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Understanding the Key Factors Influencing the Success of Sharing Accommodation Services: Evidence from Airbnb.com

공유숙박 서비스 성공에 미치는 요인에 대한 실증연구

  • Jee Hee Kim (SKK Business School, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Gunwoong Lee (SKK Business School, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • 김지희 (성균관대학교 경영대학) ;
  • 이건웅 (성균관대학교 경영대학)
  • Received : 2019.01.21
  • Accepted : 2019.03.29
  • Published : 2019.05.31
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Abstract

Recently, consumers are increasingly interested in the sharing economy, which utilizes various resources by sharing unused or under-used products/services with others. This study focuses on Airbnb, a representative sharing economy platform, to identify the success factors of the sharing accommodation services. The key properties of sharing accommodation services are extensively surveyed from extant literature and are classified them into the three important factors (economic, convenience, and trust) that influence the success of room-sharing services. The research data include 1,673 Airbnb hosts who offered accommodations in New York City, USA, in June 2018. The research variables of economic-, convenience-, and trust-related factors are utilized in the empirical analyses. The results of this study show that the number of available facilities, flexibility of refunds, the response rate and time to customer requests, and the status of Super host are positively associated with guest satisfaction from sharing accommodation services. This study bears significant managerial implications by suggesting a set of practical guidelines to participants in sharing accommodation services.

최근 소비자들 사이에서 사용하지 않거나 적게 쓰는 자원을 다른 사람과 공유하는 공유경제에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 공유경제의 대표 영역인 공유숙박 서비스를 중심으로 공유경제의 성공요인을 살펴보고자 한다. 공유경제와 숙박업 관련 선행연구와 이론을 바탕으로 공유숙박 서비스에서 중요한 세 가지 성공요인(경제성, 편리성, 신뢰성)을 선정하였다. 공유숙박 플랫폼인 Airbnb의 1,673개 숙박업체를 대상으로 경제성(숙박비, 청소비, 환불제도의 엄격성), 편리성(가용한 편의시설의 개수, 호스트 가능 언어 수), 신뢰성(고객 요구에 대한 응답률/응답시간, 슈퍼호스트 여부) 관련 요인들이 고객 만족도에 미치는 영향을 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통해 분석하였다. 연구결과 경제성에서는 환불제도의 유연함, 편리성에서는 가용할 편의시설의 개수, 신뢰성에서는 고객 요구에 대한 응답률과 플랫폼에서 제공하는 신뢰성의 지표인 슈퍼호스트 여부가 공유숙박 성공에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구는 공유숙박 서비스의 성공을 위해 어떠한 요인을 중점적으로 고려하여 비즈니스 모델을 수립해야 하는지에 대한 방향성을 공유숙박 참여자에게 제시했다는 점에서 연구의 시사점이 있다.

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