• 대기
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2017

The effective management of call centers under special circumstances is critical to improve customer satisfaction. In order to effectively respond to call center counseling demand, this paper aims to identify factors having the greatest impact on the number of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) call center counseling. To do so, we propose to combine call center data with severe weather announcement data and investigate how the severe weather announcement affects the number of KMA call center counseling. A time lag analysis is conducted and it is found that the severe weather announcement takes about an hour to be reflected in the number of KMA call center counseling. Based on the result of the time lag analysis, we conduct a comparative analysis according to time and season using the data collected from 1 January 2012, to 29 June 2016. The results show that the number of KMA call center counseling increases at lunchtime and decreases during nighttime, and the average rate of change in call center counseling demand tends to be larger under the severe weather announcement. For the comparative analysis according to the season, there are significant differences in the effect of severe weather announcement on the number of KMA call center counseling in spring, fall and winter.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.185-203
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• 2017

Call center service is enabled by the use of a firm's various information technologies (IT) and accumulated knowledge. IT and knowledge resources have been considered a fundamental infrastructure for developing a firm's business capabilities. Recognizing this, this study examines whether a firm's IT and customer knowledge resources enhance its customer service process capability and thereby contribute to creating superior customer service, at the level of customer service representatives (CSRs). That is, constructs in this study were measured on a basis of CSRs' perception. Moreover, this study verifies the moderating role of CSRs' computer self-efficacy on the relationships between IT and customer knowledge resources and customer service process capability. To test the proposed hypotheses, this study conducted partial least squares (PLS) analysis with a total of 234 data which were collected on CSRs working at four call centers. The key findings are as follows: first, IT infrastructure integration and customer knowledge integration are positively associated with customer service process capability. Second, customer service process capability is a key determinant of customer service performance. Finally, CSRs' computer self-efficacy has a moderating effect on the relationship between IT infrastructure integration and customer service process capability. The details of the findings and implications are presented.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.65-76
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• 2017

Purpose - The quality of customer service has been importantly considered as a way of retaining current customers. Recent development of service industry which based on Information & Communication Technology allows firms to utilize different employees for their businesses. Although it is regarded as important to consider emotional labor of employees working for customers in ICT service industry, little was known the role of emotional dissonance. Thus, current paper focused on emotional labor and tried to identify the factors which influence on employees' intrinsic motivation for married women working in call centers. This study highlighted the influence of the emotional dissonance on the employees' intrinsic motivation, and the moderating influences of work-family conflict on the relationship between emotional dissonance and intrinsic motivation. Research design, data, and methodology - The research samples were gathered from seven call centers of Korean financial institutions located in South Korea. The model of emotional dissonance was developed, which emphasizes the influence of emotional dissonance as a predictor on intrinsic motivation, and then the other model was also introduced to explain how employees' intrinsic motivation were aggravated by work-family conflict. To examine these research models, samples were collected from 468 married women working in call centers of Korean financial institutions located in Seoul. A total of 468 samples were used in the analysis after deleting data of missing value. SPSS 22.0 were utilized for data analysis. Results - The results of current study showed that emotional dissonance is negatively related to intrinsic motivation, and there are significant differences in work-family conflict. Those results generally support the proposed hypotheses. Conclusions - These results suggest that the relationship of intrinsic motivation of married women working in call center for customers' service were influenced by emotional dissonance, which outcomes were interacted not by face-to-face contact with their customers, but by emotional contacts. Managerially, these findings suggest the one who emphasize the quality of customer's service of call center need to introduce the programs for minimizing both of emotional dissonance and work-family conflict. These findings also suggest that the service quality via intrinsic motivation of married women working in call center is hard to be accomplished without considering the factors of emotional dissonance and work-family conflict.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.255-259
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• 2020

Along with the low birth rate in Korea, the aging of mothers is progressing very rapidly. Recent studies have reported that the obstetric infrastructure is crumbling due to the accelerating closures of obstetric medical institutions resulting from the low birth rate and low reimbursement rates for obstetric procedures. The number of birth centers has also decreased, but women's interest in natural birth has actually increased, such that deliveries at birth centers now account for 11.8% of deliveries in obstetric clinics. In the Netherlands, Japan, and the United Kingdom, initiatives to promote natural birth through care provided by midwives increased the rate of natural births, decreased the number of cesarean sections, and lowered the rate of postpartum complications. In light of these examples, South Korea should also encourage natural delivery by midwives. A national support system for midwife applicants is necessary, and the requirements for institutions that train midwives should be revised. Independent birth centers should have emergency prescription privileges, and women should be given the choice to have a natural delivery by creating birth centers within hospitals.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2018

기업의 고객 접점으로 중요한 역할을 하는 콜센터는 최근 고객 접근성과 편의성을 향상하기 위해서 전화 외에 다양한 접근채널을 지원하는 옴니채널 컨택센터로 변화하고 있다. 다양한 채널을 지원하는 옴니채널 컨택센터는 채널별로 상담사를 운영하고 있다. 상담사 배치에 따라 채널별 응대율, 대기시간과 같은 옴니채널 컨택센터의 성과가 결정되기 때문에 채널별 상담사 배치는 중요하다. 기존 전화 콜센터의 경우 전화 상담의 특성에 맞게 상담사를 배치하면 되었으나, 채널의 종류가 다양해지고 서로 다른 성격을 가진 채널들을 동시에 처리해야 하는 옴니채널 컨택센터의 경우 전화 상담을 기반으로 한 기존의 상담사 배치 전략만으로는 효과적인 상담사 운영이 어렵다. 이에 본 연구는 전화 외에 이메일, 채팅, 영상상담을 수용하는 옴니채널 컨택센터를 시뮬레이션하기 위한 모델을 개발하고, 시뮬레이션을 통해 상담원 배치 최적화 방안에 대해 연구하였다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.123-148
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• 2015

