본 연구는 외식 프랜차이즈의 입지요인과 서비스 품질 요인이 고객만족에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 파악하기 위해, 외식 프랜차이즈 예비창업자들을 연구대상으로 제한하여 외식 프랜차이즈 점포의 이용자에 대한 선호도 분석을 실시하였다. 이를 통해 예비 창업자들에게 외식경영에 있어 보다 이익을 극대화할 수 있는 대안을 제시하는 것이 본 연구의 목적이다. 본 연구에 대한 가설을 검증한 결과 첫째, 외식 프랜차이즈 입지요인과 서비스 품질 요인의 영향력 검증 결과, 응답자들은 점포의 청결함과 가시성을 중시하는 것으로 나타났으며, 근접성 및 교통편이성이 통계적으로 유의하지 못한 이유는 응답자들이 가까운 외식업소를 주로 이용하므로 거리가 크게 문제가 되지 않은 것으로 판단된다. 둘째, 서비스 품질요인과 입지요인과 고객만족의 영향력에 대해 살펴본 결과, 고객반응과 신속정확성, 정확성 요인이 영향력이 높게 나타나 응답자들은 고객의 욕구와 필요에 대한 신속한 반응과 빠른 판단 그리고 업무에 대한 전문적인 지식으로 서비스를 제공해주길 원하는 것으로 나타났으며, 신뢰성에 관련된 요인은 고객만족과는 관련성이 낮게 나타났다. 셋째, 서비스 품질요인과 입지요인과 재이용의 영향력에 대해 살펴본 결과, 재이용의도와 구전의도 두 요인에서 고객반응과 전문성이 모두 통계적으로 유의한 결과를 나타내어 고객만족과 비슷한 통계결과가 나타나 고객만족과 재이용 모두 고객의 욕구에 대한 발 빠른 판단과 행동 및 전문적 지식이 중요한 것으로 파악된다. 이상의 연구 결과는 외식프랜차이즈 창업시 입지요인과 서비스 품질 요인이 고객만족에 미치는 영향을 살펴봄으로써 예비 창업자들의 성공가능성을 높여줄 것으로 판단하며 나아가 기존의 창업자들에게도 직 간접적인 영향 요소들에 대한 개선을 통해 목표이익의 달성과 이익극대화에 도움이 될 것으로 판단한다.

This study is to examine the importance of site selection and service quality in franchise business as food service franchise became one of the fastest-growing service industries today. The chief finding of this study is as follows: First, a survey in locational and service quality factors affecting food service franchise shows that responders are more concerned with hygiene and visibility of the store than proximity and transportation advantages which reflects low statistical significance, thus the distance did not seem to be a big problem for the responders in the context that they mostly visit nearby food franchise. Second, the examination of the influence by the service quality factors and customer satisfaction shows significant positive relation with customer response, speed and accuracy, and accuracy factors which reveals that the responders prefer prompt response and swift judgment toward the customer's needs and expectations, professional knowledge services to the credibility factors in which little correlation with the customer satisfaction were found. Third, the examination of the influence by the service quality factors, locational factors, and re-visit reveals that customer response and specialty showed statistically significant correlation with intention of WOM (Word of Mouth) and revisit, which suggests that swift judgment and response toward the customer's needs and expectations, professional knowledge services is of great importance to both customer satisfaction and revisit. The study on the aspects of locational and service quality factors affecting franchise industry's customer satisfaction was conducted as above, an investigation in both factors' influence on the customer satisfaction was made, and based on the results of the analysis, this research seeks an optimal operation strategy of a franchise business. Food service franchise are relatively very competent to business adminstration and reaction capability to consumption changes due to the already established market, and there are stores springing up everywhere inspired by the founders who are too confident of their success in the franchise business. However, it is necessary for the franchise beginners to figure out a zone oriented, regular customer oriented business strategy than just complying with the head office manual. Owing to an increasing trend of opening medium to large sized stores and investments in the wake of converting to multiple business type Korean food franchise, there is growing need to set up new concept of store development and operational management strategy in order to overcome the excessive competition and limited sales volume of the old-fashioned small sized, small capital franchise stores. Furthermore, as most business category of food service franchise serve very similar menus, from a product differentiation point of view, it is required to map out flexible sales concept including the adoption of competitive and low-price strategy. In conclusion, as is shown in the analytical research, the customers' optimal choice fluctuate over their preferences like customer convenience and circumstances rather than insisting on specific brand, thus it will be necessary for the franchise stores to draw up aggressive strategy and planning in running food service franchise to maximize their profits.

(게재일: 2016.10.31)