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The Effect of AI Chatbot Service Experience and Relationship Quality on Continuous Use Intention and Recommendation Intention

AI챗봇 서비스 사용경험이 관계품질과 행동의도에 미치는 영향

  • 최상묵 (대전대학교 융합컨설팅학과) ;
  • 최도영 (대전대학교 경영학과 )
  • Received : 2023.08.07
  • Accepted : 2023.08.31
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

This study analyzes the effect of users' experiences using AI chatbot services on relationship quality and behavioral intention. For the study, a survey was conducted on users who experienced AI chatbot services, and the research hypothesis was verified by analyzing the final 299 copies of valid data. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that satisfaction and trust, which are the relationship quality dimensions of AI chatbot service, were formed in users through the cognitive experience, emotional experience, and relational experience. In addition, it was confirmed that satisfaction and trust have a positive effect on the intention to continue using and recommending AI chatbot services, which correspond to the level of consumers' behavioral intentions, respectively. In addition, in terms of relationship quality, it was significant in all paths of the road of behavior, but in satisfaction, the path coefficient of the road of continuous use of AI chatbot and recommended road was significantly higher than the path coefficient in trust. This study provided a theoretical foundation that the relationship with relationship quality that affects behavioral intention also affects AI chatbot services in the online environment, and it is significant in that it suggests that relationship quality is an important mediating factor in establishing long-term relationships with consumers.

본 연구는 AI챗봇 서비스를 이용한 사용자의 경험이 관계품질과 행동의도에 미치는 영향에 대해서 살펴보고자 하였다. 연구를 위하여 AI챗봇 서비스를 경험한 사용자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 최종 299부의 유효한 데이터를 분석하여 연구가설을 검증하였다. 분석결과 AI챗봇 서비스의 인지적 경험, 감성적 경험 및 관계적 경험을 통하여 사용자에게 AI챗봇 서비스에 대한 관계품질 차원인 만족과 신뢰가 형성됨을 확인하였으며, 특히 인지적 경험에서 AI챗봇 만족과 신뢰로의 경로계수가 감성적 경험 및 관계적 경험의 경로계수보다 크게 높았다. 또 만족과 신뢰는 각각 AI챗봇 서비스에 대해 소비자의 행동의도 차원에 해당하는 지속사용의도와 추천의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미침을 확인하였다. 또 관계품질에서 행동의도로의 모든 경로에서 유의함을 보였지만, 만족에서 AI챗봇 지속사용의도와 추천의도로의 경로계수가 신뢰에서의 경로계수보다 크게 높았다. 본 연구를 통하여 행동의도에 영향을 미치는 관계품질과의 영향 관계가 온라인 환경의 AI챗봇 서비스에서도 영향을 미친다는 이론적 토대를 마련할 수 있었으며, 관계품질이 AI챗봇 서비스 제공자 즉, 기업과 AI챗봇 서비스 사용자의 지속사용의도와 추천의도 등 소비자와의 장기적인 관계를 맺어가는데 있어서 중요한 매개요인임을 시사한다는 점에서 연구의 의의가 있다.

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