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The Effects of Service Employee Market Orientation on Service Creativity: A Cross-National Comparative Study between Korea and Japan

서비스 종업원의 시장지향성이 서비스 창의성에 미치는 영향: 한국과 일본 호텔 서비스 종업원의 비교

  • 조보경 (국립부경대학교 대학원 경영학과) ;
  • 강성호 (조선대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2019.07.18
  • Accepted : 2019.08.12
  • Published : 2019.08.30
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Abstract

This research explored the main and interactive effects of service employee market orientation, service creativity, and national culture(Korea and Japan). To test the hypotheses, responses were collected from 196 Korean and 195 Japan hotel service employee samples. The results showed that service employee market orientation(customer orientation, competitor orientation, and interfunctional coordination) has a positive relationship with service creativity. Also, national culture moderates the relationship between service employee market orientation and service creativity, thereby implying the positive relationship between competitor orientation and service creativity is stronger in Korea than in Japan. In contrast, the positive relationship between interfunctional coordination and service creativity is stronger in Japan than in Korea. Theoretical implications of our findings and practical recommendations for how to address the impact of market orientation on service creativity are discussed.

전통적 서비스 산업인 호텔 서비스의 품질 표준화를 극복하기 위해 차별적 서비스의 다양한 시도들이 있어왔다. 하지만 이러한 시도들은 대체적으로 경쟁호텔에 의해 모방되는 단기적 결과만을 양산하곤 했다. 이에 장기적인 경쟁우위를 구축할 서비스 창의성의 중요성이 주목받고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 호텔 서비스 종업원의 창의성을 향상시킬 선행요인으로 시장지향성의 역할을 살펴보고 시장지향성(고객지향성, 경쟁자지향성, 기능간 조정성)과 서비스 창의성의 관계를 살펴보았다. 또한, 한국과 일본의 문화적 차이에 의해서 양국의 호텔 서비스 종업원 간에 시장지향성과 서비스 창의성 간에 차이가 발생하는지를 파악하였다. 실증분석결과, 경쟁자지향성과 서비스 창의성 간의 관계는 한국이 일본보다, 기능 간 조정성과 서비스 창의성 간의 관계는 일본이 한국보다 더 강한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 실증결과를 바탕으로 이론적, 실무적 시사점을 제공하였다.

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