• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.61 no.4
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• pp.85-108
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• 2009

The quickening pace of international migration in the last twenty years brought fundamental demographic and social changes to the Korean society. Increasing number of marriage-based immigrant families imposes new challenges on social work community; however, the social work community has not been equipped with necessary practice models, sets of skills and professionals with cultural competency. This study aims to explore an integrative framework of social work practice with this client group. Research foci include the profile of marriage-based immigrant families in Korea, available social services at the time, challenges and issues they face, the compatibility of the empowerment based social work practice, and micro/mezzo/macro level concerns that arise for the effective service provision. Challenges among marriage-based immigrant families are converged into personal/familial, community related, and larger social-cultural issues. Empowerment is a multi-dimensional social process to help people gain control over their lives; a process that fosters power in people, for use in their lives, their communities and in their society. Empowerment based social work practice can be the most competent framework for working with multi-cultural families considering their multi-faceted acculturation issues while they navigate thru Korean society. Issues of educating and training of culturally competent social workers are discussed.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.129-172
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• 1995

밖으로는 코펜하겐 사회개발(社會開發) 정상회의를 계기로, 안으로는 국민기대수준(國民期待水準)의 제고와 고도성장의 부작용(副作用)에 대한 성찰을 배경으로 신복지구상(新福祉構想)이 제기된 바 있다. 이는 인간성(人間性) 회복을 근간으로 한국 실정에 어울리는 생산적(生産的) 공동체적(共同體的) 복지정책(福祉政策)을 추진함으로써 국민생활의 안정에 우선을 두겠다는 정책의지의 결집이라고 요약된다. 신복지구상(新福祉構想)은 우리에게 발상의 전환과 새로운 패러다임의 제시를 요구하고 있다. 우리 국민은 고도성장(高度成長)의 부작용(副作用)으로 생활을 둘러싸고 있는 경제 사회적 환경이 열악하게 되어 안정적인 삶을 위협받고 있다. 특히 물질적(物質的)인 삶의 풍부함과 더불어 황금만능사상(黃金萬能思想)이 만연하여 인간경시경향(人間輕視傾向)이 두드러지고 있어 국민들은 안전하고 안정된 생활여건(生活與件)의 조성을 갈구하고 있는 것으로 풀이된다. 지금이야말로 대내외적(對內外的) 환경변화에 발맞추어 성장잠재력(成長潛在力) 확충을 지지하면서 계속적인 산업화(産業化)가 발생시킬 사회적(社會的) 비용(費用)을 줄일 수 있도록 적절한 복지정책(福祉政策) 대안(代案)의 개발이 요청되고 있다고 하겠다. 복지정책의 중점은 국민요구를 반영하여 삶의 질(質)향상을 위한 생활복지(生活福祉)로 모아져야 할 것이다. 대부분의 국민이 문화(文化)가 있고 건강(健康)하며 안정(安定)된 생활을 희구하고 있음에 비추어, 일상생활 속에서 복지증진을 체감(體感)할 수 있도록 지역사회를 단위로 특색 있는 정책이 전개되어야 할 것이다. 앞으로의 사회복지정책(社會福祉政策)은 전통적(傳統的) 사회보장제도(社會保障制度)와 서구적(西歐的) 사회보장제도(社會保障制度)의 조화, 경제성장과 사회복지의 균형, 정부, 민간 그리고 지역사회의 공조(共助)를 요구하고 있으며, 이와 관련하여 일본(日本)과 대만(臺灣)의 경험이 시사하는 것처럼 장기적인 시각(視角)에서 꾸준히 일관성 있게 공적지출(公的支出)을 늘려나가는 것이 중요하다고 판단된다. 그리하여 민간의 자발적(自發的) 참여를 유도함으로써 국민 모두의 삶의 질(質) 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것이며 결국 인간성(人間性) 고양을 통하여 국민화합이 달성될 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.381-382
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• 2014

청소년 활동은 극기훈련과 모험훈련의 정도로만 여기고 있었다면 본 연구를 통하여 새로운 페러다임의 변화를 모색 할 수 있으며 지역복지 시설의 유휴시설 공간 활용을 통해 맞춤형 청소년 프로그램을 새롭게 개발하는데 도움이 됨과 동시에 청소년활동의 영역을 활성화하는 체계를 마련하는데 목적이 있다.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.3
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• pp.79-97
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• 1999

