• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.91-100
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• 2018

Recently, the traditional call center, which has an important role as the customer's primary contact point, has been transformed into the omni-channel contact center which supports an additional variety of access channels in addition to phone calls in order to improve customer accessibility and convenience. The omni-channel contact center has agents on each channel which are vital in determining the response rate and waiting time for the customer. In traditional call centers, agents can be assigned to a call based on the characteristics of the call, however in omni-channel contact centers, the characteristics of issues vary and come in through multiple channels, each with their own characteristics, making it difficult to assign the appropriate agent for the issue. Customers must also be processed at the same time, adding an additional layer of complexity to the issue. This paper analyzes and simulates an omni-channel contact center that accommodates email, chat, voice calls and video consultation, and investigates how to optimize the allocation of agents.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.183-191
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• 2017

This study tries to explain the relationships among omni-channel service characteristics, utilitarian/hedonic shopping value, and reuse intention. We derive instant connectivity, localization, consistency, integration, privacy risk as omni-channel service characteristics from previous studies and collect data from 190 omni-channel service users. The major findings are as follows. First, localization, consistency, and privacy risk have a significant effect on utilitarian shopping value but no significant effect on hedonic shopping value. Second, instant connectivity and integration have a positive effect on both utilitarian and hedonic value. Third, utilitarian and hedonic shopping value have a positive effect on reuse intention. This study extends the scope of omni-channel consumer behaviors by focusing on multi-dimensionality of shopping value. The results of this research can provide useful implications for practitioners to build successful strategies on omni-channel service.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.287-294
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• 2021

This research is a research on the convergence of beauty marketing businesses to find out the impact of omnichannel in the beauty industry on consumer behavior. The target was 299 copies of the self-answer questionnaire for male and female in their 20s-30s living in Seoul, using the SPSS21.0 program to analyze frequency, explore factors, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. According to the study, Omnichannels were related to consumer behavior, and the sub factors of Omni channels could be divided into exposure, benefits, review, reservation, and convenience. All sub-elements of Omni channels, except exposure, have a positive impact on customer satisfaction during consumer behavior, and all sub-elements of Omni channels have a positive impact on reuse intent during consumer behavior. Customer satisfaction has been shown to have a positive impact on reuse intentions. Therefore, it will provide good feedback for revitalizing the beauty industry. Therefore, research on omnichannel marketing strategies and activation of beauty platform are needed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.91-97
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• 2016

The technological environment is rapidly affecting the way of shopping. When consumers go about retail activities, they not only use a single channel (e.g., traditional stores, mobile) but also combine different channels. This research focuses on the factors which influence the favorableness toward omni-channel shopping. Specifically, this paper investigates the effect of extraversion-introversion on the omni-channel shopping favorableness. Moreover, the effect of variety-seeking tendency is examined as a mediator. The results of an experiment using PROCESS program find that when participants are more extravert, they show greater favorableness toward omni-channel shopping and variety-seeking tendency mediates the effect of extraversion-introversion. Based on the findings, this research proposes managerial implications and several directions for further research.

• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.97-114
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• 2018

This study was intended to empirically examine the influence that the omni-channel brand experience would have on omni-channel brand relationship formation and achievements. All hypotheses were adopted, except for 1 hypothesis(Hypothesis 5), among 12 hypotheses. Specific results were as below: First, omni-channel brand experience had a positive(+) influence on brand trust(Hypothesis 1), brand identification(Hypothesis 2), and consumer-brand relationship(Hypothesis 3) as a whole. The brand trust had a positive(+) influence on brand identification(Hypothesis 4), but did not have statistically significant influence on consumer-brand relationship(Hypothesis 5). Meanwhile, brand identification had a positive(+) influence on consumer-brand relationship(Hypothesis 6). Second, consumer-brand relationship had a positive(+) influence on re-purchase intention(Hypothesis 7), word-of-mouth intention(Hypothesis 8), and brand extension acceptability(Hypothesis 9) as a whole. Finally, omni-channel brand showed the following relationship with and achievements. re-purchase intention had a positive(+) influence on both word-of-mouth intention(Hypothesis 10) and brand extension acceptability(Hypothesis 11) while word-of-mouth intention had a positive(+) influence on brand extension acceptability. The results of this study may provide theoretical and practical implications for marketing managers' understanding and strategy planning in connection with consumer experience and relationship formation promoted recently by omni-channel brands of distribution companies.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.173-182
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• 2017

