• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2019

The present study investigates how consumers' construal level affects their variety seeking behavior when choosing multiple items simultaneously. Especially the authors focus on the perceptual level at which variety seeking takes place and propose that variety seeking can take place not only at brand level but also at category or subcategory level. Categorical variety seeking refers to diversification of one's choices over multiple brands not within the same category but across multiple categories. Building on construal level theory, the authors expected that people engaging in higher-level construals tend to subcategorize the choice set and distribute their choices across more subcategories and designed four experiments to test the related hypotheses. The experimental results showed that consumers' construal level can affect the level at which variety seeking takes place and those with higher construal level tend to choose options seemingly more dissimilar to each other.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the construal level and temporal distance of a message and consumer's Social Network Service (SNS) self-efficacy on consumers' attitudes toward SNS fashion advertising. This study employed a 2 (message configuration: high construal level/low construal level) ${\times}$ 2 (temporal distance: distant future/near future) ${\times}$ 2 (SNS self-efficacy: high/low) between-subject factorial design. The survey was conducted on Facebook users in their twenties (N=216). The results are as follows: First, attitude toward SNS fashion advertising and purchase intention was higher when the message construal level was lower and when the temporal distance was closer. Second, no interactions between temporal distance and message construal level for attitude toward SNS advertising and purchase intention were found in this study. However, interactions between temporal distance and SNS self-efficacy for attitude toward SNS advertising and purchase intention were found. When the SNS self-efficacy was high, message with the low construal level reacted significantly positive in terms of attitude toward the ad as well as purchase intention. It is expected that this study will provide insight for apparel makers or retailers to use SNS as a new advertising media for fashion marketing. Practical implications and limitations are discussed.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2018

Purpose - When indulging in hedonic items is construed as wasteful and evokes anticipated regret or guilt, consumers are more likely to seek reasons to justify their indulgence. Justification requirement for spending on indulgences over necessities could lead to the places of their finding the ways that mitigate the anticipated regret and guilt. However the previous research focusing on consumers' own great effort leading to positive outcomes has not given much attention to other's outcomes induced from his or her little or no efforts, by which consumers could feel envy. The guilt associated with consumers' indulgence could vary according to envy type felt according to their evaluation about other's outcomes and their self construal level. Current research explored the envy type's effects on consumers' spending on hedonic products, and moderation effects of self construal level on the envy type's effects. Research design, data, and methodology - 2(envy type: benign versus malicious) × 2(self construal level: high versus low) between-subjects design was employed. Data for empirical analysis were from 173 undergraduate participants. ANOVA was used to verify hypotheses. Results - The tendency of choosing utilitarian product versus hedonic product was moderated by the envy type. The participants who felt benign envy were more likely to choose utilitarian product versus hedonic product than those who felt malicious envy were. And the tendency of benign envy-felt participants' choosing hedonic versus utilitarian product was more weakened to those with lower-level self construal than to those with higher-level self construal. However the tendency of malicious envy-felt participants' choosing hedonic versus utilitarian product was not moderated by the self construal level. Conclusions - This research could advance the theory related to indulgent hedonic consumption by exploring the effects of self construal level and envy type on hedonic indulgence. In view of the results from current study, marketers should make efforts of communicating and selling utilitarian products to persuade consumers with lower-level construal when they feel benign envy to others. And they should conduct marketing acts for hedonic products to persuade consumers when they feel malicious envy to others.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2013

게임중독은 자기통제 상실의 현대적 지표로서 동료관계 및 교우관계와 같은 사회적 관계맺음을 포함한 개인의 일상 전반에 부정적인 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 연구에서는 게임이용자들의 자기통제수준과 해석수준에 따라 게임중독수준의 차이를 살펴보았으며, 또한 자기통제수준과 해석수준의 상호작용이 게임중독에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 함께 탐색해보았다. 이를 위해, 게임이용자를 대상으로 온라인 서베이를 실시하였고, 총 918의 응답자를 분석대상으로 선정하였다. 연구결과, 낮은 자기통제수준과 낮은 해석수준을 가진 이용자들의 경우, 상대적으로 높은 자기통제수준 및 높은 해석수준을 가지는 경우에 비해, 더욱 높은 수준의 게임중독을 나타냈다. 또한 자기통제수준이 높을 경우에는 해석수준에 관계없이 게임중독수준이 낮았으나, 자기통제수준이 낮은 경우, 해석수준이 높고 낮음에 따라 게임중독에 미치는 영향일 달라짐을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 해석수준이 하나의 조절변수로 기능하고 있음을 알려주는 결과로, 이러한 결과를 통해 개인의 자기통제와 해석수준의 변화를 통해 자율적인 규제를 통한 게임중독완화의 가능성을 논의해 볼 수 있다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.760-777
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• 2023

