Social network service(SNS) is used as a means of marketing by popularizing PC and smartphone. Because researches on SNS activity not conducted, this study analyzed construct factors on SNS activity and customer value supplying by foodservice industr...
Social network service(SNS) is used as a means of marketing by popularizing PC and smartphone. Because researches on SNS activity not conducted, this study analyzed construct factors on SNS activity and customer value supplying by foodservice industry on the basis of SNS information quality construct factor, service quality construct factor, and SNS utilization of the other type of business.
This study performed to analyze effect factors of SNS activity in foodservice industry on the customer value, customer satisfaction and behavioral intention. Subjects were residing in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do customers. They were men's and women's(numbers 550, ages 10~59), especially taking SNS activity.
Period for investigation was August 15, 2012~August 31, 2009, and method was self-administered questionnaires. Then 492 valid samples were used excluding stale or unreliable response. Results of the analysis were as follows.
First, as a result of the effects of SNS activity in foodservice industry on customer value, sub-factors(easiness, reliability, responsiveness, sharing, interaction, and usefulness) impacted statistically significant positive(+) effect on customer value(p<.05). Second, as a result of the effects of customer value on customer satisfaction, customer value impacted statistically significant positive(+) effect on customer satisfaction(p<.001). Third, as a result of the effects of customer value on behavioral intention, customer value impacted statistically significant positive(+) effect on behavioral intention(p<.001). Fourth, as a result of the effects of customer satisfaction on behavioral intention, customer satisfaction impacted statistically significant positive(+) effect on behavioral intention(p<.001). This result suggested that improvement of customer satisfaction was an important factor for enhancing behavioral intention.
Conclusions of this study were as follows. Easiness, responsiveness, sharing, interactivity, and usefulness of SNS activity in foodservice industry impacted positive effect on customer value, but reliability should be supplement. Also, customer value influenced customer satisfaction and behavioral intention, customer satisfaction impacted positive effect on behavioral intention.
Results of this study showed a mechanism to enhance customer value, customer satisfaction, and behavioral intention by increasing SNS marketing. In other words, this study suggested that support of SNS activity and imprinting on customer value will generate positive effect customer satisfaction and behavior intention.