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The effect of emotional experience on customer response in the Metaverse: Focusing on medical tourism services

메타버스에서의 정서적 경험이 고객반응에 미치는 효과: 의료관광서비스를 중심으로

  • 황윤용 (조선대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 김미라 (조선대학교 일반대학원 의료관광경영)
  • Received : 2023.12.05
  • Accepted : 2023.12.23
  • Published : 2024.02.29
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Abstract

The Metaverse as a combination of physical and digital space, provides many consumers with a different process of search, evaluation, consumption, and disposal than before, based on hyper-connected and hyper-realistic services. Therefore, it is necessary to examine what kind of sensory experiences customers feel when performing various activities in the Metaverse and how these experiences affect customers' behavioral responses. This study measured the temporal and emotional experience of the Metaverse service environment felt during the Metaverse experience journey of customers experiencing medical tourism services. The results of the study showed that the emotional experience through Metaverse had a more positive impact on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty as the intensity of the Metaverse experience deepened. In particular, it was confirmed that the emotional experience at the end of the Metaverse service had a positive influence on repurchase behavior. These results show that, just as in the real world, customer experience in the Metaverse can provide important insight into understanding customers' post purchase behavior and how service providers can develop and implement effective customer experience strategies in the Metaverse environment.

물리적 공간과 디지털 공간의 결합인 메타버스는 초연결적, 초실감적 서비스를 기반으로 많은 소비자들에게 이전과 다른 탐색, 평가, 소비 그리고 처분의 과정을 제공하고 있다. 따라서 시공간을 초월한 새로운 형태의 디지털 공간인 메타버스 안에서 고객들이 다양한 활동을 수행할 때, 어떠한 감각적 경험을 느끼게 되고 이러한 경험이 고객들의 행동적 반응에 어떻게 영향을 미치는가를 살펴볼 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 의료관광 서비스를 경험하는 고객들이 메타버스 체험 여정에서 느끼는 메타버스 서비스 환경의 시간적, 정서적 경험을 고려하였다. 연구결과 메타버스를 통한 정서적 경험은 메타버스 체험의 강도가 깊어질수록 고객만족과 고객충성도에 더 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 메타버스 서비스 종료 시점에서의 정서적 경험은 이후 재구매 행동에도 긍정적 영향력이 있음을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 현실 세계에서처럼 메타버스에서의 고객경험은 고객들의 사후적 행동을 이해하는 데 중요한 통찰력을 제공해 주며, 서비스 제공자들이 메타버스 환경에서 효과적인 고객경험 전략을 어떻게 개발하고 구현할 것인가에 대한 의미 있는 시사점을 제공하고 있다.

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