• 유통과학연구
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2020

Purpose: This research focused on the fact that the Internet platform is integral to IoT products such as Smart home and studied consumer buying decisions when products are sold bundled with internet service. Contrary to the sales strategies of telecommunication companies, some companies sell IoT products alone, for example Google, Kakao, and Naver. In this market situation, the sales strategies of Korean telecommunication companies were analyzed with bundling theory and technology acceptance model, then it was conducted to figure out which sales and distribution strategies could affect consumers' purchase behavior. Research design, data, methodology: Data was collected by149 questionnaires from groups who are familiar with IoT smart home systems, then exploratory factor analysis and regression were used to analyze the research model. Results: The results revealed that the perceived ease of use and the perceived usefulness affect the purchase intention of IoT-based products; however, this effect was not found in the case of bundled products. In other words, it is found that selling and distributing Internet services and IoT products together does not affect consumers' purchases. Conclusion: It is suggested that Korean telecommunications companies' existing sales and distribution strategies for IoT products need to be changed according to its characteristics.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2018

Wearable Technology is going to be the biggest buzzword and the next generation of digital revolution in the near future. Wearables have changed the focus of the healthcare industry to prevention programs in order to encourage individuals to be more active and to take the responsibility of their own health. Although, the intention of consumers to use wellness wearables has been growing rapidly, the number of individuals who refuses continued use of such devices increases day-by-day. Diffusion and innovation of new technology could be more efficiently gained by consumer's adoption. So, it is extremely important for providers and designers to understand the impact of positive and negative factors on consumers' intention to use wellness wearables. Moreover, a unified framework is required for better understanding of individuals' behavioral intention for using wellness wearables. Thus, the goal of this study is to identify the potential factors that influence consumers' willingness to use wellness wearables as well as proposing a unified framework based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) and Value-based Adoption Model (VAM) with two extra factors, perceived trust and perceived health increase. The findings of this article improves the theoretical understanding of the engaged factors in the proposed research model of the study.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2020

This study investigated the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of potential consumers toward using 3D printers to create their personal clothes. An online survey and a series of Welch's t-tests and ANOVA were conducted to investigate the differences in demographic characteristics, prior experiences in 3D printing, and levels of need for uniqueness among the sub-groups. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed to test the relationships among variables of the modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). There were significant differences in gender and prior experiences regarding the UTAUT of personal 3D printing. The need for uniqueness has a positive effect on consumers' intention to use 3D printing technology for designing personal clothes and perception of the price of the 3D printer used to create individual clothes is important. Positive relationships were found between UTAUT variables as well as the use and purchase intentions. This study analyzed the potential for popularization of 3D printing technology to create fashion items and explore consumer willingness to embrace and use personal fashion designs. The results of this study are expected to assist consumers, designers, retailers and marketers, and experts in 3D printing technology by providing insight into consumer awareness and acceptance of personalized 3D-printed fashion and products.

• 한국과학예술포럼
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• 제30권
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• pp.217-230
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to develop a theoretical model identifying how consumers accept a fashionable technology product. A systematic review of 39 influential TAM studies focusing on theory development in the context of information technology results in three tendencies, which become backbone of the model of fashionable technology acceptance. A subsequent review of the nature of fashion fleshes out the backbone with detailed propositions in the more specific context of fashionable technology. The model of fashionable technology acceptance includes key propositions of Theory of Reasoned Action, in which internal beliefs consist of functional, aesthetic and symbolic values, and other factors, such as technology features (i.e., hardware specification, software specification, brand, and price factors), environmental conditions (i.e., technical infrastructure and user occasion), individual differences (i.e., age, gender, experience, personality, aesthetic sense, fashion innovativeness, and income), and social influence (i.e., subjective norms, social reputation, and cultural difference). Implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2019

