyungtack Ports, satisfaction of relation is revealed as especially significant factor for the customers that show highly effective management performances and we can find that, in Busan Port, image and service quality are significant as well.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.489-495
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the consumer-brand relationship Quality (CBRQ) on the brand loyalty in the fast food restaurant in Masan, Korea. The Questionnaires were distributed to 250 students in the K University located in Masan, who were sampled by convenience-sampling method. The surveys were performed from December 6 to 14, 2004. The 246 Questionnaires were responded, and 12 unusable Questionnaires were excluded, then 234 were used for the final analysis $(response rate:\;93.7\%)$. For the statistical analysis, SPSS (12.0) was used to conduct the descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. The result of this study showed that 2 constructs (satisfaction and commitment) of consumer-brand relationship Quality have significant positive effects on the brand loyalty in the fast food restaurant. It meant that as consumer-brand relationship quality becomes stronger, the customer's brand loyalty becomes greater. The differences of customer loyalty between the high and low group of self-connective attachment, satisfaction, commitment, trust and intimacy were significant. So the brand loyalty of high group of customer-brand relationship quality was significantly higher than that of low group of customer-brand relationship quality. As a conclusion, the operator in the fast food restaurant should focus on the marketing strategy to strengthen the quality of consumer-brand relationship in order to increase the brand loyalty of customers.