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The Impact of Consumers' Should-expectation and Will-expectation on Consumer Satisfaction: Focusing on Emotional and Rational Expectancy Disconfirmation

규범적 기대와 예언적 기대가 소비자 만족에 미치는 영향: 감정적 vs. 이성적 기대불일치를 중심으로

  • Park, Do-Hyung (School of Management Information Systems, Kookmin University) ;
  • Lee, Dongwon (School of Business Administration, Hansung University) ;
  • Chung, Jaekwon (School of Business Administration, Kookmin University)
  • Received : 2016.05.25
  • Accepted : 2016.07.07
  • Published : 2016.07.31
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Abstract

Consumer expectation is divided into rational and emotional components with regard to the experience of products or services. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between these two types of expectations and consumer satisfaction. For the theoretical framework, we use the dual expectation theory with respect to the should-expectation and will-expectation, and verify their effects on consumer satisfaction. The findings of this study imply that under rational expectation, consumer satisfaction increases when the result of their experience exceeds their expectation and the impact is stronger when the will-expectation is satisfied. Under emotional expectation, consumer satisfaction increases when the should-expectation exceeds the result of the actual performance, but decreases when there is disaccord between the will-expectation and performance. For emotional-based expectation, the impact on consumer satisfaction is stronger for should-expectancy disconfirmation than for will-expectancy disconfirmation.

제품이나 서비스에 대한 소비자 만족은 이성적인 관점에서 어느 정도 성과를 창출하였는지와 감정적인 관점에서 어떤 느낌을 제공하는지에 따라 달라진다. 본 연구는 소비자의 이러한 두 가지 차원의 기대를 이성적 기대와 감성적 기대의 독립적인 기대들로 간주하고, 특정 제품이나 서비스에 대한 소비자 만족간의 관계를 확인하였다. 동시에 기존의 기대불일치 이론을 확장한 예언적 기대와 규범적 기대도 함께 고려하여, 소비자의 이성적인 판단과 감정적인 느낌의 기대불일치가 만족에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 연구하였다. 연구 결과, 이성적인 관점에서는 소비자의 기대를 뛰어넘는 성능이나 경험을 했을 경우, 만족은 증가함을 알 수 있었고, 이 효과는 예언적 기대를 충족했을 때 더 커짐을 알 수 있었다. 반면, 감성적인 관점에서는 소비자가 규범적으로 사전에 기대한 느낌보다 더 좋은 느낌을 얻을수록, 만족이 증가하지만, 자신이 실제로 일어날 것이라고 예언한 기대에 불일치하는 것은 오히려 만족을 감소시킨다는 결과를 확인하였다. 하지만 영향정도의 절대 크기 측면에서 감정적인 느낌 하에서는 규범적 기대불일치가 소비자의 만족에 미치는 영향이 예언적 기대불일치의 영향보다 더 크다는 것을 확인하였다.

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