• 유통과학연구
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2013

Purpose - Ethical consumption is the action of buying one product over another with an ethical idea in mind. It has gained in popularity since the 1990s with more emphasis being put on the power of consumer actions to create social, economic, and environmental change. Ethical consumption involves boycotts of certain products or brands as well as purchases linked to ethical issues. Cause-related marketing (the buying behavior of ethical consumption) involves a for-profit and non-profit entity teaming up to promote a product at the same time as promoting a social cause. Each time a consumer buys that product, a donation is made by the for-profit entity to the non-profit entity supporting the specific cause. Cause-related marketing has become a tremendously popular type of ethical consumption in recent years owing to its reputation of allowing companies to "do well by doing good." This study examines how consumers' perception of cause and attitude influence their attitude toward a cause-related marketing campaign and attempts to suggest implications for marketers. Research design, data, and methodology - First, this study was designed to examine the consumers' perception factors (cause involvement, attitude for cause, attitude for company and brand familiarity) in order to determine whether these factors have significantly affected consumers' attitude toward a cause-related marketing campaign. Second, this study developed a structural equation model and tested it empirically using survey data from 223 individual respondents. Respondents were undergraduate students in Chungnam. They were shown an existing real campaign message of cause-related marketing, and then filled out a questionnaire. Data were analyzed with SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 17.0 programs. Results - The hypotheses were tested using factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The study's results showed that brand familiarity, attitude to the company and attitude to the cause significantly affected consumers' attitude toward the cause-related marketing campaign and performance. In particular, attitude to the cause was significantly related to attitude and performance of the cause-related marketing campaign. However, the hypothesis about cause involvement was not supported with the results indicating that cause involvement did not affect consumers' attitude toward the cause-related marketing campaign. The findings underline the importance of consumer perceptions of the cause and the company and their attitude to the cause. They point to the importance of individual differences that influence consumer perceptions of the cause, the company and brand familiarity. Also of importance is the consumer's attitude to the cause. Conclusions - The findings suggest some practical implications in designing and implementing cause-related marketing campaigns. It is important to enhance brand familiarity and create a favorable attitude to the company and attitude to the cause before designing cause-related marketing campaigns. The rising popularity of cause-related marketing has been attributed to its potential to cut through advertising clutter. The findings in this study suggest that marketing campaigns supporting a cause make a difference.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2003년도 가을학술발표대회
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• pp.54-55
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• 2003

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.131-153
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• 2014

본 연구는 사회적기업의 사회공헌 활동에 대한 소비자의 공감에 영향을 미치는 요인을 사회적기업에 대한 기업 측면과 제품 측면으로 접근해보았다. 기업측면의 경우 소비자의 친숙성과 진정성 지각에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 확인해 보았다. 연구결과 사회공헌활동 공성성은 친숙성과 진정성에 모두 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(가설 1, 가설 2). 사회공헌활동 호혜성의 경우 친숙성에 정의 영향을 미치는 것(가설 3)으로 나타났으나 진정성에는 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다(가설 4). 제품측면에 대한 친숙성과 진정성과의 관계를 살펴보면, 매력성과 친숙성(가설 5), 독특성과 진정성(가설 8)이 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 매력성과 진정성(가설 6), 독특성과 친숙성(가설7)은 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 친숙성과 진정성 그리고 공감과의 관계를 살펴보면 다음과 같다. 먼저 친숙성의 경우 진정성(가설 9)에 정의 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 소비자 공감(가설 10)의 경우 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 진정성의 경우 소비자 공감(가설 11)에 정의 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 사회적기업에 대한 제품 및 서비스에 대해 소비자구매를 촉진하고 공감을 높여 지속적이고 안정적으로 관계를 이어갈 수 있는 통합적 방안을 제시하는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다고 본다. 본 연구는 사회적기업의 사회공헌활동의 역할을 통한 소비자의 공감을 끌어낼 수 있는 사회적기업의 마케팅 전략에 대한 실무적 시사점을 제공한다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.881-889
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• 2022

