벤처혁신연구 (Journal of Venture Innovation)

한국벤처혁신학회 (Korean Academy of Venture Innovation)
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온라인 고객 서비스 유형과 고객 분노가 부정적 구전에 미치는 영향 및 서비스 실패 통제 가능성의 조절 효과

Effects of Online Customer Service Types and Customer Anger on Negative Word-of-Mouth : The Moderating Role of Service Failure Controllability

  • 정효련 (중앙대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 남인우 (중앙대학교 경영학과)
  • Cheng, Xiao-lian (Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Nam, In-woo (Chung-Ang University)
  • 투고 : 2024.08.23
  • 심사 : 2024.09.21
  • 발행 : 2024.09.30
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전자 상거래 플랫폼에서 챗봇의 적용이 점점 더 널리 퍼지고 있다. 인공지능 기술의 급속한 발전과 함께, 이전 연구는 주로 챗봇 자체에서 발생하는 서비스 실패에 초점을 맞추었다. 그러나 판매자가 통제할 수 있는 서비스 실패를 챗봇이 처리하는 상황에 대한 연구는 제한적이다. 본 논문은 총 546명의 참가자를 대상으로 두 가지 실험을 통해 온라인 설문 조사를 실시했다. 연구 결과, 서비스 실패가 발생했을 때, 챗봇이 제공하는 서비스가 인간 고객 서비스 대표보다 더 많은 부정적인 구전을 유발하며, 재구매 의도도 낮아진다는 것을 나타냈다. 이는 고객들이 더 높은 수준의 분노를 경험하기 때문이다. 그러나 고객이 서비스 실패를 판매자가 통제할 수 없는 것으로 인식할 때, 고객 분노를 통해 고객 서비스 제공 유형이 부정적 구전에 미치는 영향이 약화되고, 소비자들이 그 서비스 실패를 판매자가 통제할 수 있는 것으로 인식할 때 서비스 제공 유형이 부정적 구전에 미치는 영향은 강화된다. 본 연구는 온라인 소매 기업이 지능형 고객 서비스를 적용함과 동시에 서비스 실패의 추가 악화를 방지하기 위한 이론적 기여를 제공한다.

The application of chatbots on e-commerce platforms is becoming increasingly widespread. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, previous research has predominantly focused on service failures occurring with the chatbots themselves. There is limited research on scenarios where chatbots handle service failures that are controllable by the sellers. This paper conducted online surveys through two experiments involving a total of 546 participants. The results indicate that, in the event of a service failure, customers are more likely to spread negative word-of-mouth about the store and have lower repurchase intentions when served by chatbots compared to human customer service representatives. This is because customers experience higher levels of anger with the chatbots. However, when customers perceive the service failure as uncontrollable by the seller, the impact of the type of customer service provider on negative word-of-mouth via customer anger is weakened while when customers perceive it as controllable the impact is strengthened. This study provides theoretical contributions for online retail enterprises to apply intelligent customer service while preventing further deterioration of service failures.

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This research was supported by the Chung-Ang University Research Scholarship Grants in 2022.

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