• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.70-84
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• 2013

The study aimed at grasping the factors of sommelier service quality and analyzing how customers' emotional responses based on sommelier service quality had a big impact on the revisit intention for the customers who received sommelier service from food service industries located in Seoul. The findings are as follows. The effects of sommelier service quality on positive emotions were respectively significant in specialty factor(${\beta}$=.257, p<0.001), reliability factor(${\beta}$=.314, p<0.001), and responsiveness factor(${\beta}$=.387, p<0.001). And the effect on negative emotions was significant in specialty factor(${\beta}$=-.178, p<0.05). Meanwhile, the result of the effect on the revisit factor of sommelier service quality was significant in reliability factor(${\beta}$=.286, p<0.001). And the effects of customers' emotional response on revisit factor were significant in positive emotion factor(${\beta}$=.350, p<0.001) and negative emotion factor(${\beta}$=-.195, p<0.01) respectively. As the emotional responses based on sommelier service quality had a great impact on customers' revisit intention according to positive or negative emotions, it is necessary for food service industry operators to improve customer satisfaction with consolidating the factors to give customers positive emotions which eventually can lead them to revisit wine restaurants.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.181-190
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate individuals' perceptions toward green tea and green tea cafes according to their usage of green tea cafes, gender, and marital status. The survey was conducted online and completed by 200 respondents who had been to green tea cafes and by 200 respondents who had not. The visitors of green tea cafes had more positive perceptions regarding the atmosphere, familiar taste, good quality of raw foods, freshness of foods, good service, excellent taste, and menu variety of green tea cafes. Males perceived green tea as 'good for health' more than the females. There was no difference in the perception of green tea cafes by marital status. Regarding a popularization plan for green tea cafes, the customers felt more need for a tea sommelier than the non-customers, and females versus males felt stronger about having a tea sommelier that would provide opportunities to taste various tea products and develop a green tea menu that considered nutrition and health. Unmarried respondents felt a greater necessity for having a place with a comfortable environment, tasting a variety of tea products, and having a chance to experience tea culture. When selecting a green tea cafe, the quality of the food and cleanliness of the cafe were considered to be most important. The implications of the data are discussed.