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A study on the effect of perceived amount of information in a fashion crowdfunding project on perceived risk and intention to participate

패션 크라우드펀딩 프로젝트에서 지각된 정보의 양이 소비자 위험지각 및 참여의도에 미치는 영향 연구

  • 이은정 (국민대학교 의상디자인학과) ;
  • 심우주 (국민대학교 디자인대학원 패션전공)
  • Received : 2021.07.26
  • Accepted : 2021.08.06
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

Recently, the high growth rate and advantages of the crowdfunding market have also led to increased participation of brands and companies, and this also applies to fashion business. Risk has been noted to be a key factor in consumer behavior in crowdfunding. With the high-risk context of crowdfunding where supporters inevitably bear to pay full amount of price before receiving the actual products. Factors enhancing or inhibiting perceived risk of crowdfunding need to be explored. The past literature on perceived risk and consumer attitudes in crowdfunding has expanded, but it has rarely covered the context of experience goods such as fashion products. In addition, the platform characteristics in relation to perceived risk should be addressed. The current study attempts to address the effect of the perceived amount of information offered in a fashion crowdfunding project on perceived risk and the intention to participate in the project. For the experiment of this study, a fictitious crowdfunding page for fashion products was set as the stimuli. A total of 240 Korean participants were recruited and their responses were statistically analyzed using SPSS 24.0 software. In the results, the greater the amount of detailed information about the fashion crowdfunding project, the higher the intention to participate the project. The greater the amount of information provided, the lower the perceived risk of consumers. Moreover, the lowered perceived risk affected the intention of participate. Perceived risk has a partial mediation in the relationship between the amount of information and intention to participate. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

최근 크라우드 펀딩 시장의 높은 성장률과 장점으로 인해 브랜드와 기업의 참여가 증가하고 있으며 이는 패션 비즈니스에도 예외가 아니다. 특히 온라인 플랫폼을 기반으로 한 크라우드펀딩 상황에서 서포터가 실제 제품을 받기 전에 전액을 지불해야 하며 소비자의 지각된 위험은 소비자 구매의사결정에 핵심적인 영향을 미치는 요인으로 작용한다. 따라서 온라인 플랫폼을 기반으로 하는 크라우드펀딩의 인지된 위험을 높이거나 억제하는 플랫폼 환경, 소비자 개인 특성, 또는 프로젝트의 구성 요인에 대한 심화된 연구가 필요하다. 한편 크라우드펀딩에서 인지된 위험과 소비자 태도에 대한 과거 문헌은 확장되었지만 패션 제품과 같은 경험재 소비와 관련된 맥락에서 플랫폼과 프로젝트의 특성에 관해 다룬 연구는 매우 드물었다. 따라서 본 연구는 패션 크라우드 펀딩 프로젝트에서 제공되는 지각된 정보의 양이 지각된 위험과 프로젝트 참여 의도에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석했다. 가설을 검증하기 위해 총240명의 한국인 참가자를 대상으로 한 설문조사를 실시했고, 본 연구의 실험을 위해 가상의 패션제품 크라우드펀딩 페이지를 자극물으로 설정하였다. 데이터를 분석한 결과, 패션 크라우드펀딩 프로젝트에 대한 지각된 정보의 양이 많은 상황에서 적은 상황에 비해 응답자들의 프로젝트에 대한 참여의도가 높았다. 또한 지각된 정보의 양은 소비자의 지각된 위험에 부적인 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 지각된 위험은 참여의도에 부적인 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 마지막으로 지각된 위험은 지각된 정보의 양과 프로젝트 참여의도 사이의 관계에서 부분 매개효과를 가졌다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 한학술적 실무적 의의 및 연구 제한점이 논의되었다.

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Acknowledgement

This research is in part supported by National Research Fund of Korea (2015R1A5A7037615).

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