• 산경연구논집
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.29-50
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• 2022

Purpose - This study aims to investigate factors affecting Chatbot service acceptance attitude. For wide use of Chatbot service, firms need to find barriers or obstacles for customers, if any, not to use Chatbot service. Research design, data, and methodology - We apply value-based accept model to investigate the quality of Chatbot, to verify the meaning of service value of Chatbot and to find the relationship among variables. To test hypotheses, we conducted survey. We collected 300 questionnaires. SPSS version 2.0 is used. Regression analysis, moderating effect test is conducted. Results - 4 Qualities of Chatbot, Ease of use, Usefulness, Enjoyment, Interaction are affecting acceptance attitude, and 5 service values, only interaction does not affect emotion. Trust, Specialty, Necessity, Social, Emotion moderating Chatbot service to accepting attitude. Regarding moderating effects by personal characteristics and personal tendency, innovation resistance, innovativeness, and social effects are turned to have influence while regulatory focus, construal level does not have moderating force. Also, the auxiliary service like Chatbot service affects customers' evaluation on the main service quality. Conclusions - Service firms adopt Chatbot service for various purposes. The results imply that customers are generally recognize the merits of Chatbot, but there are some barriers such as innovation resistance characteristic especially uncomfortable.

• 서비스연구
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.106-124
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• 2022

본 연구는 고객이 챗봇서비스를 통하여 제공 받는 사회적 지원(정서적 지원, 정보적 지원)이 고객이 느끼는 챗봇서비스 만족에 영향을 미치는지 확인하고, 이 챗봇서비스의 만족이 충성도와 챗봇서비스 지속사용의도에 영향을 미치는지 연구하였다. 그리고, 챗봇서비스의 사회적 실재감의 조절효과를 확인하기 위해 사회적 실재감을 높게 인식하는 그룹과 낮게 인식하는 그룹으로 나누어 온라인 설문을 실시하여 총 300개의 유효 데이터를 얻었다. 분석결과 사회적 실재감을 높게 인식하는 그룹에서는 정서적 지원에서 챗봇서비스의 만족으로의 경로가 지지되었고, 사회적 실재감을 낮게 인식하는 그룹에서는 정서적 지원에서 챗봇서비스 만족으로의 경로가 지지되지 못하였으며 가설 경로계수에서도 차이가 확인되었다. 이는 사회적 실재감이 인간의 정서적 반응에 영향을 미치는 것으로 해석된다. 본 연구는 사회적 지원의 두 가지 요인인 정보적 지원과 정서적 지원을 챗봇서비스에 적용하여 챗봇 이용자가 느끼는 챗봇의 사회적 실재감 정도에 따른 만족도, 충성도, 지속적 이용 간의 관계를 실증하였다는 점에서 챗봇서비스의 사회적 실재감의 기능에 시사점을 제공해 줄 수 있다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.464-480
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• 2022

With the steady development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), online stores are adopting chatbot services as virtual shopping assistants. This study proposes the concept of para-social presence to explore the undiscovered role of fashion chatbots' emotional and relational characteristics on service acceptance. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study investigates the effect of a chatbot's para-social presence on service acceptance intention through consumers' beliefs. The web-based experiment was conducted on adult consumers who experienced chatbot services in an online shopping situation. A total of 247 responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multi-group SEM by AMOS 21.0 and SPSS 23.0. The findings illustrate that the chatbot's intimacy positively influenced consumers' perceived enjoyment, while the chatbot's understanding had a significant effect on perceived usefulness and ease of use. The chatbot's involvement had a positive effect on all consumer beliefs. Moreover, perceived ease of use had a positive influence on usefulness. A greater level of perceived usefulness and enjoyment positively heightened consumers' service acceptance intention. This study also verifies the moderating role of a need for human interaction. Consumers with a high need for human interaction have a relatively low tendency to perceive chatbot services as useful.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.45-58
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• 2019