Fashion brands seek guidelines for effective green advertising messages, considering benefit appeals, brand types, and construal level. However, few studies have explored their simultaneous interplay. Thus, the present study conducted an experiment with a 2X2X2 between-subjects design to investigate how brand type and construal level moderate the mediating role of ad-brand congruency between benefit appeals and purchase intention. A total of 245 Millennials and Generation Z participants completed an online survey, and the data were analyzed using SPSS. A significant three-way interaction was revealed. Low-construal-level messages with concrete content showed disparities between aspirational and accessible brands concerning other-benefit appeals: Accessible brands utilizing other-benefit appeals demonstrated higher ad-brand congruency, while aspirational brands had lower ad-brand congruency. Furthermore, within aspirational brands, self-benefit appeals resulted in higher ad-brand congruency than other-benefit appeals. Finally, a moderated mediating effect was discovered, indicating that brand types and construal level moderated the mediating effect of ad-brand congruency between benefit appeals and purchase intention. The mediating effect was prominent in the context of self-benefit appeals, aspirational brands, and low-construal-level messages. This study highlights the intricate dynamics of the three factors in green advertising, providing valuable insights for crafting more targeted green advertisements.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2020

Purpose: Understanding which product types of overseas travel (free independent travel vs. package travel) consumers will choose is one of the key issues of marketing and consumer behavior in travel agency management. Prior studies on overseas travel type preferences mainly focused on comparing regional differences (e.g., Asian vs. Westerner, or Korean vs. Australian, or Korean vs. Japanese, or American, French, Italian vs. Japanese) influencing the choice of overseas travel type. Another researchers focused on comparing cultural differences (e.g., individualism vs. collectivism, or individualistic culture vs. collectivistic culture), subcultural difference (e.g., acculturation; Koreans living in Republic of Korea vs. Koreans living in Australia), travel lifestyle, and socio-demographics (e.g., age, gender, income level, education level, marital status, occupation etc.). However, there are few studies that identify individual psychological differences (i.e., individual psychological differences within the same culture) influencing the choice of overseas travel type. Self-construal is a psychological factors that greatly influences choice behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of self-construal as an antecedent variable influencing choice of overseas travel product type. Research design, data and methodology: To achieve the purpose of this study, the questionnaire survey method was used. Self-construal items composed of independent self-construal items and interdependent self-construal items. Product types of overseas travel were free independent travel (FIT) type versus package travel type. In this study, the correlation coefficient between independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal was nonsignificant. It meant that the relationship between independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal was orthogonal. Therefore it was analyzed that independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal separately. Reliability analysis, factor analysis, and logistic regression analysis (controlling gender and age) was used as the data analysis method. Results: According to the results of this study, the stronger independent self-construal, the more preference for the free independent travel type rather than package travel, and the stronger interdependent self-construal, the more preference for the package travel type rather than free independent travel. Conclusions: Self-construal is an antecedent variable influencing the choice of travel type. Travel agencies must consider the consumer's self-construal (independent self-construal vs. interdependent self-construal) before planning and designing overseas travel products.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.49-65
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• 2017

Financial products entail either gains or losses, and customers' psychological reaction to these gains and losses affect the selection of the financial products. This study explains the financial customers' behavior by introducing consumers' psychological variables such as loss aversion and construal levels. According to the construal level theory, people use more abstract and higher levels of construal to represent objects that are more distant on psychological distance. Based on extant research about loss aversion and construal levels, this study proposes two hypotheses and test the hypotheses. The experimental study examines how loss aversion affects the choice between deposit products and fund products in short-term and long-term investment situations. In the long-term condition the respondents prefer fund products to deposit products, whereas in the short-term condition the respondents have showed the opposite result. Also, the effects of loss aversion on preferences for financial products have interacted with the time horizon of investments. Implications and limitations are discussed to establish more effective marketing strategies based on the results of this study.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.129-149
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• 2021

