• Proceedings of the Korean DIstribution Association Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.327-338
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• 1999

본 연구는 카탈로그와 케이블 TV, 인터넷 홈쇼핑 정보전달 매체별로 의류제품에 대한 소비자의 인식 및 기대 수준을 비교 분석하여 홈쇼핑의 정보전달 매체 개발에 기초적인 자료를 구축하기 위하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문조사 대상자는 20세 이상의 카탈로그 홈쇼핑사 회원 219명, 케이블 TV 홈쇼핑사 회원 213명, 네티즌 972명이었다. 매체별 이용자의 분포는 카탈로그와 케이블 TV 홈쇼핑의 경우 여성과 기혼자가 많았고 직업은 주부와 사무직이 많았다. 반면 인터넷 이용자는 남성과 미혼자가 많았고 직업은 사무직이 많았다. 학력은 세 매체 모두 응답자의 절반 이상이 대졸 이상으로 교육수준이 높았다. 설문조사 결과 의류 홈쇼핑에 대한 매체별 소비자의 인식은 다음과 같았다. 1. 케이블 TV 홈쇼핑 이용자들은 케이블 TV를 통해 판매되는 의류제품이 디자인, 색상이 다양하며, 제품의 소재나 품질, 치수에 대한 정보도 충분하다고 느끼며 의류의 품질 신뢰도와 구매의사도 높은 것으로 나타났다. 2. 통신판매를 이용해서 의류를 구매해 본 경험이 있는 집단은 구매를 경험하지 못한 집단보다 구매의사도 높으며 통신판매에 대한 신뢰성도 높은 것으로 나타났다. 특히 케이블 TV 홈쇼핑을 통해 의류제품을 구매해 본 경험이 있는 집단이 의류제품 정보의 다양성에 대한 만족감과 품질 신뢰성이 가장 높았다. 3. 매체와 성별의 차이를 살펴본 결과 케이블 TV를 이용하는 여성은 의류제품의 다양성, 충분한 제품정보, 품질의 신뢰성, 구매의사에 가장 긍정적인 인식을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 케이블 TV를 이용하는 기혼자와 고소득자가 다른 집단보다 의류제품의 다양성, 제품정보와 품질 신뢰성, 구매의사에서 가장 긍정적인 인식을 가진 집단이었다. 본 연구의 결과는 케이블 TV 홈쇼핑은 카탈로그와 인터넷에 비해 소비자의 욕구를 충족시키는 제품과 소개방식으로 의류를 판매하고 있으며, 특히 의류제품 구매 경험이 있고 고소득층이며 기혼인 여성들을 만족시킬만한 다양한 상품을 구비하고 자세한 제품정보를 제공하며 품질에 대한 신뢰를 심어 주어 긍정적인 구매의사를 갖도록 유도하고 있는 것으로 해석된다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) devices are rapidly emerging as a core platform of next-generation information and communication technology (ICT), this study investigated consumer usage behavior and user experience through AI devices that are widely applied to consumers' daily lives. To this end, data was collected from 600 consumers with experience in using AI devices were derived to recognize the attributes and behavior of AI devices. The analysis results are as follows. First, music listening was the most used among various attributes and it was found that simple functions such as providing weather information were usefully recognized. Second, the main devices used by AI device users were identified as AI speakers, smartphone, PC and laptops. Third, associative images of AI devices appeared in the order of fun, useful, novel, smart, innovative, and friendly. Therefore, practical implications are suggested to contribute to provision of user services using AI devices in the future by analyzing usage behaviors that reflect the characteristics of AI devices.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.67-98
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• 2017

This study intended to investigate to what extent country image of America and previous visit experience affect the cross-border shopping intention. In particular, the present study used a country image measurement brought from another research study the factors of which are economy-technology image, social-cultural image, and citizen image. A total of 155 respondents participated in the survey targeting Korean citizen for the present study. Single regression, multiple regression, and independent t-test were conducted for data analysis. The result of the single regression indicated that country image is a critical predictor of cross-border shopping intention. The Multiple regression revealed that among three factors composing country image, social-cultural image plays the most significant and economy-technology image plays the second-most significant role in influencing cross-border shopping intention. However, it was found that citizen image does not play a substantial role for some reason. Moreover, the result of t-test showed that those who have a prior visit experience to America are more likely to buy products online from America than those who don't have prior visit experience. More detailed findings and implications will be discussed in the manuscript.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.1956-1964
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• 2009