Purpose - The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the chatbot's characteristics (ease of use, social presence, playfulness, usefulness) on service value, customer satisfaction and reuse intention when consumers purchased fashion products in the mobile shopping environments. Research design, data, and methodology - Data were collected from Korean consumers from ages 20 to 59 who have experienced using chatbot in a mobile shopping for fashion products. After a pilot survey to 53 customers, the preliminary questionnaire was revised for the final test, and the final questionnaire was administered to 1500 customers. Out of these, 300 were collected. After deleting 48 incomplete ones, 252 questionnaires were used in the statistical analysis. Frequency analysis and exploratory factor analysis using SPSS 23.0 and confirmatory factor analysis and structure equation analysis using AMOS 18.0 were employed for data analyses. Results - First, four factors were extracted for the chatbot's characteristics: ease of use, social presence, playfulness and usefulness. Second, regarding the effect of chatbot's characteristics on service value when purchasing fashion products in the mobile shopping environment, ease of use, playfulness and usefulness of chatbot significantly affected service value. Social presence did not have significant effects on service value. Third, in terms of the effect of the chatbot's characteristics on customer satisfaction when purchasing fashion products in the mobile shopping environment, social presence, playfulness and usefulness of chatbot significantly had an effect on customer satisfaction. Ease of use did not have a significant effect on customer satisfaction. Fourth, service value of chatbot when purchasing fashion products in mobile shopping environment was found to have an effect on customer satisfaction with chatbot. Fifth, service value of chatbot on reuse intention when purchasing fashion products in the mobile shopping environment was found to have an effect on reuse intention of chatbot. Sixth, customer satisfaction with chatbot had a significant impact on the reuse intention of the chatbot when purchasing fashion products in the mobile shopping environment. Conclusions - The present study provide dimensions on the chatbot's characteristics and these may provide helpful data for further studies in this area and for marketers as well.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

챗봇과 친밀한 관계를 느끼고 대화에 몰입감을 높이기 위해 인간의 감정을 정확히 인지하고 그에 적합한 감정적 반응을 표현하는 인공지능 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 챗봇이 감정을 표현할 때 사람같이 느끼게 하는 사회적 현존감을 높이는 비언어적 표현 방식에 대해서 밝히고자 한다. 본 연구는 우선 배경연구를 진행하여 표정이 가장 감정을 잘 드러내는 비언어적 표현이며 움직임은 관계몰입에 중요하다는 것을 파악하였다. 이를 바탕으로 감정에 따라 사회적 현존감이 느껴지는 표현 방식을 밝히기 위해 5가지 기본 감정인, 기쁨, 슬픔, 놀람, 두려움, 화남을 동적 텍스트, 동적 제스처, 정적 표정 이모티콘으로 자극물을 준비하여 설문조사를 통해 가장 사회적 현존감이 느껴지는 표현 방식을 각 감정별로 택하도록 하였다. 설문 결과 기쁨과 같은 긍정적이고 각성 상태가 높은 감정에서는 동적인 표현이, 슬픔과 화남과 같은 부정적인 감정에서는 정적 표정 이모티콘이, 놀람, 두려움과 같은 중립적 감정의 경우 의미를 확실히 알 수 있는 동적 텍스트가 주로 선택되었다. 본 연구 결과는 챗봇 개발 시 감정을 표현하는 방식을 정할 때 중요한 참고자료가 될 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.136-148
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• 2022

본 연구는 챗봇서비스를 이용한 소비자의 고객경험이 브랜드 신뢰와의 관계에 미치는 영향에 대해서 살펴보고자 하였다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰을 통해서 챗봇서비스를 경험한 소비자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 최종 299부의 유효한 데이터를 분석하여 연구가설을 검증하였다. 분석결과 챗봇서비스를 이용한 고객의 경험은 챗봇 신뢰에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고, 챗봇 신뢰의 매개역할을 통해 쇼핑몰 신뢰, 판매자 신뢰 및 브랜드 신뢰에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며, 챗봇의 사회적 실재감은 신뢰의 전이 과정에서 조절효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통하여 챗봇서비스를 경험한 고객의 경험이 챗봇 신뢰를 매개로 하여 브랜드 신뢰에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 이론적 토대를 마련할 수 있었으며, 챗봇서비스가 마케팅의 중요한 수단이 될 수 있다는 점에서 시사점을 제공해 줄 수 있다. 향후 연구에서는 챗봇 신뢰와 관련한 다양한 연구가 필요하다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.573-593
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• 2020

