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The Role of Corporate Associations in Customers' Trust, Loyalty, Revisit, and Switching Intention to a Foodservice Company: Focused on Corporate Ability and Corporate Social Responsibility Associations

외식기업에 대한 기업연상이 신뢰, 충성도, 재방문의도 및 전환의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구: 능력연상과 사회적책임연상을 중심으로

  • Jung, Hyo-Sun (Department of Culinary and Service Management, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Yoon, Hye-Hyun (Department of Culinary and Service Management, Kyung Hee University)
  • 정효선 (경희대학교 조리서비스경영학과) ;
  • 윤혜현 (경희대학교 조리서비스경영학과)
  • Received : 2013.07.12
  • Accepted : 2014.01.30
  • Published : 2014.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of customers' perception of corporate associations on trust, loyalty, revisit intention, and switching intention in the foodservice company and verify if there are significant moderating effects between family restaurants and fast-food restaurants. A total of 552 restaurant patrons in Korea participated in the survey. The results showed that corporate ability association and corporate social responsibility association among corporate associations had a significant effect on customers' trust, which had a positive significant influence on loyalty. Moreover, customers' loyalty had a significant effect on customers' revisit and switching intention. In addition, the moderating effects of company types are observed in the relationships among customers' perception of corporate associations and trust. Limitations of the study and future research directions are also discussed.

본 연구는 국내 외식기업에 대한 고객의 기업 연상이 신뢰, 충성도, 재방문의도 및 전환의도에 미치는 영향을 고찰하고, 이러한 인과관계에서 패밀리레스토랑과 패스트푸드레스토랑 사이에 유의미한 조절효과가 존재하는지 검증하고자 하였다. 본 연구를 위해 패밀리레스토랑과 패스트푸드레스토랑을 방문한 경험이 있는 552명의 표본이 최종 분석에 사용되었다. 연구 결과, 국내 외식기업에 대한 고객의 기업 연상 중 능력 연상과 사회적 책임 연상은 고객의 신뢰에 모두 유의한 정의 영향을 주었으며, 신뢰는 충성도에 유의한 정의 영향을 주는 것으로 조사되었다. 또한 고객의 충성도는 재방문의도에 유의한 정의 영향을 주었고, 전환의도에는 유의한 부(-)의 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 통해 외식기업의 연상 중 능력연상이 신뢰에 더 큰 영향력을 가지고 있었으며, 기업 연상을 통해 고객의 신뢰와 충성도, 재방문의도도 향상되고, 반면 전환의도는 감소한다는 사실을 검증하였다. 더불어 기업 형태에 따른 조절효과는, 기업연상 중 능력연상이 신뢰에 미치는 영향에서 패밀리레스토랑 고객이 패스트푸드레스토랑 고객보다 유의미하게 큰 영향력을 보이는 것으로 조사되어 조절효과를 보이는 것으로 조사되었다.

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