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A Study of Relationship of Gourmet Blog's Reliability with the Perceived benefits, Perceived Risk and Online Word of Mouth of Eating out Consumer

맛집 블로그의 신뢰성이 외식소비자의 지각혜택, 지각위험, 그리고 온라인구전에 미치는 영향

  • 송흥규 (장안대학교 외식산업과)
  • Received : 2014.10.25
  • Accepted : 2014.12.15
  • Published : 2014.12.30
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Abstract

The focus of this study was to investigate the relationships of blog's reliability, perceived benefit, perceived risk and words of mouth by online readers. Data were collected by a total of 228 persons reading actively gourmet blogs. The survey was carried out from August 1 to 15, 2014. Total 228 questionnaires were used for final analysis. Frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, and reliability analysis were conducted through SPSS 18.0 for final analysis, and regression analysis was conducted through AMOS 18.0 for verification of hypothesis. The hypothesized relationships among the models were tested simultaneously by using a structure equation model(SEM). The study results are like below. First, The reliability of the Gourmet blog could be confirmed again very important variable in the fields of food industry like the previous studies. Second, The reliability of the Gourmet blogs affected on the positive (+)relationship to the perceived benefits, and the negative (-)relationship to the perceived risk. Third, Reliability and perceived benefits in relation to the impact on the online word-of-mouth was positive(+). However, perceived risk was found not to affect on it. Finally, perceived benefits for the reliability of the blog have been identified as the key parameters on the online word-of-mouth. The theoretical contributions of this study and the practical implications are discussed and future research directions are detailed.

본 연구는 맛집 블로그의 신뢰성이 온라인구전에 미치는 영향관계를 실증적으로 분석하여 블로그 마케팅 활동을 하고 있는 외식업계에게 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 선행연구에서 다루어온 외식소비자의 지각혜택과 지각위험을 블로그의 신뢰성이 온라인구전에 미치는 매개변수로 채택하였고, 각 변수에 대한 이론적 배경을 중심으로 각각의 구성개념을 도출하여 영향관계를 분석하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 맛집 블로그의 신뢰성이 미치는 범위에 있어 블로그의 지각혜택은 정(+)의 관계로, 그리고 지각위험은 부(-)의 관계로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 둘째, 맛집 블로그의 신뢰성이 온라인구전에 미치는 영향에서도 정(+)의 관계가 있음을 확인하였다. 셋째, 온라인구전에 미치는 변수들의 관계에서 블로그의 신뢰성과 외식소비자의 지각혜택은 정(+)의 영향관계로 유의했으나, 지각위험은 영향관계에 있지 않았다. 결론적으로 블로그의 신뢰성이 높으면 지각혜택은 높이 평가하고, 지각위험은 감소하는 것으로 요약되며, 온라인구전에 블로그의 신뢰성에 의한 외식소비자의 지각혜택이 온라인구전의 핵심 변수임을 확인하였다.

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