Purpose - The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of chatbots' innovation attributes on the innovation acceptance for consumers who have used chatbots to purchase fashion products that account for a large share of transactions in mobile shopping. Research design, data, and methodology - Data were collected from Korean consumers aged 20 to 49 who had experience using chatbots when purchasing fashion-related products via mobile circumstances. After a pilot survey of 31 customers, pre-questionnaire was revised for the final test, and the final questionnaire was distributed to 1,500 subjects. Out of these, 244 were retrieved. After excluding 48 inappropriate responses, 196 were used for statistical analysis. Frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA, regression analysis and independent t-test using SPSS 23.0 were employed for data analyses. Results - First, four factors of chatbots' attributes were extracted: relative advantages and compatibility, complexity, sensibility, and diversity. Second, two factors were extracted for fashion leadership: fashion opinion leadership and fashion innovativeness. Two groups based on the fashion leadership were identified: active innovation adopters and passive innovation adopters. Third, relative advantages and compatibility, diversity, sensibility of innovation attributes were found to have effects on the innovation acceptance in order. Fourth, significant differences were found in sensibility of innovation attributes and innovation acceptance in groups by marital status and age. The married in their 30s and 40s perceived sensibility as a more important attribute of chatbots than the unmarried in their twenties. Among the groups of different income levels, meaningful differences were found in diversity of innovation attributes and innovation acceptance. Fifth, there were significant differences found in relative advantages and compatibility, sensibility of innovation attributes, and acceptance of Innovation among the groups by fashion leadership. Active innovation adopters were found to be more aware of the importance of relative advantages and compatibility, and sensibility of innovation attributes, and innovation acceptance. Conclusions - The present study provides chatbots' marketing strategies for fashion items need to be modified by demographic characteristics and fashion leadership. Particularly, fashion leadership was found to be an important factor in determining the perception of innovation attribute as well as innovation acceptance.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.465-476
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate recognition degree and acceptability of fashion trends of new consumers who live in digital era, and to determine how these factors have influence on their use of fashion trend information. The study was conducted with 696 people from 15 to 34 years old. A self-administrated questionnaire based on the results of previous researches was developed. The data were analyzed with statistical analyses such as frequency analysis, mean, factor analysis, t-test, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis. The results are as follows: first, new digital consumer's recognition degree (RD) of fashion trends is 7.85 on the average, given that the top of scale is 20.0, it is quite low. Of fashion trend RD, fashion item RD is the highest. The female subjects recognize fashion trends better than the male subjects. Second, fashion trend acceptance of new digital generation is classified into 5 factors: 'search acceptance', 'lead acceptance', 'follow acceptance', 'non-acceptance', and 'delay acceptance'. The female subjects show higher degree in the factors of 'search acceptance', 'lead acceptance' and 'follow acceptance' of fashion trend than the males; hence it means that the females have more positive attitudes in fashion trend acceptance than the males. Third, there are significant differences between genders in the fashion information utilization. Compared to the males, the females more use fashion information on style, fabrics and color. Concludingly, their fashion trend recognition degree and acceptance made an influence in part on their utilization of fashion information.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.138-154
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• 2021

온라인 생방송을 통해 실시간으로 판매 및 구매 활동이 이루어지는 '라이브커머스'라는 새로운 형태의 전자상거래 시장이 폭발적인 성장세를 보이고 있다. 본 연구는 기술 수용 이론에 기초하여 중국 최대의 라이브커머스 플랫폼인 <타오바오 라이브>의 의사사회적 상호작용성, 방송 앵커의 특성(신뢰성, 매력성, 전문성), 지각된 사용용이성과 유용성, 타오바오 라이브를 통한 지속적 쇼핑 의도 간의 관계를 탐구하였다. 총 536명의 타오바오 라이브 시청자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 의사사회적 상호작용성은 타오바오 라이브에 대한 지각된 사용용이성과 유용성에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤으나, 앵커의 특성(신뢰성, 매력성, 전문성)은 지각된 유용성에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 나아가 지각된 사용용이성이 높을수록 지각된 유용성 또한 증가하였으며, 사용용이성과 유용성은 모두 타오바오를 통한 지속적 쇼핑 의도에 긍정적인 영향을 끼쳤다. 본 연구는 중국의 라이브커머스 플랫폼의 지속적 발전을 위한 이론적 자원을 제공하고, 전자상거래 기업의 운영방식에 새로운 가능성과 전략을 제시한다는 점에서 의미가 있다.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.27-50
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• 2016

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the acceptance intention towards healthcare wearable device in Korea. Specifically, this study attempted to identify the relationships among the acceptance intention towards healthcare wearable device, technical characteristics and user's personal characteristic based on UTAUT(Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) model. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose of research, we conducted against consumers who use the wearable devices and we collected data from 219 wearable device users. The analyses were conducted using SPSS and AMOS19.0 which is powerful structural equation modeling (SEM) software. Findings The main findings are as followed; First, functional diversity, wearability, trend sensitivity and health perception are significantly related to performance expectancy, while visual aesthetic and enjoyment are not significantly related. Second, performance expectancy and effort expectancy are significantly related to acceptance intention towards healthcare wearable device. Third, effort expectancy is significantly related to performance expectancy.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.275-291
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• 1998