최근 인간과 사회적으로 상호작용할 수 있는 소셜 로봇(Social Robot)에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. ICT 기술 발전에 힘입어 소셜 로봇이 개인에게 맞춤형 서비스와 정서적 교감을 제공하기 쉬워졌으며, 현대의 사회문제들과 이로 인한 개인의 삶의 질 저하를 해소하기 위한 수단으로 소셜 로봇의 역할이 주목받고 있다. 소셜 로봇에 대한 관심에 힘입어 소셜 로봇 보급 또한 크게 늘고 있다. 많은 기업이 다양한 목표시장을 겨냥하기 위한 로봇 제품들을 시장에 선보이고 있으나, 현재까지 시장을 선도하는 명확한 흐름은 부재하다. 이에 따라 소셜 로봇의 디자인을 통해 로봇을 차별화하고자 하는 시도가 늘고 있다. 특히 의인화는 소셜 로봇 디자인에서 중요하게 연구되고 있으며, 소셜 로봇을 의인화하여 긍정적인 효과를 발현하려는 접근이 많이 시도되었다. 그러나 소셜 로봇에 대한 의인화가 형성되는 메커니즘을 체계적으로 설명하는 연구는 부족하다. 의인화에 대한 모호한 이해는 소셜 로봇의 의인화를 형성하기 위한 디자인 최적점의 도출을 어렵게 하고 있다. 본 연구는 소셜 로봇의 의인화가 형성되는 메커니즘을 검증하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구는 3×2 Mixed Design의 실험 연구를 통해 소셜 로봇의 인간 유사성(Human-likeness)과 개인의 해석수준(Construal Level)이 의인화 형성에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다. 의인화가 형성되는 메커니즘에 대한 6개의 연구 가설을 제시하고, 206명 표본의 데이터를 분석하여 가설을 검증하였다. 분석 결과 소셜 로봇의 인간 유사성 수준에 따라 로봇 의인화 수준이 높아지며, 소비자 해석수준에 따라 인간 유사성이 의인화에 미치는 영향이 다르게 나타남을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 소셜 로봇의 디자인 속성인 인간 유사성과 개인의 사고방식인 해석수준을 함께 고려하여 의인화가 형성되는 메커니즘을 설명하였다는 점에서 시사점이 있다. 본 연구의 결과를 소셜 로봇 의인화 형성을 위한 디자인 최적화의 기준으로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.261-273
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• 2018

본 연구는 온라인 브랜드 커뮤니티 특징이 자기 해석 수준 및 성별 차이에 따라 고객 행동에 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 대해 규명하고자 한다. 온라인 커뮤니티의 특징으로 상호작용성, 목적성, 정보제공, 활동보상으로 나누어 실증연구를 하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, 온라인 커뮤니티의 특성 중 상호작용성과 활동보상은 브랜드 커뮤니티 몰입에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타난 반면, 목적성과 정보제공의 효과는 미흡한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 소비자가 브랜드 커뮤니티에 대한 몰입이 강할수록 구전효과 역시 높은 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 상호의존적 자기 해석 수준을 갖고 있는 소비자는 독립적 자기 해석 수준을 갖고 있는 소비자에 비해 보다 더 높은 브랜드 커뮤니티의 몰입을 보였으며, 여성이 남성에 비해 더 높은 브랜드 커뮤니티 몰입을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 소비자의 자기해석이라는 내재적 동기를 알아봄으로써, 기업들에게 브랜드커뮤니티를 통한 효율적인 마케팅 접근법을 제시한다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.31-51
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• 2019

Construal level theory (CLT) have been researched in wide range of disciplines such as marketing, organizational study, psychology, or education. Current study asserts that CLT would explain the effect of different devices of PC and smartphone on interaction between human-computer interfaces and information systems use. In CLT, those who are far from an object in terms of physical, temporal, social or psychological distance, they construe their understanding as abstract (high level) and vice versa. We hypothesized different size of digital device will increase psychological distance and result in behaviors that correspond to present construal level. The analysis result shows that users of PC recognized that they are socially distant from the device and those of smartphone felt that they are socially close to the device. However, the device did not have significant effect on attention to essential information, advertisement preference, and immediacy. The implication to academia, practice and future research and limitations are also discussed.