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A Study of Apology Strategies between Genders in EFL College Students

  • Shim, Jae-Hwang
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.225-243
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    • 2009
  • This study investigates the use of different speech act of apology strategies between male and female EFL college students by comparing the components of intensity, stylistic competence, and semantic formulas. The data was collected from 37 participants who were studying freshmen English reading course at the Department of English Education of C University in Seoul. Most students were English majors taking pre-teacher course of teaching English for secondary school students. The participants were divided into two gender groups of male and female. The discourse completion test (DCT) which was revised from the speech act of apology by Olshtain and Cohen (1990) was provided with the participants after the researcher explained the speech act of apology in ten situations. The speech act of apology depends on situation variables: social solidarity, severity of offense, and social status. The results show that in the preference of intensity, male and female have almost the similar ratio in high (female: 24.7%, male 24%) and low intensity (female: 75.3%, male: 76%). In the use of stylistic competence, male group (21%) expresses more diversely formal features than female group (12%), while female (87%) use more informal features than male (66%). Most of participants show a limitation in the use of speaking four types of semantic formulas: expression of apology (APOL), acknowledgment of responsibility (RESP), offer of repair (REPR), and promise of forbearance (FORB). As nonnative speakers, the participants cannot conduct the semantic formula in some situations regardless of the tasks provided. The results suggest that English teachers should recognize pragmatic variations in which students feel difficulty in appropriate speaking strategies on apology. This study also contributes to teaching learners the strategies and speaking patterns in the course of various apology situations.

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미국 드라마에서 사과 언어의 문화적인 분석 연구 -<위기의 주부들>을 중심으로- (Cultural Analysis of Apology in American TV Series -Taking Desperate Housewives as an Example-)

  • 쑨리리;신유호
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.75-91
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    • 2021
  • 이 연구에서는 사과 언어 분석에 있어 대부분의 선행연구들이 문화간 의사소통 시각에서 국가별 사과어의 비교연구와 일상어로 국한하여 사과 언어를 분석하고 있는 한계가 있어, 사과전략에 대한 화용론(語用論)과 문화해석 이론을 도입하여 미국 드라마 <위기의 주부들> 시즌 7에서 나타난 사과 언어와 사과전략을 분석하고자 하였다. 구체적으로 트로스보리(Trosborg)의 사과 전략유형으로 <위기의 주부들> 시즌 7에서 나온 사과 전략에 대한 정리, 분류 및 통계처리 후 200개의 사과 전략을 무작위로 뽑아 상세히 분석하였다. 분석결과, '사과의 표현' 전략의 사용 빈도가 64.0%, '설명하기'와 '무례함의 정도 최소화'가 뒤를 이었다. '책임인정', '보상 제공', '청자에게 관심 표현하기'와 '재발방지약속'의 사용 빈도는 비교적 낮았다. 이러한 결과는 미국의 높은 개인주의, 비교적 낮은 권력의 거리와 낮은 컨텍스트 문화가 사과 전략의 사용 빈도에 큰 영향을 미친 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 이 연구는 사과 언어와 문화에 대한 이해를 증가시키고 미국인과 교류하는 과정에서 문화적 차이에서 올 수 있는 무례함을 줄이며, 문화간 의사소통을 원활하게 하는 동시에, 드라마 예술에서의 언어 분석을 함으로써 드라마 예술의 연구 범주를 보다 풍부하게 할 것으로 기대한다.

An Examination of the Effectiveness of Crisis Response Strategies for Repairing Competence and Integrity Violations

  • Sung, Yen-yi;Lee, Han-joon;Park, Jong-chul
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.129-154
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    • 2013
  • Product-harm crises, which are connected to defective or dangerous products, are perceived as the most common threats to a company. Product harm crises can distort long standing favorable equality perceptions, tarnish a company's reputation, cause major revenue and market-share losses, lead to costly product recalls, and devastate a carefully nurtured brand equity. However, in spite of the devastating impact of product-harm crises, little systematic research exists to asses its marketing consequences. So, the purpose of this study is to investigate how Koreans react to the crisis response in the aftermath of different crises(competence violation vs. integrity violation) and inspire additional research in crisis communication. This study has three main findings which run counter to the assumptions of Kim et al.(2007). Namely, the current study expands on the research of Kim et al. (2004, 2007) by examining how companies repair customers' trust and corporate attitude after crises. Different from previous studies, this study assumes that apology for an integrity-based crisis is the most appropriate way to repair consumer trust and corporate attitude. As for competence-based crisis, similarly, apology for competence-based crisis can be more successful repairing consumer trust and corporate attitude. Concerning silence strategy, remaining silent dose not admit or deny guilt right away, but instead of asking the perceiver to withhold judgment, suggesting that, silence could be expected to be superior to apology but inferior to denial. Finally, apology for competence violation will be expected to bemore effective than apology for integrity violation. Research conceptual model was as follows: According to the results, apology is found to be the most effective strategy to repair corporate attitude no matter the crisis is perceived as a violation of competence or integrity. Second, company may consider keeping silent as a desirable response because they does not admit nor deny responsibility but ask the public to withhold judgment. However, the result of this study shows that, in the overall crisis situations, silence strategy did not differ significantly from the denial strategy, which suggested that the public wants explanation instead of uncertainty. Third, there was the interaction effect between crisis type and crisis response strategies. In this study, apology is more effective for the competence violated situation in terms of regaining consumer trust and repairing their attitude toward company, while the apology's effectiveness is lower for the integrity-violated situation. More specifically, when the crisis is perceived due to company's lack of ability(competence violation), consumer's trust belief and attitude toward the company is more easily to repair when the company issued a sincere apology. Damaged product is perceived less intentional so participants are more likely to give the company second chance when they apology to the public. By contrast, exaggerated advertisement(integrity violation) is perceived intentionally and thus makes participants angrier toward the accused company. Although apology is perceived as the most effective strategy, when issuing apology, it also means the company admitted their intention. Therefore, in this kind of crisis situation, trust repair needs not only a sincere apology but additional efforts.