Food irradiation is an emerging technology which offers many advantages such as reduction of microorganisms, extension of shelf-life of foods, reduction in the use of post-harvest chemicals, and destruction of insects and parasites. The commercial utilization of food irradiation, however, has been restricted because of the uncertainty of consumers' responses to it. Because success of food irradiation in the marketplace will depend upon their acceptability by consumers, this study focused on the consumers' perception and acceptance toward food irradiation in order to get basic data for commercial utilization of food irradiation and give information to consumers to help rational consumption behavior. The survey with 411 respondents living in Youngnam area was conducted during the spring of 1997 by the questionnaires. The results and implications from this study are as follows. First, consumers' knowledge about food irradiation is scanty. Two-thirds of respondents in the survey had not heard of irradiated foods and many people confused irradiation with radioactivity. In the willingness to accept food irradiation, one-third of respondents showed a wait-and-see attitude. This result indicated consumers had insufficient information about the irradiation process and nationwide education of food irradiation technology should be undertaken. Second, although the purchase and use of food are very important consumption behaviors, consumer education by mass communication has been rarely done. For the successful commercialization of food irradiation, the information provision by mass communication for the consumers should be made. Third, consumers generally worried about residual pesticide and intended to purchase irradiated foods if radioactivity was not retained in the foods. Therefore, food irradiation could be an alternative method to the use of pesticide Fourth, consumers pointed out that they wanted to extend shelf-life of milk and dairy foods, fish and seafood and to irradiate these foods. Therefore, research for the safety of irradiated foods should be continually conducted. finally, labeling for irradiated foods is needed to provide the information and to further increase public understanding. Especially, the labeling should show the definite reason why irradiation is being used. In conclusion, recently, under the circumstances that the commercial utilization of food irradiation and irradiation for the import and export products have been increased in many countries, many efforts are needed to improve the quality of irradiated foods, and prove the safety of them in Korea. In addition, consumer education for food irradiation should be given to help consumers to make decision for food purchase and use.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권11호
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• pp.1878-1885
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• 2013

본 연구를 통해서 총 16개의 최종적인 무균포장죽의 묘사특성-향(구수한, 묵은밥, 수돗물, 누룽지 사탕), 맛(단맛, 쓴맛), 풍미(쌀밥, 묵은밥, 금속성, 누룽지 사탕), 조직감(끈적임, 쌀알 퍼짐, 쌀알 거친 정도, 가루끼, 텁텁함), 외관(죽의 묽고 된 정도)-이 도출되었다. 차후의 쌀죽 관련 관능 및 제품 개발 연구에서 이러한 묘사 특성, 정의 및 평가 방법이 적용될 수 있을 것으로 보인다. SW62 품종의 독특한 특성은 누룽지 사탕 향/풍미가 품종의 독특한 특성이라 나타났다. 구수한 향/풍미와 단맛을 전달할 가능성이 높은 품종 분석되었으며, 쌀 스낵 가공에 적합할 것으로 보인다. 소비자 조사결과 품종간의 통계적인 유의차는 밝혀지지 않았으나 SW 52와 SR의 기호도가 전반적으로 높으며, 주성분 분석에서도 소비자 기호도 경향성의 방향을 보여주고 있다. 또한 군집분석을 통해서 죽을 좋아하는 그룹에서 가장 높은 기호도를 보여주어서, 무균포장죽 가공에는 SW52와 SR이 적합하다고 사료된다. SW63의 경우 기호도 평가에서 낮은 평가를 받았으며 주성분 분석을 통해서도 뚜렷한 소비자 선호도 경향성을 보여주지 못하여, 무균포장죽 가공에는 적합하지 않은 품종으로 보인다. 밥의 소비자 기호도 영향인자 도출 결과와 마찬가지로 흰쌀죽에서도 소비자 기호도에 주된 영향을 미치는 묘사 특성은 무균포장죽의 부정적인 요소와 관련이 있었다. 초콜릿 음료수 같은 기호 식품이 아닌 늘 소비하는 주식의 개념을 가진 식품에서는 부정적인 요소를 제거하는 것이 중요한 것으로 보인다. Liking factor(묵은밥 향/풍미, 밥알 뭉개짐)를 강화하는 방향보다는 제품이 가지고 있는 disliking factor(쓴맛, 밥알 표면 거친 정도, 끈적임, 금속성 풍미, 구수한 향, 점도)를 제거 또는 최소화하는 품종의 선택이 무균포장죽의 연구개발 방향이라 사료된다.