• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.133-140
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• 2012

This research has logically investigated and practically analyzed whether a firm's management ethics affect the firm's performance. The proxy measure of management of ethics is the KEJI Index score, the companies assessed with the KEJI, which is published over 6 years from 2004 to 2009 by the Economic Justice Institutein Korea. According to the analysis results, firstly, management of ethics has a positive effect on the ROA firm performance, which supports the existing research results on that the firms that better manage ethics have a better economic performance. Secondly, we found interaction effects of corporate governance on the relationship between management of ethics and firm's performance. One can say that these results bring a new theoretic perspective academically on the reputation effect through management of ethics, and how it affects the firm's performance. Also in practice, the results show not only how the management of ethics is done just for a social flow in enforcing the management of ethics, but also that it is important to make amendments according to the management of ethics by recognizing it's importance and influence on increasing the firm's performance.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.45
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• pp.496-532
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• 2009

With the turn of the 21st century, corporate legitimacy is at risk. The society is demanding even greater responsibility to the corporations in return of exercising its enlarged influencing power. As the legitimacy is threatened, entrepreneurial activities have become even more important than ever in order to obtain trust from the public and to be accepted as an ethical enterprise. This study assumes corporate legitimacy as the necessary element in overcoming the crisis. With this respect, it further states what kind of effect the exercise of corporate reputation and social responsibility have on ensuring corporate legitimacy in crisis. To verify the purpose of this study, two research hypotheses and one research question were set. The major research results and the implications are as follows. First, the corporate reputation of Samsung Heavy Industries affects the corporate actional legitimacy in case of crisis. Second, recognition on corporate legitimacy varied in accordance with the public’s perception of the corporate social responsibility. Third, the interaction between corporate reputation and social responsibility plays a role in determining corporate legitimacy. This result denotes that it is necessary to exercise social responsibility and build up corporate reputation in order to obtain corporate legitimacy in crisis.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.247-257
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• 2010

Social responsibility of enterprises has recently been emphasized in practice. However, most of the previous studies on social responsibility has been mainly made on the large enterprises, not including small and medium enterprises. This study investigates the literature of previous studies and conducts the survey to find out how the fitness of small and medium enterprises' social responsibility affects corporate reputation and purchase intention. According to the analysis results of 101 valid responses, the study shows that fitness of small and medium enterprises' social responsibility affects corporate reputation and purchase intention, and corporate reputation has an effect on purchase intention. The results of this study may provide many small and medium enterprises with guidelines for their social responsibility activities.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.9
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• pp.328-338
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• 2022

This study aims to identify the influential relationship between the characteristics of tourism information of the MZ generation's SNS content, tourist destination reputation, and intentions of traveling behavior with a focus on Jeju Province. To achieve the purpose of this research, this study was conducted on 270 tourists who had recently traveled to Jeju Island after being exposed to characteristic tourism information on SNS within the last year among the MZ generation through a commissioned survey company. A total of 270 results were collected and used for empirical analysis. The results of the research are as follows. First, it was found that the reliability, usefulness, timeliness, and interactivity factors of SNS tourism information had a significantly positive (+) effect on the reputation of the tourist destination. Second, it was found that the reliability, usefulness, timeliness, and interactivity factors of SNS tourism information had a significantly positive (+) effect on the intentions of traveling behavior. Third, it was found that the tourist destination reputation has a positive (+) effect on the intentions of traveling behavior. This study discussed the future tourist destination reputation formation and future behavioral decision process of the MZ generation tourists who are constantly seeking tourist destinations. In addition, the theoretical implications presented in this study were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.157-163
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• 2015

This study seeks to investigate the effect of a musical's reputation and online discounts on the consumer's willingness to re-watch a musical in the convergence industry. of service management As a resut, First, this study verified the moderating effect of on-line price discount. Second, on-line price discount was found to have an impact on reputation of a musical and consumer satisfaction. Third, consumer satisfaction was found to have a positive impact on word-of-mouth intention. Accordingly, it would also be imperative to provide information via on-line communities on a consistent basis so that viewers could create viral marketing. Also, those customers having received differentiated benefits would have a higher degree of satisfaction. Eventually, these customers will create positive viral marketing effect.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.55-82
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• 2020

