만족도와 재구매 간 관계에 있어서 상황적 영향의 조절효과에 관한 연구 - 인지 종결 욕구와 일시적 자아 해석의 조절효과를 중심으로 - = The Moderating Role of Need for Cognitive Closure and Temporal Self-Construal in Consumer Satisfaction and Repurchase Consistency

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Although there have been many studies regarding the inconsistency between consumers' attitudes and behavior, prior research has almost exclusively focused on the relationship between the attitude before behavior and the initial behavior. Relatively little research has been conducted on consumer satisfaction after purchase and post-purchase behavior. This research proposed that the relationship between satisfaction and post-purchase behavior is moderated by consumers' psychological characteristics such as need for cognitive closure(NCC) and temporal self-construal(SC).
The need for cognitive closure refers to individuals' desire for a firm answer to a question and an aversion toward ambiguity. We assumed the need for cognitive closure as a major moderating variable because it is judged that the requirement for cognition clearly varies between when a consumer repurchases the same product and seeks a new alternative. Individuals who tend to end cognition due to time constraints or inappropriate conditions may display considerable cognitive impatience or impulsivity and has a higher probability in repurchasing the same product than a consumer without such limitations. They would avoid further consideration for new alternatives and the likelihood of the repurchase for prior alternative would increase. As hypothesized, significant moderating effect of the NCC was confirmed.
This result gives a significant implication for a corporate to establish effective marketing strategies. For a corporate or product brand that has been occupying the market after entering the market earlier, it would be effective to maintain need for cognitive closure high in the existing consumers and thereby preventing the consumers from being interested in the new alternatives. On the other hand, new brands that have just entered the market need to lower the potential consumers’ need for cognitive closure so that the consumers can be interested in new alternatives.
Along with need for cognitive closure, temporal self-construal also turned out to moderate the satisfaction-repurchase. temporal SC reflects the extent to which individuals view themselves either as an individuated entity or in relation to others. Consumers under a temporarily independent SC would repurchase former alternative again according to their prior satisfaction and evaluation. In contrast, consumers in temporal interdependent SC tended to switch to a new alternative because they value interpersonal relationships above anything else and have a tendency to rely heavily on in-group opinions. When they are confronted with additional opinions, it is highly probable that he/she will choose a new product as an alternative.
By proving the impact that temporal self-construal has on repurchasing behavior, this study is providing the marketers with new standards for establishing successful promotional strategies. For example, if the buyer and the user is the same for a product, it would be effective for the seller to convince the consumer to make decision subjectively by encouraging temporal independent self- construal. On the contrary, in the case where the purchase is made by an individual but the product is consumed by a group of people. For example, a housewife is more likely to choose the products or brands that her husband or children prefer rather than the ones that she likes by herself. In that case, emphasizing how the whole family can be satisfied and happy about the product would be effective for promoting repurchase.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

최근 들어 소비자의 만족과 재구매 행동 간 불일치성에 영향을 미치는 조절변수 탐색 연구가 다수 진행되었다. 그러나 이들 연구는 주로 소비자의 인구통계적 특성 및 사회경제적 특성에 치중하여 소비자 내면의 심리 관점에서 만족과 구매 후 행동 간 상응성을 설명해내지 못하는 한계가 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 만족과 재구매에 영향을 미치는 중요한 상황적 요인으로서 인지 종결 욕구와 일시적 자아 해석의 역할을 가정하고 두 개의 실험을 통해 이를 규명했다.
우선 소비자의 일시적인 심리 상태에 영향을 미치는 중요한 상황적 요인으로서 최근 심리학계에서 많은 학자들로부터 주목받고 있는 인지 종결 욕구의 개념을 구매의사결정에 직면한 소비자 입장에 새롭게 적용하여 그 역할을 입증했다. 구체적으로 인지 종결 욕구가 높은 상황에서는 가능한 한 신속한 의사결정을 내리고자 하므로 새로운 대안 탐색을 회피하고 기존 대안을 반복 선택할 가능성이 증가했다. 또한 소비자에게 일시적으로 유발된 자아 해석을 만족과 재구매 행동 관계의 주요 조절변수로 가정하고 이를 규명했다. 즉, 일시적으로 독립적 자아 해석 상황에 처하게 되면 상호의존적 자아 해석 상황에 처했을 때보다 재구매 행동이 강화될 수 있음이 확인되었다. 독립적 자아 해석 상황에서는 자신의 만족 경험과 판단을 신뢰하여 기존 대안을 지지할 가능성이 높지만, 상호의존적 자아 해석 상황에서는 내집단과의 우호적 관계를 자기 자신의 판단 이상으로 중시하는 경향이 있으므로 의미있는 주변인의 추천에 동조하여 전환행동을 할 가능성이 높아지기 때문이다.
본 연구의 결과는 고객 만족을 넘어 충성 고객화를 위해 고심 중인 기업들에게 근본적인 해결책을 제시하는 실무적 의의가 있다. 단순한 만족이 충성도로 발전하는 과정에서 영향을 미치는 상황적 원인을 규명해낸다면 이를 진정한 충성도 배양에 도움을 주는 방향으로 작동시키면 되기 때문이다.

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