This study analyzes consumers' responses toward chatbot services in a fashion retail context. Anthropomorphism and personalization of chatbots are proposed as critical features of a chatbot service that attract positive behavioral intentions from consumers. Social presence, trust, and enjoyment are expected to mediate associations among chatbot characteristics and consumers' acceptance of the service. The experiment was conducted in a controlled laboratory; participants were instructed to engage with a virtual shopping chatbot service via their cell phone and complete a questionnaire online. A total of 189 participants participated in this study along with and four experimental groups of 2 (anthropomorphism: high / low) × 2 (personalization: high / low) were formed with between-subject design. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and SPSS PROCESS Macro programs. The results show that the effect of anthropomorphism and personalization of chatbots on consumers' service acceptance intention when using fashion shopping chatbot service were mediated sequentially by social presence, trust, social presence and enjoyment. This study provides meaningful evidence on the effects of chatbots characterized by anthropomorphism and personalization on consumer responses, acceptance intention and associated psychological mechanisms by expanding the field of consumer behavior into chatbot services.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.85-110
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• 2018

챗봇은 음성, 이미지, 비디오 또는 텍스트와 같은 다양한 매채를 이용하여 대화가 가능한 대화형 어시스턴트이자 인공지능을 기반으로 사용자의 질문에 답하거나 문제를 해결할 수 있는 사용자 친화적 프로그램이다. 하지만 현재 챗봇은 사용자가 요청한 작업을 정확하게 수행하는 기술적측면에 초점이 맞추어져 있으며, 개인화된 대화로 사용자와 챗봇간의 관계성 구축에는 제한적이어서 일부 사례에도 불구하고 소셜챗봇이 되기에는 미흡한 상태이다. 만약 인간의 사회성을 나타내는 특징 중 하나인 관계성을 챗봇이 인식하여 알맞게 대화를 하여 문제를 해결할 수 있다면, 개인화된 대화를 할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 인간과 유사한 대화를 할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 사용자가 입력한 내용을 기반으로 챗봇과 사용자 간의 관계성을 추론하고 대화 상황에 맞게 대화 상대가 적절한 대화를 수행 할 수 있는 텍스트 분석 방법을 제안하는 것이다. 본 연구의 실험 및 평가를 하기 위하여 실제 SNS대화 내용을 사용하였다. 분석결과 개인정보 보호를 위해 사용자의 개인 프로필 정보가 제외된 방법에서도 우수한 결과를 나타내어 소셜 챗봇에 적합한 방법으로 검증되었다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.27-38
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• 2023

Objectives: This study explores the impact of age groups on social presence and trust among users of medical artificial intelligence chatbots. Furthermore, we investigate the existence of gender differences within these relationships. Method: We collected data through a survey from people who had interacted with general hospital chatbot services, either by making reservations or seeking consultations. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between general characteristics of study population and social presence and trust of artificial intelligence chatbots. Additionally, we conducted stratified analysis to confirm the presence of gender differences within these relationship. Results: Among 300 participants, those aged 50 and older had higher social presence of artificial intelligence chatbots and greater trust of artificial intelligence chatbots (social presence, 𝛽=0.543, p=0.003; trust, 𝛽=0.787, p=0.000). In stratified by sex, women aged 50 and older had higher social presence and trust of artificial intelligence chatbots compared to those in their 30s age group (social presence, 𝛽 = 0.925, p=0.002; trust, 𝛽=0.645, p=:0.007). However, there was no statistically significant relationship between age and chatbot social presence and trust in men. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that advanced age plays a significant roles in users' social presence and trust in medical artificial intelligence chatbots. Futhermore, our findings reveal gender differences with women aged 50 and older showing the most substantial levels of social presence and trust. Therefore, it is expected that this finding can serve as valuable evidence to enhance the satisfaction of medical institution service users, offering crucial insights into the effective utilization of chatbot services.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2023

The food industry has been hit hard since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019. However, as of April 2022, social distancing has been resolved and the restaurant industry has gradually recovered, interest in restaurant start-ups is increasing. Therefore, in this paper, 'restaurant start-up' was cited as a key keyword through social media big data analysis using TexTom, and word frequency and cone analysis were conducted for big data analysis. The keyword collection period was selected from May 1, 2022, when social distancing due to COVID-19 was lifted, to May 23, 2023, and based on this, a plan to develop chatbot services for restaurant start-ups was proposed. This paper was prepared in consideration of what to consider when starting a restaurant and a chatbot service that allows prospective restaurant founders to receive information more conveniently. Based on these analysis results, we expected to contribute to the process of developing chatbots for prospective restaurant founders in the future