This study examined the factors that influence the turnover intention, job performance of call center representatives based on the adaptive structuration theory (AST). This study intended to empirically examine how individual characteristics of representative affect the technological and task adaptation, how they affect job performance and turnover intention. On the other hand, this study also explains how rational culture and organization a reputation which are considered as dimensions of organizational characteristics affects organizational commitment, and verifies the relationship between organizational commitment and job performance and turnover intention. Finally this paper aim to provide academic and practical implications. In order to solve the above research problems, this research proposed a model based on the adaptive structuration theory. In order to identify the relationship between the proposed variables and the AST for individual, we conducted an empirical test on the call center representatives. The structural equation model was used to verify the research model and hypotheses. The results of the empirical analysis show that the personal characteristics of counselors, such as communication skills, multitasking abilities, and innovativeness have a positive effect on skill adaptation, and skill adaptation has a positive effect on task adaptation, furthermore, it influences on job performance and turnover intention Respectively. In addition, among the factors of organizational environmental dimensions of the call center, it was found that organizational reputation not only increase continuance commitment but also increase normative commitment. Contrary to our expectations, perceived rational culture didn't have a positive effect on organizational commitment. Also, continuance commitment and normative commitment are valid predictors of job performance, but they have nothing to do with turnover intention. On the contrary, emotional commitment is the only one variable among three dimensions of organizational commitment have a positive effect on turnover intention, but is not a valid predictor of job performance.

• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.17-29
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• 2019

So far, there has been a lot of research on CSR, however, not much on the relationship between environmental CSR and corporate reputation and authenticity, The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the relation between Environmental CSR, Trust and Corporate Reputation as well as a moderating role of Authenticity between Environmental CSR and Trust. To achieve the purpose of the study, the hypothesis was established based on prior research and theoretical background regarding environmental CSR, trust, corporate reputation, and authenticity. Samples of this study were collected from 479 general consumers respondents across the country and analyzed based on quantative datas using the SPSS and AMOS statistical models. We find that First, Environmental CSR is positively related with both corporate reputation and trust. Secondly, we find that trust play a mediating role in the relationship between environmental CSR and Corporate Reputation, Thirdly, we also find that Authenticity does not moderate the enfluence relationship between environmental CSR and trust. The study will contribute to both CSR research and marketing strategy.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.9
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• pp.124-132
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• 2008

Price is an important marketing issue in current competitive environment characterized by various distribution channels such as economic circumstance and the Internet. Many companies, for their best profits, use a price discrimination strategy such as price discount that reinforces consumer's purchasing behavior and they employ advertising strategy by presenting reference price with information of price discount in advertisements. Accordingly, many research verifies the advertising effects of presented reference price in advertisements, this study tries to expand the existing study area which is limited on reference price of product by examining the its effects on service area. It also aims to verify the effects of reference price advertisements by the level of service reputation. For this experiment, a factorial design with service reputation and presented method of reference pricewas used. The result of this study is that attitude toward price and use intention on presented reference price in service advertisements are higher than not presented it. In the case of high service reputation, advertising effect on presented reference price in service advertisements are greater than presented price discount rates in service advertisements. And in the case of low service reputation, advertising effects can be much greater by just presented reference price in service advertisements. Therefore, in service advertisements, strategic views on presented methods of reference price by the level of service reputation are essentially needed.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.73-84
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• 2001

The purposes of this study were 1) to identify the effect of clothing benefit sought on fashion image sought and 2) to determine the effects of fashion image and benefit sought on purchase intention of Gal-ot. The data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire from 172 female tourist(20 to 50 ages) in Cheju and analyzed by factor analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis and logistic regression analysis. Four factors of benefit sought were identified : Practicality/economic-value, aesthetics, reputation, and souvenir-value. Six factors of fashion image were found and labeled as: Sexy/feminine, wild/mannish, easy/simple, Cheju image, ecology and natural image. The effects of benefits sought(Practicality/economic-value, aesthetics, reputation and souvenir-value) on fashion image(Sexy/feminine, easy/simple, Cheju and natural image) were found. There were also significant effects of benefit sought(souvenir-value) and fashion image(Cheju image) on purchase intention of Gal-ot.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.1307-1314
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• 1997

This study investigated the factors that influence consumers' distrust and consumers purchase intention for discounting, specifically discounting of clothes. Through literature, discounting rate, retailer type and brand reputation were identified as influencing factors and were tested. A 2$\times$2$\times$3 factorial design was used to test the effect of each factor on consumers' distrust and consumers' purchase intention for jean products. Retailer type was manipulated as high and low, brand reputation as well-known and less-known, and discount rates 10, 30 and 60%. An convenience sample of 165 female undergraduate students participated in the study. The data were analyzed using SPSS/PC+ The results showed that consumers did distrust discounting claims and consumers' distrust of the claims was greater for less-known brand. In addition, no significant effect of retailor type was found. Further effort is needed to generalize the result to different product categories.