• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1-13
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• 2016

Since protecting the environment became a major issue in modern society, an increasing number of individuals have engaged in lifestyles of health and sustainability (LOHAS). The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of restaurant and LOHAS images on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Particularly, this study analyzes the incremental information content of LOHAS image in the relationship between restaurant image and customer satisfaction/loyalty. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to customers of casual-dining restaurants in three major cities (i.e., Seoul, Daegu, and Busan) in South Korea. The empirical findings suggest significant incremental information content of LOHAS image beyond general restaurant image in explaining customer satisfaction and loyalty.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.10-18
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• 2017

This study examined the positive impact of workplace harassment on the employees' counterproductive work behavior at deluxe hotel in Seoul and Tokyo. The study verified a differentiated influence based on the nationality of the employees. The hypothesized relationships in the model were tested simultaneously by using structural equation modelling. First, isolation/exclusion (${\beta}=.403$), disrespectful behavior (${\beta}=.312$), physical aggression (${\beta}=.245$), and verbal aggression (${\beta}=.133$) had a positive impact on counterproductive work behavior. However, threats/bribes (${\beta}=.091$) did not show a significant impact. Second, no significant moderating effect based on employees' nationality (Korean versus Japanese) was observed in the relationship between the five workplace harassment factors and CWB. This study will investigate workplace harassment perceived by deluxe hotel employees in Korea and Japan, and the obtained data can also be used to help identify realistic plans to reduce workplace harassment between bosses and subordinates at an organizational level.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.12 no.1 s.28
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• pp.37-50
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• 2006

The objective of this study is validating the effect of Hotel kitchen environment on the cook's job involvement. The literature examination classifies the study domains into the hotel kitchen environment and job involvement for this study. In particular, it has provided the theoretical background for the field study and questionnaires developed for the research were distributed to the employees of five-star hotels in Seoul, Busan and Gyeongju, and questionnaires were collected to use for analysis. The finding of this study involves the factors of human resources and safety and sanitary effect on cook's job involvement. The physical environment factors, nonetheless, are treated important to the cooks but didn't have a positive impact on job involvement.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.3
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• pp.315-326
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• 1997

The school catering service has gained national attentions and has been expanding unto high schools after offering meals at elementary schools over years. This study is to identify problems and solutions in kitchen hardware areas to provide nutritiously balanced meals to schoolchildren through establishing standard menu planning. The survey analysis shows that 59.2% of dishes except for rice, Kimchi and soup are prepared by oil deep-fired or oil pan broiled. This indicates that school meals are so limited to serve baked or steamed dishes. Main reasons on the limited menu selection is that schools don't have equipment to prepare baking and steaming dishes mainly due to budget issues. All the dietitians who answered the surveys have been requesting to purchase Convotherm Ovens. Improvement solutions to the problems are: Publish the Revised Standard Equipment Layout that may allow to serve baked and steamed dishes. Establish Budget Support Program from the Government.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.83-97
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• 2000

This study was conducted to investigate the improvement of primary school lunch program. For this study, status of school lunch program. opinions of students of primary school in Yong-in city were surveyed by anquettes. The results are as follows. Menus of school lunch program were contained main dishes(cooked rice with soybean, cooked barley, cooked sorghum etc.). soups(soy paste soup. soy bean curd etc.) and side dishes(fried chicken, salad, fish cuttlet etc.). Students preferred Chinese and American style food such as Zazang rice Tang su youk, fish cuttlet. Many students disliked Korean style food such as dried radish salad. stir fried mushroom, soybean stew and spinach salad. One-line food service was better than separate food service for school feeding system by opinion of students. In conclusion, present manues of school feedings were not satisfied to students. it is desirable the several type of manue rather than unique manue were served to students.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.13 no.1 s.32
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• pp.41-54
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• 2007

This study informs us what has influence on a decision that a customer using a hotel restaurant makes on a menu. Also, you can know how long it takes to decide what they are going to eat, how prompt and different they are. When the customers order food, they are getting very careful about their decisions. According to the study results, sometimes they are influenced by the person whom they accompany with. The most important factors to make customers choose one dish from a wide range of menu are taste of food, food sanitation, price, freshness of food materials. An atmosphere of a restaurant or its reputation, service of employees are key factors, too. You need change to reflect desire of a customer, and problems of a restaurant must be checked thoroughly. Many different kinds of food must be developed and managed thoroughly.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.12 no.3 s.30
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• pp.134-150
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• 2006

This research is based on the survey of strategic alliance of the foodservice industry conducted by interviewing their customers. We found out that cooperating and information of benefits influenced revisiting followed by service quality and customer satisfaction. As a result of research, we noticed that for breaking through the depression and having synergic effects among the enterprises, providing high service and quality to customer is a key to success. It must be used as an essential part of marketing strategic plans for maintaining and increasing customers, guiding partner selection among the enterprises.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.12 no.3 s.30
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• pp.61-74
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• 2006

The objective of this study are to examine how the factors influence each other by determining the appropriate measurement standard based on the Dining-out Motives, restaurant attribute evaluation, intention of word of mouth and reusing, an effective restaurant marketing strategy on the basis of the analytical results by patrons and market segmentations. The study surveyed 321 subjects and processed the result using SPSS for Win. V. 12.1. For statistical analysis, Frequency, Factor Analysis, and Regression were put into operation. The results showed that dining-out motives and restaurant attribute evaluation had positive effects on the intention of word of mouth and reusing. Furthermore, the restaurant owners or managers will need to understand the existing market and target markets more objectively, and, through this market segmentation, formulate a marketing strategy that is appropriate for diverse desires of customers and different characteristics of restaurants.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.211-239
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• 2001

A study is on the coupon which is one of the sales promotion methods for family restaurant. The factor of family restaurant coupon use in the study was analyzed based on theoretical study. In addition, difference of food service manners by behavior and demographic factor, and so by means of this factor was analyzed and was done t-Test and anova. As a result of this study, eight factors were found. This eight factors were named by researcher. Eight factors are as follows There are 1. factor taste, 2. factor choice, 3. factor expectation, 4. factor satisfaction, 5. factor durability, 6. factor convenience, 7. factor safety, 8. factor preference. These factors influence family restaurant coupon used by customer. And so we know that between demographic factor and food service manners are different. In the conclusion, the factor of family restaurant coupon use, by valuable sides and typical sides was presented as the sales promotion methods for coupon. First, valuable side endows coupon with value and so lead persistent purchase. Second, typical side cause interest and so leads repurchase. But in the future, continuous study should be go on for satisfaction of customer and effective marketing strategy of family restaurant.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.12 no.3 s.30
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• pp.186-200
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• 2006

This study was conducted to investigate university students' eating out behavior and attitude to coupons and alliance cards in the food service industry. Self administered questionnaires were collected from 435 students. Statistical data analysis was completed using a SPSS v. 12.0 program. The results were summarized as follows: The average age was 21.24. Korean-style food was the most favorite dish when they ate out. Major sources of restaurant information were friends and acquaintances. The factors of choosing restaurants came 'taste', 'hygienic', 'price' and 'service' in that order. Comparing coupons with alliance cards, they used coupons less frequently than alliance cards. The behavior of using coupons and alliance cards indicated that university students regarded alliance cards as more economically helpful than coupons.