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챗봇의 서비스 회복을 위한 정중한 사과와 유머러스한 사과의 효과 비교 (Comparing the Effects of Courteous vs. Humorous Apologies for Chatbot Service Recovery)

  • 서민정
    • 한국의류학회지
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    • 제48권2호
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    • pp.254-268
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    • 2024
  • Human agents are increasingly being replaced by chatbots. However, like humans, chatbots can also make mistakes in service delivery by failing to provide accurate answers to customer questions while research on service recovery has been highly focused on human employees. Recognizing the necessity of research on effective chatbot service recovery strategies, this study investigated the relationships among service recovery messages (courteous apology vs. humorous apology), perceived sincerity, recovery satisfaction, and continuous usage intention. An online experiment was conducted with the participants randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions (courteous apology vs. humorous apology). After using the chatbot developed for this study, the participants completed a questionnaire. The analysis results revealed that, in comparison to the humorous apology, the courteous apology had a higher positive predictive effect on perceived sincerity, Furthermore, perceived sincerity and recovery satisfaction sequentially mediated the relationship between the chatbot's courteous apology and continuous usage intention. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the courteous apology was a more effective approach as a chatbot service recovery strategy. This study offers insights into crafting recovery service messages for chatbots.

한국인의 사과 지형: 지난 10년간 사과문의 조직 및 유형 별 분석 (The Koreans Apology Map: An Analysis of Apologies by Types during the Past 10 Years)

  • 김영욱;양정은
    • 한국언론정보학보
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    • 제59권
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    • pp.180-210
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    • 2012
  • 이 연구의 목적은 우리나라에서 이루어진 2000년대 10년간의 사과문 분석을 통하여 우리나라 사람들이 어떤 위기 커뮤니케이션 전략을 사용하고 있는지 실제적인 상황 진단을 내려 보는 것이다. 이를 위해 기존 문헌에서 사용된 사과전략의 유형과 우리나라 사과문에서 독 특하게 발견된 사과 유형을 탐색하여 분석에 이용하였다. 또한 조직별, 위기 유형별, 위기진행시기별로 각각 다르게 나타나는 위기 커뮤니케이션 전략을 세부적으로 알아보았다. 분석 결과 위기 커뮤니케이션 전략 중 사과 전략과 수정행위 전략이 가장 많이 사용되고 있었으며, 입지 강화와 동정심유발 전략이 그 뒤를 이었다. 조직별, 위기 유형별, 위기 진행시기별로도 선호되는 위기 커뮤니케이션 전략에 차이가 있었는데, 정부나 공적기관의 경우, 위기의 책임성이 내부에 있는 경우 및 통제력이 있다고 여겨지는 인문사회위기인 경우 정당화 전략을 선호하는 경향이 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 우리나라의 문화적 특징인 정, 체면 의식과 관련되어 있는 것으로 보인다. 즉 광범위한 의미에서 간접적 수정행위 전략, 초월 전략 등은 일종의 체면유지 전략으로 이해될 수 있으며, 입지강화나 동정심 유발은 인정에 호소하는 전략이라고 해석할 수 있다. 향후 연구에서는 이러한 우리나라의 문화적 특징을 반영한 새로운 위기 커뮤니케이션 유형화와 함께 그것의 효과를 입증하는 실증연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 보인다.

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The Service Recovery Strategies, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Loyalty

  • Kim, Gye-Soo
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.76-86
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    • 2007
  • This paper reports on a study investigating key attributes of service recovery strategies in internet shopping mall. In theses day, service recovery has received important attention in the service operation management literature. Service recovery involves those actions designed to resolve problems, alter negative attitudes of dissatisfied consumers and to ultimately retain these customers. The study examined that service recovery strategies (apology, compensation) impact on the customer satisfaction. And customer satisfaction impacts on customer loyalty with SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). This study can be used a strategic implication for internet shopping mall managers to develop successful service recovery strategies.

