• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.398-410
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is threefold. Firstly, what are some attributes of brands that affect perceived authenticity of brands? Secondly, how do the product characteristics such as public goods and private goods change the impacts of attributes on the perceived authenticity of brands? Thirdly, does the perceived authenticity influence consumers' brand attitude and mediate the relationship between brand attributes and the brand attitude? With regard to the role of authenticity in performance of marketing, the authors examined the relationship between the perceived authenticity and brand attitude. The study expands understanding of the relationship between brand attributes and authenticity while at the same time answering the call for further studies on the role of the perceived authenticity in improving brand attitude. The finding also demonstrates that the influence of attributes could be different depending on product categories.

• Korea Trade Review
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.143-172
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• 2017

Chinese consumers get more interests in the brands which show the consumers with th trust rather than the those which provide consumers with excessive information on brand. Accordingly, this study aimed to find out that the antecedents of brand authenticity such as brand consistency, continuity, individuality, authority, ethics affect the brand aura through brand authenticity and surveyed data from a total 400 Chinese consumers for the analysis. As a result, this article is summarized as followings. First, brand continuity, individuality, authority affected brand authenticity but brand consistency and ethics did not have a direct effect on brand authenticity. Second, brand authenticity had positive effect on brand aura. This study provides information on the antecedents of brand authenticity of Chinese consumers. Further, it will provide meaning suggestion point of the importance of brand authenticity in establishing of brand aura.

• Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.126-139
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• 2012

Authenticity has emerged as an important condition which should be examined in setting out conservation and management principles of cultural heritage during the last half century. Compared that the concept has been internationally discussed developing it into the applicable framework such kind of effort has been relatively low within Asian context. This paper is the first half part the research on authenticity which aims at setting out conceptual framework of authenticity in Korean context and presenting a set of suggestion to make the Korean heritage-based concept of authenticity be workable in assessing heritage value in practice. It focused on the analytical review on two aspects: 1. the origin of the word and the development of the concept along with the implementation of World Heritage Convention, nt of related international charters; 2. Problems of the intrinsic nature of the concept and problems to be considered in defining the concept.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.235-243
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• 2020

The more consumers feel the brand as authentic, the better the brand image and the higher the purchase intention, so companies actively seek to build brand authenticity. On the other hand, the quality of products perceived by consumers comprehensively in consideration of various factors such as performance, durability, and materials can affect brand authenticity. The purpose of this study is to present useful implications by building a research model for quality and brand authenticity from a marketing point of view, and empirical analysis. For this, product quality and brand authenticity were theoretically defined, the relationship between them was identified, and ultimately the influence of these concepts on brand image was examined. In detail, a survey was conducted on a total of 286 consumers to find out the quality of the product, authenticity of the brand, and brand image, and the product to be surveyed was S20, the latest mobile phone of S Electronics. As a result of empirical analysis, although quality had a statistically significant positive effect on brand authenticity, the degree was not greater than expected. In addition, quality had a statistically significant positive effect on brand image, and its degree was large, but when quality and brand authenticity were considered together, it was found that the regression coefficient of brand authenticity was larger than that of quality. This means a partial mediating effect of brand authenticity. Therefore, in order to enhance the brand image and purchase intention of SMEs/Venture companies, a strategy that build brand authenticity simultaneously in consideration of the components presented in this study will be more effective than a strategy that focuses only on quality. This study proposes a variety of theoretical and practical implications by empirically examining the relationship between brand authenticity and brand image perceived by consumers through quality from a marketing perspective, based on a research model that was not discussed in previous studies. In particular, this study proposes a plan to build brand authenticity from the perspective of SMEs/Ventures.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.45-59
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• 2020

This study is to examine the effects of personal media influencer's source credibility (attractiveness, trustworthiness, expertise) and content authenticity on brand authenticity and product purchase intention. An online survey was conducted, on which the respondents were asked to watch the embedded contents of the influencer provided on YouTube before answering the questionnaire. The results of the regression analysis showed that both influencer expertise and content authenticity had a positive effect on brand authenticity. Moreover, brand authenticity had a positive effect on purchase intention and had a mediating effect between purchase intention and content authenticity. The findings are meaningful in that they not only analyze empirical advertising effects of personal media and media contents but also expand the scope of research on authenticity. This study also provides strategic implications for personal media influencers and companies which want to collaborate with influencers.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.101-120
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• 2024

