• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.221-227
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• 2010

This research dealt with the psychological structure where customers get attached to mobile telecommunication service. As a result, first, product group innovativeness had a meaningful influence on the customers' having trust and positive affects in mobile telecommunication service. Second, when the trust of the customers using mobile telecommunication service was high, the affection towards the service was proportionately positive. Third, although the affection of love was strong when the customers highly trusted the mobile telecommunication service he is using, it did not have a meaningful influence on the attachment of relationship. Fourth, when the customers gained a positive affection towards the mobile telecommunication service, the attachment of love and relationship was stronger. These research results mean that the effects which customers' mobile telecommunication innovativeness have should be considered importantly as a factor of influence on customers' service attachment.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.1-25
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• 2005

Unlike the traditional bricks-and-mortar marketplace, the online environment includes several distinct factors that influence Web site trust. As consumers become more savvy about the Internet, the author contends they will insist on doing business with web companies they trust. This study examines 1) how Web site trust is affected by the following web purchase-related factors: security, privacy, brand name, word-of-mouth, good online experience, and quality of information, and 2) how it influences outcomes. Unlike Urban and colleagues' study (2000), the author argues that not all e-trust bUilding programs guarantee success in building Web site trust. In addition to the mechanism depending on a program, building e-brand trust requires a systematic relationship between a consumer and a particular web site. The findings show that Web site trust does not build one or two components but are established by the interrelationships of complex components. By carefully investigating these variables in formulating marketing strategies, marketers can cultivate brand loyalty and gain a formidable competitive edge.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.199-218
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of consumer's repurchase intention in the foreign direct sales shopping malls, focusing on the Japanese customers. Research model of the study is composed of seven independent variables (price competitiveness, product diversity, reputation, country-of-origin image, ease of use, delivery service, after service), a mediating variable (trust) and a dependent variable (repurchase intention). The results of this study show that trust is an important factor affecting the repurchase intention of customers. Customers' trust is affected by the reputation, country-of-origin image, ease of use, delivery service, after service. However, price competitiveness and product diversity, which are hypothesized to affect the trust, are not statistically significant. This study will provide a basis for future research on the foreign direct sales area. In addition, it will provide practical information useful in launching and/or operating the foreign direct sales malls.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.255-260
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• 2021

The collaboration that seeks to complement each other by judging and sharing the comparative advantages between companies is currently being actively progressed as a new and unusual collaboration that is not routine among not only the same industry but also different industries. This trend is increasing consumer interest based on enjoyment and fun. However, these collaborations cannot consistently lead to positive effects, and rather, if all companies collaborate, it could have an adverse effect. The current study explored the consumer's response to the attitude toward product and purchase intention of collaboration through consumption value and brand trust based on the consumer's understanding, assuming that the consumer's response cannot always be positive. As a result, brand trust played a mediating role in the intention to purchase and attitude toward product. This study examines the relationship between consumption value and collaboration products between brands, and from the perspective of a company, it can provide practical implications for establishing brand management and strategy through a unique collaboration strategy based on the understanding of consumers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.413-426
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• 2021

This paper's purpose is to analyze the effect of Chinese consumer propensity to Korean cosmetics purchase through empirical analysis. The result, first, the sub-factors of Chinese consumers' consumption propensity, fashion-seeking propensity, brand-seeking propensity, price-seeking propensity, and quality-seeking propensity, were all deduced to have a positive effect on Chinese consumers' trust in Korean cosmetics. It was found that price pursuit orientation did not significantly affect purchase intention, while other factors had a significant positive effect. Second, Chinese consumers' trust in Korean cosmetics has a significant effect on purchase intention. Third, trust had a complete mediating effect between fashion-seeking orientation and purchase intention, and a partial mediating effect between brand-pursuing orientation, quality-seeking orientation, and purchase intention, whereas a mediating effect was not found between price-seeking orientation and purchase intention. Fourth, Korea's national image has no moderating effect on the relationship between trust and purchase intention.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.139-148
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• 2024

In the post-pandemic era, the demand for online education platforms has surged, leading to increased consumer reliance on online reviews for decision-making. This study investigates the impact of Chinese online customer reviews on consumer purchase behavior in online education. By examining the role of trust, review sentiment, and the quantity and timeliness of reviews, the research aims to understand how these factors influence consumer decisions. By using regression model, findings reveal that negative reviews, timely feedback, and a higher volume of reviews positively affect consumer purchase decisions, while course pricing demonstrates an inverse relationship. Furthermore, cognitive and affective trust mediate the relationship between reviews and purchase behavior, highlighting a reverse U-shaped effect on consumer decision inclination. These insights provide valuable implications for online education providers, emphasizing the need to manage and leverage online reviews to foster consumer trust and improve sales performance.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.123-142
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• 2010