On the tourism purchasing stage, this study is focused on analyzing the relationship among tourism omnichannel selecting factor, satisfaction and purchasing intention considering the moderator effects of tourism experience and perceived risk. Based upon antecedent studies and literature about tourism omnichannel, We presented the study model and hypotheses. For the accurate analysis, we did field survey with 400 respondents. The results are as follows. First, the positive relationship are found between channel selecting factors during purchasing and tourism omnichannel satisfaction. Secondly there is a positive relationship between tourism omni-channel satisfaction and tourism purchasing intention. Thirdly tourism experience is proved as a positive moderating effect between channel selecting factors during purchasing and tourism omni-channel satisfaction. But the moderating effect of perceived risk is negative between them.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.448-458
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• 2017

This study reviews the literature related to the omni-channel and derived structural relationship between experiential perception of omni-channel brand and consumer-brand relational quality. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed to university students, workers, and consumers in Busan, Korea, who had experience using SSG.com. 210 questionnaires were used for final validation of research model. The hypotheses set in this study was validated through SPSS18.0 and LISREL8.3 based on the research model. The results showed that all hypotheses were accepted, except for 2 hypotheses(Hypothesis 2-3, Hypothesis 2-4). Findings of this study suggest the following:First, the consumer's experience with the omni-channel brand was found to be an important factor influencing consumers' cognitive and emotional responses formed by the transfer effect of experiential factors through senses. Second, the relationship between consumers and the omni-channel brand was found to be an important factor in building attachment and psychological bond through experience and trust for the omni-channel brand. Thus, the results of this study provide the basis for overall understanding of the strategic experiential module (SEMs) for the omni-channel, which recently emerged as a new trend of distribution channel, as well as for managing the spatial environment. Finally, we present the theoretical and practical implications related to consumers' experience and relational perception.

• The Journal of Small Business Innovation
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.35-46
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to obtain the implications for establishing a marketing strategy for retailers by analyzing whether the consumer's preference for products (food) is influenced by on-line, off-line, and omni-channel preferences. The research model consisted of the effects of consumers' food selection characteristics on business preference and omni channel preference. The results of analysis based on 477 questionnaires are summarized as follows. First, food purchasing characteristics that utilize the seven characteristics of (1) freshness of food, (2) taste, (3) quality and safety, (4) tasting, (5) food function and information, (6) country of origin, and (7) brand loyalty, has various effects on types of business preference, omni-channel preference. The adopted hypotheses were selected in order of brand loyalty (5 times), freshness (3 times), tasting (3 times), and origin (1 time). The selective attributes on foods are: (1) what kind of brand, (2) how good the freshness is, (3) tasting. (4) The country of origin is to be compressed. Actually consumers seem to utilize only the core selective factors that are appropriate to the characteristics of the distribution channel rather than all of them in the shopping of the food, and there is three characteristics on Convenience Store and only one or two factors in the other types of business. Second, in the analysis of the omni-channel preference analysis, food selection characteristics has been shown to have a limited effect, which is attributed to the fact that the consumer has not yet understood the concept of omni channel. Third, the results of this study suggest that there is a need to reflect the selection characteristics of foods that have diverse influences by business type in the marketing strategies. Because consumers make reasonable consumption to use both on-line and off-line simultaneously, consumers who use Omni Channel focus on quality and safety of food, identify products through tasting, pursue brands that can trust anywhere. Customers who pursue rationality will have a high preference for using Omni Channel. Product choice characteristic has significant effect on omni-channel preference. For a few years, omni-channel strategy of retailers meets with a difficulty. This study make a first attempt to study omni-channel preference changing retailing paradigm.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.157-165
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• 2019

The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between tourists' intention upon UTAUT and purchase intention on tourism omnichannel considering moderating effect of trust and purchase propensity. As the results, 1) there are partially significant and positive relationship between tourists' intention and purchase intention. There are partially significant and positive moderating effect of 2) trust and 3) purchase propensity upon the relationship between tourists' intention and purchase intention on tourism omnichannel. In order to increase the purchase intention of diversified customers, it is necessary to secure the reliability of OmniChannel which integrates the on-off line, for the future, more in-depth study of purchase propensity of tourism omnichannel should be needed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.95-104
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• 2018

This study is focused on analyzing the difference by demographical characteristics of users on acceptance behavior of tourism omnichannel based upon Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. Through field survey with 392 respondents, the results are as follows. Partially differences on acceptance behavior are found according to gender, age, education and job as demographic characteristics of tourism omnichannel. And the difference by demographic characteristics on acceptance behavior about preferring tourism information is not significant. However performance expectancy and effort expectancy as factors of UTAUT are significantly positive in thirties group of tourism omnichannel users.