• 한국조리학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.70-86
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• 2005

This study is a research on eating-out customer's behavior of inquiring information through the supporting research on the searching information behavior of the customers who visit family restaurants. The result was deduced that the types of eating-out customer's behavior of searching information were different to age, sex, education, incomes, etc., based on demographic analysis. In addition, this study investigated the satisfaction with information and the information types of eating-out customers with verification.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.493-513
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• 2014

With the development of related technologies, Location-Based Services (LBS) are growing fast and being used in many ways. Past LBS studies have focused on adoption of LBS because of the fact that LBS users have privacy concerns regarding revealing their location information. Meanwhile, the number of LBS users and revenues from LBS are growing rapidly because users can get some benefits by revealing their location information. Little research has been done on how LBS affects consumers' information search behavior in product purchase. The purpose of this paper is examining the effect of LBS information filtering on buyers' uncertainty and their information search behavior. When consumers purchase a product, they try to reduce uncertainty by searching information. Generally, there are two types of uncertainties - knowledge uncertainty and choice uncertainty. Knowledge uncertainty refers to the lack of information on what kinds of alternatives are available in the market and/or their important attributes. Therefore, consumers having knowledge uncertainty will have difficulties in identifying what alternatives exist in the market to fulfil their needs. Choice uncertainty refers to the lack of information about consumers' own preferences and which alternative will fit in their needs. Therefore, consumers with choice uncertainty have difficulties selecting best product among available alternatives.. According to economics of information theory, consumers narrow the scope of information search when knowledge uncertainty is high. It is because consumers' information search cost is high when their knowledge uncertainty is high. If people do not know available alternatives and their attributes, it takes time and cognitive efforts for them to acquire information about available alternatives. Therefore, they will reduce search breadth. For people with high knowledge uncertainty, the information about products and their attributes is new and of high value for them. Therefore, they will conduct searches more in-depth because they have incentive to acquire more information. When people have high choice uncertainty, people tend to search information about more alternatives. It is because increased search breadth will improve their chances to find better alternative for them. On the other hand, since human's cognitive capacity is limited, the increased search breadth (more alternatives) will reduce the depth of information search for each alternative. Consumers with high choice uncertainty will spend less time and effort for each alternative because considering more alternatives will increase their utility. LBS provides users with the capability to screen alternatives based on the distance from them, which reduces information search costs. Therefore, it is expected that LBS will help users consider more alternatives even when they have high knowledge uncertainty. LBS provides distance information, which helps users choose alternatives appropriate for them. Therefore, users will perceive lower choice uncertainty when they use LBS. In order to test the hypotheses, we selected 80 students and assigned them to one of the two experiment groups. One group was asked to use LBS to search surrounding restaurants and the other group was asked to not use LBS to search nearby restaurants. The experimental tasks and measures items were validated in a pilot experiment. The final measurement items are shown in Appendix A. Each subject was asked to read one of the two scenarios - with or without LBS - and use a smartphone application to pick a restaurant. All behaviors on smartphone were recorded using a recording application. Search breadth was measured by the number of restaurants clicked by each subject. Search depths was measured by two metrics - the average number of sub-level pages each subject visited and the average time spent on each restaurant. The hypotheses were tested using SPSS and PLS. The results show that knowledge uncertainty reduces search breadth (H1a). However, there was no significant correlation between knowledge uncertainty and search depth (H1b). Choice uncertainty significantly reduces search depth (H2b), but no significant relationship was found between choice uncertainty and search breadth (H2a). LBS information filtering significantly reduces the buyers' choice uncertainty (H4) and reduces the negative relationship between knowledge uncertainty and search breadth (H3). This research provides some important implications for service providers. Service providers should use different strategies based on their service properties. For those service providers who are not well-known to consumers (high knowledge uncertainty) should encourage their customers to use LBS. This is because LBS would increase buyers' consideration sets when the knowledge uncertainty is high. Therefore, less known services have chances to be included in consumers' consideration sets with LBS. On the other hand, LBS information filtering decrease choice uncertainty and the near service providers are more likely to be selected than without LBS. Hence, service providers should analyze geographically approximate competitors' strength and try to reduce the gap so that they can have chances to be included in the consideration set.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.149-161
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• 1992