본 연구는 간접광고가 시청자인 소비자의 구매 의도에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 검증하고자 하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 최근 간접광고가 일반 광고보다 비용이 저렴하고 노출시간에 따른 제한으로부터 자유롭다는 장점 때문에 급격히 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 이런 현상을 반영하기 위해 간접광고에 대한 중요도가 높은 변수와 시대적 변화를 반영한 변수를 모형에 포함하였다. 이를 위해, 본 연구는 간접광고의 고유 특성을 반영한 변수로 유행 관여도, 연예인관여도, 노골적 묘사, 노출 정도를, 간접광고의 윤리적 측면을 반영한 변수로 윤리 준수, 소비자 기만을, 간접광고의 이용 수단을 반영한 변수로 프로그램 인기성, 매체 친숙도를 선정하였다. 분석 결과, 연예인 관여도와 프로그램 인기성은 유의수준 0.01에서 소비자 구매 의도에 정(+)의 영향을 그리고 소비자 기만은 유의수준 0.01에서 소비자 구매 의도에 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만, 유행 관여도, 노골적 묘사, 노출 정도, 윤리 준수, 매체 친숙도는 통계학적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치지 못한 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 선행연구와의 비교를 통해 분석 결과를 해석하였으며, 간접광고와 구매 의도 간의 연관성에 따른 시사점을 제안하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.173-186
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• 2020

This study examines the effect of congruity between product and TV reality show on purchase intention of Chinese consumers. A total of 110 respondents from Chinese consumers were collected using online surveys. The results were analyzed by SPSS 22.0. Multiple Linear Regression and process analysis were used to test the hypotheses. This article found that congruity between product and TV reality show, attitude toward product placement and recall of product affected consumers' purchase intention. In addition, the frequency of consumer watching TV reality show and familiarity of product moderated the attitude toward product placement and recall of product. This study provides useful implications for sponsors to select product placement as one of their marketing promotion tool.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6097-6120
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• 2019

Online consumer reviews (OCRs) provide product information and recommendations especially pictures in reviews depict the true information about the product. This study investigates the influence of pictured reviews on online seller (for a particular product of a seller) rating with moderating effect of price, brand type (foreign vs local), goods type (experience vs search), and brand familiarity. Multiple robust linear regression analysis with moderation interaction and quadratic effect used to explain the relationship of the explanatory variables with the criterion variable. We collected cross-sectional data from the two most renowned Chinese online shopping platforms (B2C) of total 15,621 product links. Results show that higher number of reviews with a low ratio of picture reviews response negative effect on rating, whereas the lower number of reviews with a high ratio of picture reviews response positive effect on the rating. In overall picture in the reviews improve the online seller product rating. For the moderation effect, results show that price and brand familiarity have a positive interaction effect on the relation of pictured reviews and rating whereas experience goods have less negative effect comparing search goods. Finally, local brand has less negative interaction effect comparing foreign brand to pictured reviews and rating.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.58-73
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• 2015

본 연구는 TV 광고의 핵심적 크리에이티브 요소의 포함 형태가 광고 태도, 브랜드 태도에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. 구체적으로 TV 광고 크리에이티브 요소의 포함 형태를 조작한 후 브랜드 친숙도, 성별 간의 상호작용에 따른 광고 효과를 측정하였는데, 본 연구를 통하여 얻은 결과는 첫째, 광고 태도와 브랜드 태도 측면에서 제품 및 비제품 요소를 모두 포함하는 광고가 비제품 요소가 포함되지 않은 광고보다 더 효과적이었다. 둘째, 브랜드 친숙도가 높을 경우, 제품 및 비제품 요소가 모두 포함된 광고에 대한 호의적 평가의 강도가 높았다. 셋째, 브랜드 친숙도가 낮을 경우, 남성 소비자는 제품 및 비제품 요소가 모두 포함된 광고에 대하여 여성 소비자보다 높은 강도의 호의적 광고 태도를 형성하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 광고의 핵심적 크리에이티브 요소들이 광고에 포함되는 형태에 따라 소비자는 어떻게 반응하는가를 실증적으로 확인한 것으로서, 이는 향후 광고 제작 시 광고 집행 상황에 따른 적절한 표현전략의 실질적 가이드라인이 되어 줄 수 있음을 시사한다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.159-170
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• 2019

