• Korean Business Review
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.137-156
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• 2006

Since liberalization of overseas tour in 1989, the number of travel agencies and tourists increases rapidly. The role of tour conductors becomes more important element in tourist satisfaction, because they take charge of every detail of the overseas tour package from departure to arrival. The purpose of this study is to examine on the tour conductors' quality and competence on tourist satisfaction. Although the importance of quality factors were recognized differently by tourists and travel agents, the tour quality and competence of tour conductors are among those factors that influence most on tourists' satisfaction. So, tour conductors have to try to improve their quality and get the needs tourists want.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.9
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• pp.251-258
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• 2008

Many approaches exist for studying travel service quality, employee's satisfaction, and traveler' satisfaction. Although tour conductor play an important role in travel service, there is a lack of research on how to conceptualize and measure tour conductor's role, role stress and service delivery level. So this paper presents a conceptual framework and research approach for examining the role conflict, ambiguity, overload, and service delivery level of tour conductor in group package and the impacts of role stress on service delivery level. Results indicate that there are significant affection on service delivery level of TC among the role conflict, ambiguity, and overload. For the most part, the role conflict and ambiguity more impacted on responsibility and empathy with service encounter, the role overload affected on professional and tangibles. In conclusion, the studies reported here highlight the importance of individual effort as well as organizational police in reducing strain and improving service delivery level.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.10
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• pp.309-316
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• 2008

In a study on effect of service education and training for tour conductors upon customer orientation and satisfaction it was shown that in view of insufficient service of education and training for tour conductors and increased number of population travelling by utilizing travel firms and their call for satisfying diverse demand there is need for customer oriented tour conductors to induce customer satisfaction through diverse role playing by tour conductors. It was indicated that such efforts lead to customer satisfaction and also has impact on improving image of company and on creating new customer. In view of such factors there is need for well planned, persistent education and training for service to heighten satisfaction of customer through well organized operation of service education and training program for tour conductors and through its continuous practice and experience.