The purpose of this study is to analyze information search activity in purchasing behavior of household electric goods. Qusetionare survey method was used in this research. The sample was taken from 302 housewives living in Seoul, from 9th of Nov. to 20th of Nov, in 1991. Used statical methods were Frequency, Percentage, Crosstab, Anova, and Regression Analysis. The major findings are summarized as follows : 1) Component elements of information search : The means of acquiring information is that friends, neighbors, sales are most. A cause of choosing information is the sequence of satisfaction after using, easiness of interaction. The time in choosing goods is more month. 2) Component element of information search as social economic status housewife : children numbers and means of acquiring information(P<.01), education and a cause of choosing information(P<.05), life cost per month and a cause of choosing information(P<.05), social economic status and a time information search are significant. 3) A perception of risk as searching information : Among searching content of information a price influence a perception of risk. 4) Content of searching information and satisfaction of purchasing experience : Best choice is significant as quality of goods, difference of quality is significant as safety and degree of offering information is significant as a brand. 5) Satisfaction of purchasing experience following practical use of information : Best choice is significant as viewing of an exhibit and opinion of user. Difference of quality is not significant as any vairable. Degree of offer information influence searching pamphlet, searching an advertisement and opinion of user. 6) A perception of risk following source of an information : A perception of risk is most influenced by pamphlet.

• 복식
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.46-57
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• 2012

Consumers currently show cross-channel shopping behavior between the Internet and store-based retail types when searching information and purchasing sensory products such as fashion items to reduce risks. As consumers compare both types of stores before making a purchase decision, the Internet retail type and store-based retail type started conflicting/competing each other as the combined retail evolution theory proposed(Kim & Kincade, 2006). The purpose of this study is to examine consumers' cross-channel shopping behavior between the Internet and store-based retail types and their importance and satisfaction with information provided by the Internet retail stores. This study employs a quantitative research method using a survey. Demographics, types of stores used for purchase, satisfaction with the type of stores, Internet shopping behavior, importance and satisfaction with product information in the Internet retail stores were asked. MANOVA and descriptive statistics were used to test hypotheses. The result shows that a majority of participants(36.2%) shows cross-channel shopping behavior between the two retail types. Also, most participants(72.4%) decide on their purchase and are satisfied only after cross-channel shopping between the two retail types. Participants were grouped based on their information search and purchase behavior. Significant differences among the groups were found in importance and satisfaction with product information provided by the Internet stores. In measuring participants' satisfaction, a majority of participants(42.1%) showed satisfaction with their purchase at store-based retail stores after information search via the internet, followed by the satisfaction with the purchase at the internet retail stores after information search at store-based retail stores(30.3%). Fifty one point nine percent of participants search information via the internet(vs.48% at store-based retail stores), and they especially look for fiber contents and design details with pictures(37.4%). The satisfaction with price information provided by the Internet retail stores is the highest (m=3.70 out of 5.0) among fashion product information followed by design information(m=3.48). On the other hand, size information, refund/exchange and fiber content information received low satisfaction scores(m=2.81, 2.71, 2.57 in turn). This research suggests the Internet retail stores should provide more variety of information in detail using technology and improving customer services. This study could provide the Internet retail stores a guideline to establish a satisfactory information delivery system.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.49-77
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• 2012

이 연구는 대학생의 다양한 학습활동에 있어서 도서관과 도서관목록의 이용행태를 살펴보고, 이러한 행태 속에서 나타나는 대학도서관 목록의 가치와 의미를 밝혀내고자 하였다. 또한, 다양한 학습활동의 유형과 인적 변인에 따른 행태의 차이를 다각도로 분석함으로서, 이용자 집단의 특성을 고려한 '맞춤형 목록서비스'를 제공하기 위한 기초 자료를 확보하고자 하였다. 이 연구를 위해 대학생 30명을 대상으로 심층인터뷰를 실시하였으며, 보다 면밀한 접근을 위해 도서관목록 탐색행태에 대한 관찰법을 함께 실시하였다. 조사결과, 현재 대학도서관목록은 특정 자료의 소장유무 확인과 서가위치 파악과 같은 최소한의 목적을 위해 사용되고 있었으며, 도서관목록이 대학생의 학습활동을 위한 포괄적인 탐색도구로 기능하려면 대학생들의 정보행태에 기반한 전반적인 품질개선이 필요함을 강조하였다.