Understanding ethical fashion consumers in Korea is essential for the expansion of the ethical fashion market. This study analyzed ethical consumers in Korea in an examination of the factors that influence ethical purchase behavior and attitudes. The differences between ethical fashion consumers and non-ethical fashion consumers were investigated using eight variables (perceived consumer effectiveness (PCE), self-direction, benevolence, universalism, social responsibility, perceived behavioral control, face saving, and group conformity). Data were collected by means of a questionnaire through both on-line and off-line surveys from April 20 to June 7, 2009. Only the respondents knowledgeable of ethical products or ethical consumption were asked to complete the questionnaire. A total of 494 samples were used for analyses. Using independent samples t-test, the differences in each variable between two groups were examined. There were significant differences between ethical fashion consumers and non-ethical fashion consumers in attitudes toward ethical consumption behavior, behavioral intention, PCE, self-direction, universalism, social responsibility, and face saving variables. The factors influencing attitude and behavior intention were investigated by step-wise regression analyses. For ethical fashion consumers, the attitudes to ethical consumption behavior were largely influenced by PCE and benevolence. Social responsibility was the most predictable variable in guiding behavioral intention. Behavioral intention was also influenced by benevolence and attitude. Group conformity was found to be negatively correlated with behavioral intention. The findings of this study provide significant guidance for marketers of ethical fashion products. This study is the start of ethical fashion consumer research in Korea and can develop into variable subfields in the future.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.67-83
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore the levels of ethical consumptions and related variables on ethics of adolescents as consumers. This subjects were 552 middle and high school students. The research results are summarized as follows. 1. The scores to measure ethical consumptions level of the adolescents was ranged from 2.87 to 3.08, which were relatively low. 2. The ethical consumptions(fair-trade product consumption, donation and giving, local consumption and eco-friendly consumption) in demographic variables were found to have significant differences depending on their religion, perceived social class, father's education and mother's education. 3. The result of hierarchical regression analysis indicated that consumer education experience, the eco-friendly values, materialism, saving, experiencing mass media on affecting the fair-trade product consumption. The major variables affecting the ethical consumptions in the donation and giving were materialism, consumer education experience, experiencing mass media and the eco-friendly values. The significant variables affecting the local consumption were the eco-friendly values, consumer education experience, materialism, experiencing mass media and saving. The major variables affecting the eco-friendly consumption were the eco-friendly values materialism.

• Proceedings of the Korean DIstribution Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.35-56
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• 2006

The objective of this research is to identify the factors affecting the quality perception of consumer about the private brand and to investigate how the monetary utility of the private brand affects the consumer's preference. The main finding can be summarized in three points. The consumer's usage experience with PB have a positive but store image has no significant effect on the quality perception of PB. The perceived quality and monetary utility of PB has a significant effect on the quality perception while the perceived quality has stronger effect. The competitiveness of the national brand in the same store, post-usage attitude, the perceived quality, and perceived value have significant effect on the preference toward PB but monetary utility does not. The perceived effect has the strongest effect. This result suggests that even the value-seeking consumers prefer PB only when the perceived quality exceeds a certain limits. This study provides the strategic implications for retail managers and theoretical implication for the researcher studying PB.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.177-189
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• 2010

This study investigates the perceptual differences on geographical indications among consumers, producers, and government employees. First, in terms of the recognition of the geographical indication certification mark, approximately 56% of consumers showed no experience to recognize the mark, indicating their low level of recognition. Besides, some respondents among producers and government employees indicated no experience or no recollection on the certification mark. In terms of the vitalization of geographical indications, consumers and government employees showed positive responses while producers were negative on it. Consumers and government employees attributed the reasons for the low level of vatalization of geographical indications to the low level of consumer recognition. On the other band, producers indicated that the complicated registration procedure and incidental expenses were the main reasons for this issue. Lastly, this study examined if there were significant differences on the perceived consumer preferences on the domestic and imported agricultural and processed products among the three groups. The results found that producers and government employees perceived that consumers preferred the imported products to the domestic products than customers actually did, indicating the lack of understanding of these two groups on consumer preferences on agricultural and processed products.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.571-580
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• 2010