Today the mobile devices including smart phones have influenced on the users' daily activities in the mobile internet society, and the expansion of social media has also affected on the purchasing behavior of consumers. This study examines whether the quality of corporate twitter, a typical social network service for call centers influences on the customer satisfaction, and brand loyalty. In order to achieve the research goal, the quality of twitter has been divided into four variables; information quality, service quality, system quality, and social quality. The results of our empirical analysis show that the three variables except service quality have significantly influenced on the customer satisfaction and the customer satisfaction also significantly has a casual effect on the brand loyalty. The empirical results are expected as a guideline to contribute on the practical improvement of customer service, satisfaction, and brand loyalty through corporate social network services such as corporate twitters in the future.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.519-539
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• 2015

Customers are now demanding ever better service from customer service representatives (CSRs) to create superior customer service. Accordingly, CSRs are required to have more specialized knowledge and abilities of customer service. This study examines the roles of accumulated customer knowledge in electronic knowledge repositories (EKRs), which a firm has developed for customer service over time to enhance CSRs' work capabilities and work performance, in the context of call centers. To test the proposed research model and hypotheses, we conducted LISREL analysis using 261 responses collected on CSRs working for inbound call centers. The key results are as follows. First, accumulated customer knowledge in EKRs enhances CSRs' knowledge utilization and service expertise during the customer contact. Second, CSRs' knowledge utilization reinforces service expertise. Finally, service quality depends on CSRs' knowledge utilization and service expertise, but it is not directly related to accumulated customer knowledge. Overall, the findings suggest that accumulated customer knowledge in EKRs enhances CSRs' knowledge utilization and service expertise, and thereby leading to superior service quality.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.139-141
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• 2016

콜센터에 국가표준(KS)이 도입되면서 고객들이 질 좋은 서비스를 이용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구는 Fuzzy AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) 기법을 이용하여 콜센터 서비스 인증 심사기준의 상대적 중요도를 평가하기 위해서 수행되었다. Fuzzy AHP는 AHP 기법에 Fuzzy 집합 이론을 결합한 것으로, 의사결정과정에서 발생할 수 있는 애매모호함과 불확실성을 해결하기 위하여 제시된 방법이다. 본 연구에서 제시한 평가방법론은 현재 국가적으로 추진되고 있는 KS 서비스 인증제도에서도 응용될 수 있을 것으로 본다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.8800-8811
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• 2015

콜센터 정보시스템에서 상담원은 고객과의 상호작용에서 매우 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 이러한 정보시스템을 효과적으로 유용하게 사용할 때 상담원의 업무 스트레스가 줄고, 이는 상담원의 감정노동을 감소시켜 개인과 조직의 성과를 향상시키는 결과로 이어진다. 최근 감정노동에 대한 논의가 활발하지만, 대표적인 감정노동 직군인 콜센터 상담원을 대상으로 한 상담원과 고객응대에 필수적인 정보시스템 간의 상호작용 효과에 대한 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 항공사 콜센터 정보시스템품질이 기대일치에 어떤 영향을 미치는지, 그리고 기대일치와 자기효능감이 감정노동성과에 어떠한 영향을 끼치는지 규명하고자 하였다. 콜센터 상담원 436명을 대상으로 분석한 결과, 이들에게 양질의 정보시스템을 제공할 때 직무에 대한 만족도와 자부심이 높아지고, 이는 감정노동의 강도를 낮추어 궁극적으로 서비스성과를 향상하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 시사점은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 항공사 콜센터 정보시스템 운영과 관련한 조직의 의사결정자에게 성공적인 콜센터 정보시스템 도입 및 확장을 위한 실무지침을 제공했다. 둘째, 본 연구에서 제안한 측정모형을 항공사 정보시스템에 적용 및 분석해 봄으로써 시스템 사용에 대한 점검 및 진단을 수행 할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 이론적으로 구축된 항공사 콜센터 정보시스템과 측정모형에 대하여 측정항목 간 인과관계를 실증적으로 분석함으로써 콜센터 정보시스템의 성과측정을 위한 확고한 전략적 안목을 제시하였다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.168-176
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• 2011

Objectives: Hundreds of thousands of call center workers are wearing an acoustic device for their businesses, such as telemarketing and customer counseling, and the number of the workers are increasing sharply. Because call center workers always talk to dozens of customers over the headset, they would be placed under the state of a higher risk with their hearing ability. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that affect the hearing thresholds for the call center workers. Methods: This study investigated hearing losses of 101 workers of 5 call centers in Korea by executing puretone audiometry and self-administered questionnaires. A cross table analysis was processed to compare gender differences between male and female. Male and female hearing thresholds were compared with the Students' t-test, and one-way ANOVA was conducted to observe the difference between non-occupational and occupational characteristics in 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 kHz hearing thresholds for the female workers. Additionally, multiple regression analysis was conducted to find the factors that affect the 4 kHz hearing thresholds. Results and Conclusions: Male hearing thresholds were higher than those of female except for 8 kHz. In the group having an ear related disease, hearing threshold of male left ear was highly affected rather than that of female in 4 kHz. There were significant differences in the variables of alcohol drinking (2 kHz) and headset volume (8 kHz) in both ears. While this study does not show any significant factors that affect the hearing thresholds in the occupational characteristics, the gender and the previous ear related diseases, non-occupational characteristics, were found as the factors in 4 kHz. It is suggested that the more detailed survey be performed to identify the occupational factors that affect the hearing thresholds in the call center workers based on the result derived from this study.