• 한국비블리아학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.259-277
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• 2022

본 연구는 외국인 유학생들의 웹 검색엔진을 사용한 정보검색행위를 분석하였다. 실험에 참가한 15명의 외국인 유학생들은 3가지 검색 태스크에 포함된 6개의 검색질문에 대한 답을 찾도록 하였으며, 각 태스크 별로 사전 설문지 작성, 검색 수행, 사후 설문지 작성으로 실험이 진행되었다. 검색 태스크의 특성에 따라 검색성과와 검색행동에는 차이가 있었으나 공통적으로 한국어의 유창성이 높은 참가자들의 검색 성과가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 검색주제에 관한 사전지식이 검색성과에 항상 영향을 미치는 것은 아닌 것으로 나타났다. 메뉴와 링크를 통하여 웹사이트를 탐색해서 답을 찾는 태스크의 경우, 정답이 포함된 웹페이지 앞에서도 정답을 간과하는 경우가 발견되었다. 또한 오답을 찾고 그것을 인지하지 못하는 경우도 있었다. 국내의 외국인 거주자들에게 정보를 제공하기 위해서는 비원어민들이 탐색하기에 용이한 웹사이트를 디자인하고 양방향 소통 수단이 소셜미디어를 사용하는 것이 필요하다고 제안되었다.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.431-458
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• 2014

이 연구는 도서관목록이 이용자 친화적으로 발전하기 위해서는 이용자들의 정보요구에 기반 해야 함을 전제로 두고, 이용자 요구 기반 도서관목록의 모습을 제안하고 실제 구현 가능성을 점검해 보는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 이를 위해 이 연구에서는 (1) 이용자들의 정보요구와 정보탐색행태에 대해서 자세히 살펴보고, (2) 이용자 요구 분석의 결과를 토대로 도서관목록을 직접 구현한 뒤, (3) 이용자들의 만족도 평가를 통해 이 연구에서 제안한 도서관목록의 유용성을 도출하였다. 나아가 (4) 연구의 전 과정을 진행하면서 봉착했던 어려움과 한계를 논의하면서 이용자 요구 기반의 도서관목록을 구현하고자 할 때 선행되어야 할 과제에 대해서 논의하였다.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2014

Purpose - This study is aimed at examining Indian consumers' online shopping motivations, information search, and shopping intentions. The study intends to reveal the relationship between online shopping motivations, information search, and shopping intentions. Research design, data, and methodology - The study employs factor analysis to verify correct loading of items on corresponding factors, and to confirm the applicability of constructs in the Indian context. The model was verified using stepwise regression analysis. Results -The findings show that hedonic and utilitarian motivations significantly affect online information search and shopping intentions. The information search is a significant predictor of online purchase intention. Conclusions - Hedonic and utilitarian motivations are the salient factors affecting online information search and purchase intentions. Marketers are required to design websites that foster an enjoyable online experience. This will attract customers who will browse the website for a longer duration. More time devoted to information search will ensure brand building and loyalty.

• 식품보건융합연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2024

This study aims to investigate whether information awareness, search purpose, and search expectations influence information avoidance among university students. The data were collected by using a self-completion questionnaire with convenience sampling of students from one university. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using R 4.2.3. The main results are as follows: First, both search purpose and search expectations exhibited a significant inverse correlation with all information avoidance dependent variables. Second, there was a significant difference in the mean of search expectations across majors, such that science majors had higher search expectations than humanities majors. Third, there were significant differences in the means of the information avoidance-system and information avoidance variables by major, such that both variables had lower means for the science than the humanities group. Fourth, among the independent variables, search expectation had a significant effect on information avoidance-personal: the higher the search expectation variable, the lower the information avoidance-personal variable. This study confirmed that information avoidance should not only consider the psychological, emotional, and affective aspects of information seekers, but also that information seekers' information search purpose and search expectations are predictors of information avoidance.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.493-511
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• 2016

디스커버리는 차세대 도서관 목록과 더불어 도서관 자원의 탐색 기능을 향상하기 위해 대두된 개념이다. 이 논문에서는 정보탐색행태 관점에서 디스커버리 기능을 정의하고, 그 기능을 구성하는 요소를 도출한 후, 공공도서관을 대표하는 11개의 지역대표도서관의 온라인 목록과 3개의 인터넷 서점을 대상으로 탐색과 디스커버리 기능을 평가하여 비교하였다. 평가 결과, 디스커버리를 구성하는 모든 기능에서 인터넷 서점이 도서관 온라인 목록에 비해 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 공공도서관 온라인 목록은 여전히 알고 있는 자료 탐색에 집중하고 있으며, 이용자는 디스커버리 기능을 통해 얻을 수 있는 우연한 발견의 기회를 갖기 어렵다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.