• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2021

The environment friendly lifestyle and the green product trend have motivated corporates to develop and adopt sustainable business practices. However, an increasing number of corporations have engaged in greenwashing practices to create the appearance of environmental responsibility. By employing the theory of reasoned action, the paper investigated a model linking corporate greenwashing and consumers' green purchase intentions with the mediating role of green trust and green word-of-mouth about green electronic devices in Vietnam. Using an online survey via Email, Zalo, and Wechat, data was obtained from 308 Vietnamese consumers who have been purchasing green electronic devices. Based on the responses of the participants from the questionnaires conducted, data analysis was conducted by using SEM in AMOS version 23. This investigation shows that corporate greenwashing negatively affects consumers' green trust, green word-of-mouth, and their green buying intentions. Additionally, the paper verifies that green trust and green word-of-mouth mediate the relationships between greenwashing and consumers' green purchase intentions. These results reinforce the extant understanding of greenwashing and its consequences. Finally, the study not only stimulates future research but serves as a reference for business managers, scholars, and students who are interested on the topic of environmental sustainability, new product development, and green brands.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.294-306
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• 2021

브랜드 경쟁 시대에 기업은 소비자의 브랜드 신뢰도 및 충성도를 높이기 위해 많은 노력을 하고 있다. 기업의 사회적 책임이 기업의 브랜드 신뢰도 및 충성도를 높이는데 큰 역할을 하고 있다. 한편, 현재의 Covid-19 유행은 기업의 디지털 전환 속도를 가속화 했으며 소비자가 기업의 온라인 평가에 더 많은 관심을 기울이게 만들었다. 본 연구는 중국 소비자 시장을 기반으로 기업의 사회적 책임, 인터넷 입소문(e-WOM), 브랜드 신뢰를 통해 브랜드 충성도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대해 연구하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 확인하기 위해 본 논문에서는 중국과 한국에 있는 중국인 소비자를 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 총 469개의 유효 설문이 사용되었고 수집된 데이터는 SPSS21.0를 활용해 실증 분석하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같이 요약된다. (1) 기업의 사회적 책임은 브랜드 신뢰에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다. (2) 기업의 사회적 책임은 브랜드 충성도에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다. (3) 브랜드 신뢰는 브랜드 충성도에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다. (4) 브랜드 신뢰와 인터넷 입소문은 기업의 사회적 책임과 브랜드 충성도의 사이에 긍정적인 매개효과가 나타낸다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.394-410
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• 2023

This study aims to understand the influence of authentic marketing on the formation of trust between brands and customers and consumers' purchase intentions and to analyze the role that brand trust has in this process. In doing so, it examines the specific aspects of authentic marketing that increase brand trust and contribute to the formation of purchase intentions, which could then be leveraged as key elements of a company's marketing strategy. Data in this study was used frequency analysis and factor analysis through SPSS 26.0, and reliability analysis using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis, path model analysis, and mediated effect analysis were performed using AMOS. Finding indicate that, identity and truth in authentic marketing had a positive effect on brand trust but heritage and reality did not affect brand trust. It was also found that the factors of identity, heritage, reality, and trust did not significantly affect purchase intention. Additionally, brand trust was found to have a positive effect on purchase intention. Finally, the analysis indicates that brand trust plays a mediating role in the process of forming purchase intention through the factors of identity and truth in authentic marketing. Therefore, the core of authentic marketing is the sincere relationship between companies and consumers obtained from the clarity and integrity of messages, and in this process, mutual trust is built, which leads to product purchases. It can be surmised that the purpose of authentic marketing is to build relationships with consumers based on brand trust.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2016

본 연구는 전자상거래 및 온라인 쇼핑 분야의 선행연구를 토대로 소비자의 온라인 환경에서의 쇼핑 동기로 편의적, 쾌락적, 경제적 동기의 3가지 요인을 도출하여 온라인 쇼핑에 대한 신뢰도를 매개변수로, 구매의도를 종속변수로 연구모델을 설정하였다. 또한 중국과 베트남 2개 국가 소비자들의 성향차이를 조절변수로 설정하고 소비자의 쇼핑 동기가 온라인 쇼핑에 대한 신뢰도 및 구매의도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 소비자의 쇼핑 동기 중 편의적 동기를 제외한 쾌락적, 경제적 동기 변수는 신뢰도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 둘째, 소비자의 쇼핑 동기 중 모든 변수는 구매의도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 온라인 쇼핑에 대한 소비자의 신뢰도는 구매의도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 검증되었다. 넷째, 소비자의 쇼핑동기가 온라인 쇼핑에 대한 신뢰도와 구매의도에 미치는 영향은 중국과 베트남 소비자에 따라 차이를 보이는 것으로 검증되었다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 중국시장과 베트남시장에 진출하는 기업들에게 현지화에 대한 실무적인 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.537-553
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• 2015