The paper aims to understand the mediating effect of Country Image (CI) on the relationship between consumer cosmopolitanism and consumers' purchase, visit and investment intentions towards a foreign country, considering the moderating effects of ethnocentrism, materialism, product familiarity, and visits to a country in a global market. The study extends research on the global and local consumption by simultaneously analysing the influence of country image dimensions and several moderating effects on consumers' behavioural intentions. Four hundred and fifty-seven valid responses from international consumers were collected through a questionnaire measuring country image dimensions. Findings indicate that cosmopolitanism has a significant and positive effect on foreign consumers' behavioural intentions and country image dimensions mediate this relationship. Moreover, a moderating effect was found for ethnocentrism, materialism, product familiarity, and visits to a country on the relationship between country cognitions and the intentions to visit the country. This study shows the importance of considering cosmopolitanism as a potential segmentation variable in international markets. The results can help managers and policymakers to better understand the image that foreign consumers hold about Portugal, their intentions to buy or invest in the country, as well as to think of Portugal as a tourism destination.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.175-196
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• 2016

Purpose The development of new products in automobile parts industry plays an important role. Nowadays, automobile industry is one of the most important industries in the world, because automobile industry includes the industries of steel, machinery, electronic, etc. As a result, automobile industry embodies a country's level of development and competitiveness. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between team characteristics such as communication, familiarity, and contiguity, and team performance through TMS in the process of new products development in automobile parts industry. Design/Methodology/Approach Based on real phenomenon of Korean automobile parts industry, this study tried to figure out the influence of TMS between team members for new product development on team performance. Thus, this study adopts communication, familiarity and contiguity as antecedents, and TMS with specialty, credibility and coordination as a mediating variable, and adopts team performance as a dependent variable. The data of questionnaire were collected from team managers who belong to new product development team in automobile parts firms. 171 questionnaires as data unit of group level from 80 Korean automobile parts firms were collected using face-to-face interview methods. Findings This study proved empirically that the relationship between antecedents and TMS has a positive influence, and TMS also has a positive influence on team performance. This study provides the managers an insight that automobile parts companies should pay more attention to set up TMS in order to improve higher performance between their team members for new product development of automobile parts.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.601-616
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• 2014

This study's aim was to explore the relationships among consumers' perceived risk, trust, and familiarity with products made in China. We invited 489 Korean adult consumers, who had purchased products made in China earlier, to take part in this investigation. Data analyses were conducted using a reliability test, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) with SPSS ver. 21.0 and AMOS ver. 21.0. We assumed that the perceived risk could be classified into four types: financial, performance, psychological, and social risk. The empirical verification through SEM indicated that all four types of the perceived risk represented a negative influence on the trust. Further, only the financial and psychological risks were significant when consumers were not familiar with products made in China (novice); in contrast, the experts (consumers familiar with products made in China) showed that the performance and social risks were effective. Finally, we found that there was a moderating effect of familiarity on the relationship between three types of perceived risk, namely financial, performance, and psychological risks, and trust, but the social risk was not affected. The results of this research should help us to understand the consumers' risk perception of imported goods and to formulate criteria on the basis of which the consumers evaluate these products. This research can help companies, particularly those in China, to formulate market strategies effectively when they enter a foreign market such as Korea by exploring the influence of the perceived risk on local consumers' purchasing behaviors as well.