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KMID : 1011620150310010072
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Korean Journal of Food and Cookey Science
2015 Volume.31 No. 1 p.72 ~ p.82
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A Study on Quality Improvement of Korean Restaurants Perceived by Workers for the Globalization of Korean Food
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이나영:Yi Na-Young
이주연:Lee Ju-Yeon/곽동경:Kwak Tong-Kyung
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate workers’ perception on the quality improvement of Korean restaurants for the globalization of Korean food. A total of 342 workers at Korean restaurants in Seoul and Gyeonggi province were surveyed using a self-administrated questionnaire. Excluding responses with significant missing data, 250 responses were used for data analysis. In terms of the improvement of service quality attributes, the ‘sanitation management (4.51)’ category received the highest score, followed by ‘service skill (3.93)’, ‘menu development (3.90)’, ‘serving method (3.88)’, ‘facility and ambiance (3.84)’, and ‘food taste (3.40)’. There were significant differences of workers’ perception on the improvement of service quality which were ‘menu development (p<0.01)’, ‘service skill (p<0.001)’, ‘facility and ambiance (p<0.001)’, and ‘sanitation management (p<0.01)’ by restaurant operation type, and ‘service skill (p<0.001)’ and ‘facility and ambiance (p<0.001)’ by workers' position. The mean score of each service quality category showed that Korean restaurants managed by a franchisor were ranked the highest. In each service quality category, the items which showed the highest scores for the improvement were ‘developing the finest cuisine (4.08)’, ‘providing food seasoning according to customer requests (3.70)’, ‘proving ladles, tongs, and extra plates which enable customers to take as much food as they want (4.12)’, ‘staff's ability to explain menu (4.08)’, ‘using tableware appropriate to each dish (4.03)’, ‘sanitary management of the provided tableware (dishes, spoons and knives) (4.57)’, and ‘thorough toilet management (4.57)’. This research suggests that Korean restaurants need to improve service quality to globalize Korean food, and the strategies for service quality management should be developed to be applied to each restaurant operation type.
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KEYWORD
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Korean restaurant, service quality, improvement, globalization
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