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Customer-perceived distributive peer justice climate, community identification, C2C interaction quality, and helping intention in MMORPG contexts

고객의 분배공정성분위기 지각과 커뮤니티동일시, 고객간상호작용인식, 도움행동의도의 관계에 대한 연구

  • Hyun Sik Kim (School of Business, Hallym University)
  • 김현식 (한림대학교 경영대학)
  • Received : 2024.04.01
  • Accepted : 2024.06.13
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

This paper proposes and tests a theoretical model of the relational link between a novel form of customer-perceived fairness for a reward design (distributive peer justice climate) and C2C helping intention via community identification and online C2C interaction (friend-, neighboring customer-, audience-interaction) qualities in a collective consumption context (MMORPG). To test hypotheses, we amassed survey data within a collective consumption context (massively multiplayer online role-playing games, MMORPGs). We used structural equation modeling in analyzing the survey data. The results reveal that user-perceived distributive peer justice climate for a reward design enhances their C2C helping intention via community identification and C2C interactions in MMORPG contexts. Collective consumption-type service managers should focus on promoting the user-perceived distributive peer justice climate for their reward system to enhance users' present C2C co-creation experience (community identification, C2C interaction) and future C2C co-creation behavior (helping intention). By adopting an intra-unit level distributive justice concept (customer-perceived distributive peer justice climate) to a reward design in a collective consumption context (MMORPGs), this study informed collective consumption-type service managers of the importance of its management.

본 연구는 온라인 집단소비 서비스 상황에서 다른 고객들의 보상에 대한 고객의 분배공정성분위기 지각이 커뮤니티동일시, 고객간상호작용인식, 도움행동의도에 미치는 영향에 대한 이론적 모델을 제안하고 실증한다. 가설을 테스트하기 위해 온라인 집단소비 서비스(대규모 멀티플레이어 온라인 롤플레잉 게임, MMORPG) 이용자를 대상으로 설문 조사 데이터를 수집하여 구조 방정식 모델링을 통해 분석하였다. 본 연구는 MMORPG 상황에서 보상설계에 대한 고객의 분배공정성분위기 지각이 커뮤니티동일시, 고객간상호작용인식을 변화시켜 도움행동의도를 변화시킨다는 것을 보여준다. 집단소비형 서비스 관리자는 사용자의 현재 C2C 가치공동창조 경험(커뮤니티동일시, 고객간상호작용인식)과 미래 C2C 가치공동창조 행동(도움행동의도)을 향상시키기 위해 보상 시스템에 대한 고객의 분배공정성분위기 지각을 개선하는 데 중점을 두어야 할 것이다. 본 연구는 온라인 집단소비 서비스 상황(MMORPG)에서 보상 설계에 관한 고객의 분배공정성분위기 지각과 고객간상호작용 인식의 관계를 실증함으로써 분배정의 이론의 발전에 기여하고 있다.

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