Recently, some fashion retailers have initiated sustainable actions in the form of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to address consumers' social concerns. This study intends to combine the concept of CSR motivation attributions with brand extension literature in order to examine how consumers' trust of a parent brand affects their CSR motivation attributions and ultimately their attitudes towards parent-brand CSR activities and sustainable extension lines. A self-administered online survey was conducted using scenarios describing a fast fashion retailer introducing a sustainable line. Data from 303 female U.S. consumers, aged between 18 and 34 years, were used for the statistical analysis. Data analyses were conducted using SPSS 21.0 for descriptive analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and regression analysis. The results revealed that all hypotheses were supported. The findings show that consumers' trust of a parent brand has an indirect impact on positive attitudes towards the parent brand's CSR activities as well as the sustainable extension product line, mediating positive evaluations of the brand's social CSR motivations. In addition, this study suggests consumers' prior trust of the parent brand is a variable that affects consumers' evaluation of CSR motivation sincerity. Marketing suggestions and thoughts based on the findings of this study were provided.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.703-713
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• 2015

Consumers' psychological demands for e-tail shopping have increased as websites have become one of the most dominant retail outlets for various fashion products. The lack of realistic social stimuli in virtual contexts (websites) has been a major limitation for many online shoppers. Prior research has focused on the viable role of technology to improve positive social factors in e-tailing; however, this study tests the role of tone in text in fashion e-tail sites on consumers' trust and choice confidence. We conducted a self-administered online survey with 309 individuals from the U.S.. The results indicated positive effects of casual tone in text-based content of a fashion e-tail site on trust and confidence. Trust also has a significant positive effect on confidence. Both trust and confidence improved purchase intention. Given the high price of employing an avatar or simulated salesperson online, using tone in text to increase positive social effect on shoppers can be a positive alternative when managers plan e-tail strategies contributing to consumers' positive shopping experience online. Discussions and study limitations are provided.

• 융합경영연구
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2017

This study was conducted to examine the effects of interactivity, entertainment and ease of use, which are positive characteristics of SNS, on SNS using satisfaction and using reluctant intention and the roles of perceived values and trust among users in the relationships among these variables, in order to find a clue to contribution to positive use and development of SNS. For this study, a survey was performed targeting normal people in Seoul and the metropolitan area and a total of 224 effective questionnaires were acquired. Then frequency analysis, descriptive statistic analysis, correlation analysis and structural equation path analysis were carried out. As a result of analysis, interactivity and ease of use increased SNS using satisfaction and decreased using reluctant intention via trust and users' perceived values respectively. The result of analyzing the modification model showed that interactivity and entertainment directly increased SNS using satisfaction. These findings imply that SNS providers fully need to reflect the needs of consumers for interactivity, entertainment and ease of use for improving consumers' perceived values and trust. It is also concluded that consumers can enjoy positive SNS activities by increasing trust with SNS users through a positive understanding of interactivity and participation.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.179-190
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• 2010

With science and technology getting more and more advanced, the scope of digital product is expanding and the new products continuously are introduced on the market. On the basis of consumers' attachment to products, we investigated the consumers' behaviors towards the product when a digital product is extended. As a result of an empirical analysis, it turned out that a consumer tended to have higher trust and a positive emotion about relevant goods if he or she had a strong attachment to digital products. However, even though one had a strong attachment to digital products, the emotion about the corresponding brands did not necessarily appeared to be positive. In the event that a brand of digital products was extended to other new products, only the trust in the brand exerted significant influence on the consumers' behaviors towards the extended products. Finally, this study suggests some theoretical and managerial implications for effective strategies in response to customers' attachment to digital product.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.665-678
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• 2021

This study empirically verified the effect of the characteristics of live commerce on consumer trust and purchase intention. An online survey was conducted targeting adult women in their 20s and 30s who watched videos relating to fashion products on the NAVER shopping live channel; 281 questionnaires were analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistics 23 and AMOS 21 software packages. Consequently, the four factors of interactivity, attractiveness, price discount, and playfulness were identified from the data as characteristics of live commerce. Whereas interactivity and playfulness positively affected trust in both the seller and the product, attractiveness did nor significantly affect trust in the seller and the product. Furthermore, price discount had a significant positive effect only on trust in the seller and had no significant effect on trust in the product. In addition, trust in both the seller and the product had a significant positive effect on consumers' purchase intention; in particular, trust in the seller had a greater influence on consumers' purchase intention than trust in the product did. Research on the characteristics of live commerce can contribute to extend the theorical framework of live commerce research. Finally, fashion companies using live commerce channels will be able to develop live commerce channels that can elicit positive consumer perceptions based on the results of this study.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2024

Purpose: Thisstudy aimsto explore the mechanism by which poverty alleviation labelsinfluence purchase intentionsin the e-commerce environment, as well as the role of mediating factors within this process. Research Design, Data, and Methodology: The research employs a questionnaire survey method, targeting a sample of 1668 consumers in Anhui Province, China. It focuses on understanding the impact of poverty alleviation labels on e-commerce platforms and the involvement of mediating factors like capability trust, benevolence trust, and honesty trust in this relationship. Results: The results indicate that poverty alleviation labels on e-commerce platforms significantly enhance consumers' purchase intentions. Regression analysis validates the positive impact of poverty alleviation labels on purchase intentions, capability trust, benevolence trust, and honesty trust, revealing the existence of mediating effects. Conclusions: The study provides empirical support for e-commerce poverty alleviation marketing, emphasizing the importance of focusing on and strengthening consumer trust in products. It offers profound insights for both academic research and practical operations in related fields. However, the research is limited to Anhui Province, and future studies could consider expanding the sample size to gain a deeper understanding of regional and cultural variations. Additionally, further research is encouraged to explore the applicability of the findings to other sales channels.