We sought to define the main motivational factors promoting consumption of Prunus mume products. We surveyed both specialized high-volume consumers and public consumers, and focused on consumption of and preferences for Prunus mume and Prunus mume products. We investigated how products were preferentially consumed, purchase experience, purchase location, purchase price, consumption experience, factors important in a purchase decision, preference factors, dissatisfaction factors, consumption outlook, comments on new processed foods, and activation of consumption. A total of 534 responses were received and data were analyzed using the SAS program (Version 9.1) of the Frequency test; Chi-square test was used to detect significant factors. A greater percentage of high-volume(compared with low-volume) consumers processed personal products at home. The public consumer tended to buy commercial products. However, public consumers who were older, who had higher incomes, and who were heads of households, tended to both buy commercial products and to prepare foods at home. The common purchase methods used by high-volume consumers were internet and direct marketing, but the public consumer frequented department stores and hypermarkets. High-volume consumers observed that commercial products were expensive, and such consumers seemed to be particularly cost-sensitive. The decisive factor triggering purchase decisions in high-volume consumers was the geographical origin of the fruit, whereas the public consumer was more concerned with taste. In public, positive factors were that the product was good for health and had a pleasant taste. Some of those surveyed complained of a lack of variety in Prunus mume products and that the amount of Prunus mume in certain products was low. To promote and increase consumption, convenient-to-eat products with healthy images are needed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.176-185
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• 2010

구매 계약과 구매에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 상품 가격에 반응하는 소비자의 행동은 꾸준한 주목을 받아왔다. 기존의 많은 연구에서 소비자는 상품을 사거나 계약을 할 때 과거 있었던 가격 또는 변할 수 있는 미래 가격을 고려하지 않고 현재 주어진 가격에만 반응을 보인다는 가정을 하였다. 또 다른 연구에서는 소비자는 미래 있을 가격이 어떠한 확률 분포를 따르는 지를 정확히 알고 반응을 보인다고 조금은 과장된 가정을 하였다. 하지만 최근의 연구에서는 소비자가 상품 판매자의 가격 결정 정책을 고려하면서 상품 구매 또는 구매 계약을 한다는 즉 가격에 민감한 반응을 보인다는 가정을 하게 되었다. 이 연구에서는 소비자가 상품 구매나 구매 계약 시 필요한 정보들 중 가장 중요한 상품의 가격을 어떻게 얻어서 이용하는지 분석해 보고자 한다. 즉 상품의 미래 가격 변화를 소비자가 어떻게 추정하여 구매 계약과 구매 시 이용 하는지를 분석하고자 한다. 이 연구에서는 소비자가 상품 구매 계약 시 가격을 추정하는 방법으로 과거의 경험에서 얻어진 가격들을 이용한다는 가정하의 수학적 모형을 세워 소비자의 가격 추정이 실제 상품 구매와 계약에 미치는 영향 그리고 판매자의 가격 결정에 미치는 영향을 분석해 보았다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.1-15
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• 2001

본 연구는 거래비용이론에 기초하여 전자적 시장의 소비자 제품채택을 경험적으로 검증하였다. 또한 전자적 시장에서 디지털 제품과 물리적 제품에 대한 소비자 제품채택 모형을 제시하고 디지털 제품과 물리적 제품에 대한 거래비용, 불확실성, 자산특수성, 소비자 제품채택간의 관계를 살펴보았다. 즉, 전자적 시장에서 물리적제품에 비해 탐색이나 비교가 용이하고 신발이나 옷과 같이 검사해 볼 필요가 없고, 다운로드를 통해서 운송비용이 들지 않으며, 사후서비스 비용이 적게 드는 디지털 제품에 대한 소비자의 제품구매가 전통적 시장보다 높음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 디지털 제품과 물리적 제품에 따라 소비자 제품채택은 차이가 있었다. 디지털 제품의 경우 거래비용(-), 불확실성(-), 자산특수성(+) 및 소비자제품채택(+)의 인과관계가 있었다. 그러나, 물리적 제품의 경우 거래비용(-), 불확실성(-), 그리고 소비자제품채택(+)에만 영향을 주었다. 따라서 이에 맞는 제품개발과 전략을 수립해야 할 것이다.