• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.37-45
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to determine social values of self-support enterprises, known as the origin of social economy by using a qualitative research method. Main themes representing social values of self-support enterprises were developed through four sessions of FGI and thematic analysis. First, self-support enterprises embody the value of 'social safety net' by providing workfare for disadvantaged people as well as by operating market-oriented business. Additionally, 'communal spirit', for which self-support enterprises strive, is social value that enables the entirety of self-support enterprises and participants to fulfill non-profit values, reciprocity, and sharing. Lastly, ontological, diachronic, and ecological 'sustainability' of self-support enterprises is a foundational element which creates continuous positive impact on our society. Findings of this study are significant to provide theoretical and empirical evidence for preservation and development of the social economy ecosystem. Based on this, further researches on comprehensive social economy are suggested.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.68 no.1
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• pp.169-191
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to understand social enterprise business operations experience converted from a self-sufficient enterprise. In-depth interviews with representatives of the 4 recycling social enterprises from self-sufficient enterprise which located in Chungbuk province were performed to collect data and analyzed by grounded theory method. As a result, configured 88 concepts and classified into 28 sub-categories 12 categories. According to a paradigm model, Core category, conditions, strategies and consequences were derived from the grounded theory. Especially, the core concept of enterprise management experience of the participants was 'An effort to overcome the harsh business conditions by pursuing sense of community and trying to secure its own competitiveness'. Based on the result, practical and policy proposal for management of the social enterprises were suggested.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.187-193
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• 2020

This study is on the business effectiveness and orientation of 45 Jahwal companies in Chungnam and Sejong Province. A survey was conducted on representatives of Jahwal companies in Chungnam and sejong area to analyze their effectiveness and orientation. Business effectiveness was analyzed through employment effectiveness. And orientation has derived the success factors of the enterprise based on the current management situation. The key factors to be finally oriented were analyzed Based on the results of this study, the effectiveness of the business through the employment effect was positively assessed. In particular, it was able to infer the dehydration effect of the vulnerable. Market creation and securing funds are the most important factors behind the success of jahwal companies. Key management factors that are oriented toward sustainability have been shown to be profit-making and job creation. It was analyzed that jahwal companies are pursuing social purposes.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.271-276
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• 2019

This study is about the effectiveness of Jahwal consulting. We analyzed 275 self-supporting participants of 58 self-supporting companies in eight wide-area self-supporting centers nationwide. After consulting by conducting a questionnaire before consulting, we conducted a questionnaire to analyze the differences. The measurement variables consisted of 3 variables and 6 subparameters. The top variables are interpersonal relationships, organizational systems, and self-help business will. The sub-elements are interaction, communication between members, horizontal leadership, organizational stability, personal suitability and developability. The questionnaire was analyzed using SPSS 21.0, frequency analysis, and t-test. The purpose of this study is to verify the effectiveness of consulting conducted by Jahwal institutions. For this reason, we developed a measurement scale, and analyzed changes before and after consulting using that scale. As a result of the analysis, it was found that self-help consulting is effective. It was also analyzed that there was mode significance in the analysis by gender, age, region and educational background.

• Advanced Industrial SCIence
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to verify the moderating effects of optimism on the relationship between depression and willingness for self-sufficiency in self-sufficiency program participating workers. For this study, a sample of 775 self-sufficiency program participating workers completed depression questionnaire, optimism scale and willingness for self-sufficiency scale. The data was analyzed using the Baron & Kenny's moderating effect verification method. The results of the analysis showed that depression had a significant negative effect on willingness for self-sufficiency, and optimism had a significant positive effect on willingness for self-sufficiency. The results verified the moderating effects of optimism on the relationship between depression and willingness for self-sufficiency. On the basis of the results, We discussed that optimism can reduce the negative effect of depression on willingness for self-sufficiency and improve willingness for self-sufficiency. We discussed the optimism promotion program as an intervention method to improve willingness for self-sufficiency in self-sufficiency program participating workers.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.87-95
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• 2016

Housing benefits service that was implemented according to the National Basic Livelihood Security Act in 2002 has been changed with the enactment of "Housing benefits Law"(2014.1.24). Though the service was conducted for 13 years to improve the living environment of recipient households and create self-supporting jobs for low-income, there was a limit to ensure the efficiency due to variations in the administrative act and implementation in local governments. For that reason, the sales account and the profits of self-supporting enterprises and their cooperative in housing welfare sector that played a pivotal role had gone through many ups and downs and that is why the national coalition of self-supporting enterprises that were newly formed are forced to take self-effort and play a leading role for the improvement of future beneficiaries' satisfaction, namely to develop the level of service to keep the decent jobs consistent for low-income while responding institutional policy change and the demands for improving the home-amelioration system. Accordingly, this article has attempted to supplement existing research on housing-benefits service and determine how the field can keep pace with the new institutional environment. As a result, first, Central self-supporting enterprises provide high specialized-quality services to low-income families, second, central self-supporting enterprises induce to transition customized service agencies for improving the quality of residential housing benefits, Third, Housing self-supporting enterprises should correspondence with institutional change through the provision of explicit guidelines in relating to housing-service amelioration, the last, business practical process shall be accompanied by a consistent basis for innovative and procedural standards.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.27-31
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• 2019