CEO 위기책임성과 SNS 상호작용성이 위기 대응 전략 인식에 미치는 영향 (Interaction Effects of Crisis Responsibility and SNS Interactivity on Acceptances of Crisis Response Strategies in the case of CEO in Crisis)

  • 유로;최유진
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.59-72
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    • 2020
  • 선행 위기관리 연구의 초점은 주로 기업의 위기책임성에 맞추어져 있었으나 CEO에 관한 연구는 부족하다. 본 연구에서는 CEO 위기 발생시, 위기책임성과 위기 대응 전략이 CEO 태도, 기업 태도, 제품 구매의도에 미치는 영향을 규명하였다. 또 CEO의 평소 SNS 상호작용이 위기책임감과 위기 대응 전략의 영향을 어떻게 조절하는지 탐색하였다. 서울에 거주하는 중국인 학생 200명을 대상으로 2(위기책임성: 고 vs. 저) X 2(위기 대응 전략: 방어 vs. 사과) X 2(SNS 상호작용성: 고 vs. 저) 설계 실험을 실시하였다. CEO 위기책임성 수준에 따른 대응 전략의 효과를 분석한 결과, 위기책임성과 상관없이 사과 전략이 방어 전략보다 더 호의적인 CEO 태도, 기업 태도, 제품 구매의도를 나타냈다. 평상시 CEO의 SNS 상호작용이 미치는 조절 역할을 검증한 결과 CEO의 책임성이 높은 위기 경우에는 평상시 SNS 상호작용성이 높으면서 사과 전략을 구사할 때 가장 호의적인 반응이 나타났다. 그러나 CEO의 책임성이 낮은 위기 경우에는 SNS 상호작용성에 상관없이 사과 전략이 방어 전략보다 더 호의적인 반응을 이끌어 냈다.

인터넷 쇼핑몰에서의 서비스회복전략 (Service Recovery Strategies in Internet Shopping Mall)

  • 김계수;신종섭
    • 한국품질경영학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국품질경영학회 2006년도 추계 학술대회
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2006
  • This paper reports on a study investigating key attributes of service recovery strategies in internet shopping mall. In theses day, service recovery has received important attention in the service operation management literature. Service recovery involves those actions designed to resolve problems, alter negative attitudes of dissatisfied consumers and to ultimately retain these customers. The study examined that service recovery strategies(apology, value added, speed of recovery, empowerment) impact on the customer satisfaction and customer loyalty with SEM(Structural Equation Modeling). This study can be used a strategic implication for internet shopping mall managers to develop successful service recovery strategies.

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Priority Factors of Service Recovery Strategy in Distribution Channel

  • Han, Sang-Lin;Jung, Kyung Sik;Lee, Myoung Soung;Lee, Jong Won
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.97-125
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we tried to evaluate the relative importance and find out the differences in consumer perceptions regarding service recovery strategies and the service provider in the distribution industry by using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) analysis method. Therefore in this study, we tried to systematize various recovery strategies which were considered very important during service failure process in the distribution industry and analyze the relative importance for each recovery strategy. We set hierarchy composed of four items of monetary, action-oriented, psychological, and assured level as primary selection criteria and a total of 16 items(indemnity, refund, gift, gift certificate, prompt resolution, exchange, manager support, explanation, apology, empathy, acknowledge, kindness, assortment, after service, manage subcontractor, manage employee) as secondary selection criteria. We tried to take one step further from the service sector and study service recovery strategies specialized in distributor services. This study suggests various implications about service recovery strategies of distributors. First, this study can provide practical implications - e.g. service recovery efforts should be applied differently depending on service channels. There is a perceptual difference with respect to the importance of the types of service recovery strategies between service provider and final customer. Second, we can find theoretical implications in terms of identifying the priorities through hierarchy design of new recovery strategies and comparison of each element from the classifications of the current fractional recovery strategies. We hope to help service providers to build more efficient recovery strategy system based on the results of this study.

United States Forces Korea's (USFK) Crisis Communication Strategies and Crisis Responses: The case of two Korean school girls' death

  • Cho, Seung-Ho
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.98-103
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    • 2013
  • The study investigated USFK's crisis communication responding to the case of two Koran girls' death. The two girls were hit by an American tank accidently. The accident has resulted in anti-American demonstrations by a large number of South Korean. The current research attempted to see what problems USFK's crisis communication with Korean publics. Through analyzing USFK news release in Korea and Army News (ARNEWS) in America regarding the case, the study answered what crisis communication strategies USFK used and How the USFK responded to the crisis. The results showed that USFK used full apology strategy and its crisis response was immediate, but prior reputation of USFK seemed making USFK's effort fruitless.