This study explores influences of the relationship between social capital and residents’ perception in a collective aspects, and also explores the differences of influence between two groups in 10 rural communities. This study conducts regression analysis with residents questionnaires, and analyzes the relationship of influence among the latent factors, and differences between the two groups. As a results, associational network and social trust factors of social capital are identified as the most important factor in the quality of life and residents’ attitudes. In addition, the differences in socio-cultural factor of quality of life and residents’ attitude between two groups are identified by comparison with the relationship between two groups, although the explanatory power of both groups is not high. To achieve a successful rural tourism based on the result of this study, rural tourism should consider the regional and demographic characteristics, such as age, occupations and education and so on. The major contribution of this study is to confirm that the impact of social capital on the residents’ perception would be different by regions in comparison with two groups, and it will be able to provide useful implication for the rural tourism development in the future.

I. 서 론
 II. 이론적 배경
  1. 집단적 측면에서의 사회적 자본
  2. 농촌관광에서 지역주민의 삶의 질과 태도
 III. 연구 방법
  1. 연구문제 설정
  2. 연구 대상지 및 연구 대상자 선정
  3. 설문지 설계 및 자료수집
 IV. 결과 및 고찰
  1. 응답자의 인구통계학적 특성
  2. 측정변수의 타당성 검증
  3. 영향관계 검증
 V. 결 론
 References

• 박용순(경기대학교 산학협력단(관광개발전공) 조교수) | Park Yong-Soon Corresponding author
• 제상호(경기대학교 관광전문대학원 박사과정 수료) | Je Sang-Ho