This study suggest that firms can use online brand communities as an IMC tool to achieve high brand loyalty through marketer-controlled or loyal customer-controlled brand contacts. In this perspective, the online brand community as a marketing communication tool can help the firm in eliciting favorable responses from customers. This study finds that an online brand community, as a critical marketing promotion tool, helps a firm elicit favorable relationship with customers and build strong brand loyalty. In particular, this study suggests several important theoretical and managerial implications. First, this study confirm that "advertising usefulness" is the most powerful and important factor that affects cgerial 's positive emotionomehile "sales promotion usefulness" impacmehin "interactivity" but dies not impacmhin "cgerial iexperience"ltyevent usefulness" impacmehin "cgerial iexperience"but dies not impacmhin "interactivity." In addition, "cgerial iexperience" signifn "itly impacmehin "cgerial -to-cgerial iinteractivity." This indicates that online environment provides participapacmwith a fun and exciting environment. In that sense, enhancing the online brand community experiencemwould be a critical factor for building strong brand. Thi", mword of mouth can play a riclly important role in making many cgerial s to trust brand and to enhance online brand community loyalty. Web users are becoming web authoore owning and creating content limited only by their imaginations.

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.195-213
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to analyse how consumption value affects the loyalty of green product through satisfaction and trust among elderly consumers. Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of 314 older adults (age≥60) in the U. S., who bought and possessed a hybrid car, a representative green product. The statistical methodology is employed a structural equation model. The results demonstrated several important findings. First, perceived social value among elderly population had significant effects on green product satisfaction, while hedonic value did not. Second, both perceived functional value and environment friendly value had a significant positive effect on trust in green products. Third, satisfaction with green products also led to trust in green products. Finally, trust in green products showed their significant effects on loyalty in green product. These results provide practical implications to improve the trust and loyalty in green products among the elderly consumers. Furthermore, by deriving major components of consumption values in green products among the elderly, and analyzing the mechanism of satisfaction, trust, and loyalty, the study emphasizes relationship marketing in implementing "green" marketing strategies.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.79-103
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• 2002

기존의 유통연구는 주로 유통점 위주의 관점에서 이루어진 것들이 대부분으로 소비자의 구매의사결정과정 속에서 유통점들이 어떠한 상대적 지위와 역할을 담당하고 있는가를 규명하기 위한 실증적인 연구는 충분하지 않았다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 서로 다른 특성들을 갖고 있는 유통점들이 소비자 구매의사결정과정 내에서도 서로 다론 위치와 역할을 차지하고 있다는 입장에서 출발하였다. 즉, 소비자들이 자신의 구매의사결정단계마다 각 유통점들을 서로 다른 지위와 역할을 하는 것으로 지각한다는 것이다. 실증연구 결과, 가전제품 유통점의 경우 실제로 소비자들의 구매의사결정과정이라는 지각 속에 각 유통점들의 상대적인 위치와 역할의 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 또한 각 유통점별로 지각위험의 일종인 점포장애(store barriers)가 다르게 나타났고, 점포장애가 점포선호도, 방문빈도, 구매빈도와 일정부분 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타나 유통점으로서는 해당 점포장애를 줄이는 대책이 필요할 것이다. 한편 상표고려군(개수)에 있어서는 구매의사결정의 첫단계인 문제인식단계와 최종구매단계 사이에 차이가 없어 제조업체로서는 가전제품의 문제인식단계의 유통점에 제품을 유통시켜 소비자들의 상표고려군에 자사의 상표를 포함시키는 것이 중요하다는 시사점을 발견할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.167-182
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• 2017

This study aims to examine the impacts of service quality (SQ) on consumer-brand relationship quality (BRQ), the mediation effects of brand trust (BT) in those relationships and the moderated mediation effects of BT by the level of perceived product quality (PQ). A 376 valid sample was obtained from the consumers who have visited the service centers of automotive brands. The findings demonstrate the direct effects of SQ of the service centers in automotive brands on BRQ are not significant, while the mediation effects of BT between SQ and BRQ are significant. Moreover, the findings reveal that the mediation effects of BT in the lower perception group of PQ are stronger than those in the higher group. Based on these findings, not only the necessary roles of a service center to improve BRQ but also the transferring process from service centers' SQ to building a strong brand are discussed.