Culinary science and hospitality research (한국조리학회지)

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The Effects of Nonverbal Communication of Fast Food Restaurant Servers on Customer Loyalty - Focusing on Customer Emotion and Self-Identification -

패스트푸드업체 서비스종사원의 비언어적 커뮤니케이션이 고객충성도에 미치는 영향 - 고객감정과 자아동일시를 중심으로 -

  • Yoo, Young-Jin (Dept. of Food Processing, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Park, Yi-Kyung (Dept. of Food Service & Culinary, Kyongju University)
  • 유영진 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 박이경 (경주대학교 외식조리학부)
  • Received : 2016.03.01
  • Accepted : 2016.04.14
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

This study intended to verify the impact of non-verbal communication of servers in the service industry on the affective path among customer's positive emotion, self-identification, and loyalty(behavioral and attitudinal loyalty). The data of 397 customers of typical fast food restaurants in Busan and Gyeongsangbuk-do area were analyzed with SPSS and AMOS, and the hypotheses were verified through structural equation model after frequency analysis, as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. According to the empirical analysis, all three components of server non-verbal communication in the service industry, body language, pseudo language, and body appearance, in respective order, had positive (+) influences on the positive emotion of customers. In addition, customer emotion had a positive (+) influence on brand self-identification. Finally, self-identification had a positive (+) influence on behavior loyalty and attitudinal loyalty. This study suggested practical implications and logical implications in the course of developing emotional loyalty for restaurant companies.

본 연구는 패스트푸드업체 서비스 종사원의 비언어적 커뮤니케이션이 고객의 긍정적 감정-자아동일시-충성도(행동적, 태도적 충성도) 간의 감성적 경로를 검증하기 위하여 부산, 대구경북지역의 대표적 외식 패스트푸드 업체 이용객 397명의 자료를 분석에 사용하였다. 자료분석을 위해 SPSS 프로그램과 AMOS 프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석, 탐색적, 확인적 요인분석을 거친 후, 구조방정식 모형으로 가설을 검증하였다. 실증분석결과, 첫째, 서비스종사원의 비언어적 커뮤니케이션의 3 구성요소 즉, 신체언어, 의사언어, 신체외양의 순으로 이들 모두가 고객의 긍정적 감정에 정(+)의 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 고객감정은 자아동일시에 정(+)의 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 자아동일시는 행동적 충성도와 태도적 충성도 각각에 정(+)의 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 주요 결과를 통해 외식업체의 감성적 충성도 구축의 경로과정을 통해 실무적 시사점과 이론적 시사점을 제시하였다.

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