Due to the expanding roles of corporations, the significance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has escalated, fostering continued efforts for organizations to integrate CSR into the context of recruitment. Additionally, demand for CSR authenticity is increasing. Damaged CSR authenticity can give rise to negative consequences, but research on the CSR authenticity is lacking, particularly within the realms of job search and recruitment. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate whether organizational attractiveness varies with CSR authenticity (high CSR authenticity, low CSR authenticity, and control conditions) through a scenario design. Additionally, the study examined the mediating effects of value congruence, as well as the moderating effect of moral identity in this relationship. Conducted among 300 undergraduate students, the results indicated that the organizational attractiveness was highest in the high CSR authenticity condition, followed by the control condition, and the lowest in the low CSR authenticity condition. However, the difference between the high CSR authenticity condition and the control condition was not statistically significant. PROCESS macro was employed to analyze the mediating model of value congruence. The results revealed that the mediating effect of value congruence was significant across all conditions. In sequence, examining the moderating effect and the moderated mediating effect of moral identity, it was found that these effects were significant in the high CSR authenticity condition in comparison to the other conditions. The findings of this study suggest the importance of considering CSR authenticity in the context of job search and recruitment and also, provides an insight into the mechanism through which CSR authenticity influences organizational attractiveness.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.141-167
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• 2021

Authenticity is the opposite of hypocrisy or deceitful living in philosophy. While various positive factors that humans experience in life based on authenticity have been studied abroad, most of the studies in Korea that tried to measure authenticity did not take into account the characteristics of Korean culture or were developed only for the purpose of use in a limited domain or specific purpose. In this study, based on the specificity of Korean culture, we developed a measure of authenticity that researchers can use universally. To this end, the items constituting the existing authenticity scale and the items reflecting the cultural value of Korean society, which value social relationships, are integrated. The results of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that authenticity consists of three factors: self-awareness, behavioral authenticity, and relationship authenticity. In addition, criterion validity was verified based on correlations with life satisfaction, mindfulness, self-esteem, HEXACO, social desirability, self-regulation focus, and emotional diversity. These results suggest that the authenticity scale of this study is a reliable and valid measure, and is expected to be an important tool for empirical individual differences research on authenticity in everyday life in Korean population.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.611-619
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• 2016

Prior researches on brand authenticity so far have focused on the scale development for measuring brand authenticity. However, at the point of time it is necessary to consider the utilization of the proposed scale in an integrative approach. Accordingly, this study aims to examine brand authenticity mediated the effect of brand authority and ethicality on purchase and word-of-mouth intention. The survey method was used for this paper, and data from a total of 136 office workers were used for the analysis. And structural equation model was used to analyze the data. The results of this empirical study is summarized as followings. First, brand authority and ethicality do not have a direct effect on purchase and word-of-mouth intention but brand authenticity mediates the effect of brand authority and ethicality. Second, brand authority and ethicality have positive effect on brand authenticity. This study provides information on the purchase and word-of-mouth intention of salary man. Further, it will provide meaning suggestion point of the importance of brand authenticity in establishing the policy of brand management.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.131-153
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• 2014

This study has analyzed on affecting factors of the customer's empathy toward the corporate philanthropic activities in terms of corporates and their products. From the corporate perspective, we have checked how the activities affect the perception of the customer familiarity and authenticity. Study shows that the fairness of the social contribution activities have an impact on both the familiarity and the authenticity (hypothesis 1, hypothesis 2). Social contributions reciprocity has been shown to influence familiarity (hypothesis 3) and it was not statistically significant to the authenticity (hypothesis 4). Looking at the relationship between the familiarity and authenticity from the product side, charm and familiarity (hypothesis 5), uniqueness and authenticity (hypothesis 8) showed that the impact on the definition. On the other hand charm and authenticity (hypothesis 6), uniqueness and familiarity (hypothesis 7) appeared to be not statistically significant. Finally, the relationship between familiarity, authenticity and empathy is as follows. First, the familiarity was found that it is affecting the authenticity (hypothesis 9) and for the consumer sympathetic (hypothesis 10) appeared to be not statistically significant. And the authenticity was found having a defined effect on the consumer sympathetic (hypothesis 11). It is really far more important to suggest an integrated approach to continue a sustainable and stable relationship by increasing consumer purchasing and empathy for the products and services of social enterprises. This study provides practical implications for marketing strategies of social enterprises, which can draw the consumer sympathy through the social contribution activities of social enterprise.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.97-120
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• 2017

This study attempted to examine how Chinese consumers' brand authenticity of Korean cosmetic brands are related to brand loyalty through brand aura. In other words, this study observed how Chinese consumers' brand authenticity, which includes product, employee and corporate authenticity related to Korean cosmetic brands, influence on the consumers' brand loyalty through brand aura. To this end, we surveyed Chinese consumers visiting Korean cosmetic brand shops in department stores, discount stores and large shopping malls in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou in China. A total of 400 surveys were used in the empirical analysis. The results of empirical analysis confirmed that product, employee, and corporate authenticity of Chinese consumers have for Korean cosmetic brands positively influenced on brand aura. Furthermore, results showed that Chinese consumers' brand aura of Korean cosmetic brands had a positive effect on brand loyalty. The results of this study provide implications to help Korean cosmetic companies gain a competitive edge in the Chinese cosmetic market by understanding Chinese consumers' authenticity of their brands and building brand images and using differentiated marketing strategies that can induce brand aura.