정부는 2018.2.8일 국정현안점검조정회의를 통해 국무조정실, 금융위원회, 기획재정부, 고용노동부, 중소벤처기업부 등 관계부처 합동으로 "사회적금융 활성화 방안"을 최종 확정하였다. 한국의 사회적금융은 보조 기부행위가 아닌 투자 융자 보증 등 회수를 전제로 사회적기업, 협동조합, 자활기업, 마을기업 등 사회적경제기업에게 다양한 자금을 지원하는 금융활동 전반을 말한다. 현재 민간의 자발적인 금융지원활동도 일부 있으나, 정부 공공재원 중심으로 기존의 서민금융진흥원의 사회적기업 신용대출, 중진공의 정책자금 대출, 신보 지신보 특례보증, 사회적기업 모태펀드 등 중기 서민 정책금융체계내의 사업이 대다수를 차지하고 있는 실정이다. 한국의 사회적금융은 미국과 일본, 영국 등의 선진국에 비하면 이제 태동기로서, 사회적경제기업은 자금 공급부족, 제도 금융권에서의 소외 등 자금조달에 큰 애로를 겪고 있다. 따라서, 공공부문 주도로 자금공급을 확대하고 있으나, 사회적경제기업의 자금수요에는 아직도 크게 미치지 못하는 상황이다. 특히, 지원방식이 짧은 만기, 대출 보증에 편중되는 등 사회적경제의 특수성에 대한 고려가 미흡하여 수요-공급 간 미스매치도 큰 상황과 자금수요자와 투자자를 이어주는 사회적금융 중개기관, 사회적성과 평가 등 시장 인프라도 전반적으로 크게 미비 되어 있어 민간의 참여를 제약하는 것도 그 이유이다. 본 연구에서는 한국의 시회적금융지원제도의 전반적인 현장의 실태를 중심으로 실무적인 측면에서 분석 및 향후과제를 도출하여 관계기관 등에 정책적인 시사점을 제공하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.65-82
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• 2020

Start-ups often use crowdfunding platforms such as Wadiz to get financing from corporate investors and general public. These platforms include functions to increase participant activity through the number of comments, interest and online word-of-mouth. This study aims to elucidate how these functions related to a participant activity exhibit mediating effects on a success of crowdfunding and an achievement rate of targeted investment amount. To this end, the individual variables such as progress period, target amount, venture company, experience of attracting investment, possession of intellectual property rights, a career of the representative and an award experience of the representative were classified into the project characteristics, the company characteristics and the representative characteristics through not only previous studies but also interviews with investment professionals and platform operators. Afterwards, this study went through an empirical verification process using a structural equation model that has both crowdfunding performance and participant activity, which is the independent and mediating factors of three perspectives, as well as the dependent variables. In other words, this study analyzes how the characteristics of three perspectives affect the participant activity and how the participant activity had the mediating effects on the crowdfunding performance. In addition, it derives how the analysis results mentioned above vary according to business types (internet services, culture/art, manufacturing/distribution) and investment styles (stock type and bond type). It is expected that this study will help not only in deriving the factors affecting the performance of an investment type crowdfunding but also in preparing the measures to increase a participant activity.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.176-185
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• 2021

This study conducted a survey from September 5 to 30, 2020 targeting 415 workers participating in regional self-sufficiency center programs in four locations in Daejeon and Daegu. The purpose of the study was to examine oral symptoms of the study subjects and the effects if psychological anxiety parameters on oral health and quality of life. As a result of the study, oral dryness, temporomandibular joint symptoms, and periodontitis all had a significant effect on oral health and quality of life, and psychological anxiety factors had a partial mediating effect. The subjective oral symptom problems led to a negative psychological state, which could further impair the quality of life. In the future, the results of this study can be used as basic data for expanding psychological counseling programs for self-supporting workers and improving oral health policies for regular oral health education.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.25-38
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• 2012

In general, commercial franchisors prefer franchisees with high entrepreneurship and business capability. However, these entrepreneurial franchisees with high capability tend to depend less on franchisors. Although franchisees with less entrepreneurship and low capability need intensive care from franchisors, some of them result in business failure due to improper supports from incapable franchisors. This paper suggests several propositions regarding social franchising's role in supporting the low-income urban people on the premise that social franchising or micro-franchising provides implications for franchisor strategic orientations for franchisees with little capital. Through literature review about social franchising and micro franchising, some implications are drawn. Many social enterprises use franchising to get growth and sustainability, because franchising allow social enterprise to expand its scale and to achieve economies of scale despite of its non-commercial and social purpose. And continuous support and training undertake the most important role to achieve its social purpose. In commercial franchising, especially small business format franchising sector, franchisor have to consider not only commercial purpose but also social responsibility because of low capability and less entrepreneurship of franchisee. If franchisor pursue only own profit, this can increase the conflict and franchise system failure. So far many franchisors are concerned with own profit and external growth. But it is necessary to consider symbiotic relationship, social responsibility and sustainability more for the sake of desirable industrial growth in the future.