지방자치제도의 본격적인 실시로 인하여 성숙되어 가고 있는 지방화시대에 있어서 지방자치단체가 가장 필요로 하는 것은 지역의 경제성장을 통하여 지역주민의 복지를 향상시키는 것이라고 할 수 있다. 지역주민의 복지향상은 광범위한 부문에서 다양하게 나타날 수 있지만, 가장 기본적으로는 지역내의 고용을 안정케 하며, 지역내의 소득수준을 향상시켜 주민들이 높은 삶의 질을 경험하게 하는 것이라고 할 수 있다. 그러나, 지금의 우리현실은 자기 지역의 경제발전만을 맹목적으로 추구할 것이 아니라 이웃과 더불어 힘을 합쳐도 어려운 난관을 헤쳐나가기 어려운 처지에 직면해 있다. 따라서, 서로가 자기의 몫을 주장하면서 다툴 것이 아니라 힘을 합쳐야 할 시점에 도달하였다. 이러한 관점에서 본 연구는 지리적으로는 인접하고 있지만 정서적으로는 가깝고도 먼 전라남도와 경상남도가 고부가가치를 창출할 수 있는 특화산업의 적절한 배치를 통하여 높은 수준의 경제번영을 이룩하면서, 동시에 기존의 쌓여있는 지역감정의 벽을 뛰어넘어 동서경제협력을 이루고 궁극적으로는 동서화합을 도출할 수 있는 방안을 모색하려고 한다. 각 지자체에 적합한 특화산업의 육성은 인접한 지자체들이 상호의존적이라는 측면에서 여러 가지의 지역문제를 동시에 하결할 수 있을 뿐만아니라 한정된 자원의 합리적인 이용과 더불어 국토의 균형있는 개발을 가능하게 할 수 있다는 측면에서 많은 긍정적인 요소를 내포하고 있다. 전라남도와 경상남도가 지역에 적합한 특화산업의 육성을 통하여 동서경제협력을 유도하기 위한 방안으로는 우선적으로 역내의 산업구조를 고도화시키고, 산 학 연 관의 협조체계를 구성하며, 지자체간의 협조적인 게임을 유도하여 가시적인 빠른성과의 도출을 위한 방안을 모색하고 타 지자체에 입지한 경쟁력있는 특화산업에의 지역민의 투자를 유도하고, 공동브랜드의 사용 및 시장의 공동개척등을 고려할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.529-541
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• 1996

The Korean economy has recently changed from industry-based economy toward information-based one, empha-sizing on information utiliation and technological development. It is important to examine the background for the incoming information society and spatial aspect of infromation, because informati-zation process itself contains spatial features like spatial concentrtion and dispersion. This paper generally focuses on the socio-cultural aspects of the informati-zation aspects. The main questions are as follows: 1) what are the ain questions of the exsisting Korean case studies on the informatization; 2) how can we find the charateristics of spatial concentration of informatization by informatization indices; 3) is there any relationship between the degree of informatiztion and regional development? The results of this study can be found in the following facts: (1) The exsisting studies cannot be generallized as spatial analysis on the informatization In general, they focus only a single aspect of information industry or information job. Futhermore, their spatial unit of analysis is limited to provincial level, rather thn city-level micro study. (2) There are big differences between the Capital region, especially Seoul, and others with regard to the socio-cultural aspects of informatiation. Such informatization is concentrated in Seoul. Inchon and Kyeonggi-do, which are the better positions in information intensive activities. (3) The regional differences for the level of informatization are much bigger than those for the level of welfare, suggesting that the informatization tends to concentrate in specified large cities like Seoul. It is clear the Korea is now entering the initial stage of information society.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.178-184
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• 2021

This study was conducted to empirically verify the factors that affect work-life balance according to the age of social workers. The subjects of the study were social workers working at social welfare centers, welfare centers for the disabled, and welfare centers for the elderly located in Jeollabuk-do, and 313 copies of 42 facilities that participated in the survey were used for the final analysis. The research method used a multi-level model that calculated individual factors (Level 1) and institutional factors (Level 2). The main research results are as follows. First, 20.2% of the total variance in the work-life balance of social workers was found to be different for each local welfare center. Second, as a result of examining the factors affecting work-life balance of social workers by age, it was found that job demands had a negative effect on work-life balance in all age groups. In particular, in their 30s, family demands and women's work-life balance were more negative than men's, and economic status was found to be an important influencing factor on work-life balance. Based on these results, we discussed ways to improve work-life balance for social workers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.558-569
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is examine the effect of social work field practicum related factors on empowerment of students majoring in social welfare. For this purpose, a survey of the university students with completing social work field practicum was conducted and data was analyzed. The results of this study are summarized as follows: The empowerment level of the students with completing social work field practicum is 3.71. Multiple regression analysis was conducted for each sector by dividing the factors related to the social welfare field practicums affecting the empowerment into individual factors, practical institutional factors, and school factors. Degrees of practice(${\beta}=.123$, t=2.405, p<.05), the satisfaction level of the supervisor(${\beta}=.176$, t = 2.446, p <.05), the lecture satisfaction level of the practicum(${\beta}=.229$, t=4.018, p<.001) were found to affect the empowerment in each sector. But in final analysis with all factors have been concerned, the lecture satisfaction level of the practicum(${\beta}=.257$, t=4.495, p<.001) had a positive effect on the empowerment. Based on these results, implications for research and practice were discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.785-799
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• 2011

This study apprehends the effect of primary causes that form civic consciousness, which mature local residents should have. Moreover, it tries to contribute to the development of mature civic consciousness with regard to the situations and conditions of local community, by observing how the extent of local problem recognition, personal viewpoints, and participation in social activities affect formation of civic consciousness. The research was conducted to 600 local residents, ages 20 and above, with proportional stratified sampling method. The study showed that high recognition of environmental, social, economic and aging issues, fulfillment on social achievement, self-perception, culture orientation, and higher frequency on participating on social activities have positive effects on formation of sound civic consciousness.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.3162-3171
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• 2015

This study was aimed to investigate the relation between codependency and mental health and to get a idea dealing with social worker's codependency for their healthy and professional caring, which is an important factor between social worker and client in social work practice. The subjects of this study consisted of 290 social workers working in social welfare facilities of Gangwon-do. The data were collected through self-reported questionnaires from Jun. to Oct., 2013. Results indicated that codependency showed over 50% of social workers were moderate-severe level and there were the significant correlation between codependency and mental health. Implications of findings of this study were discussed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.96-102
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• 2019

This study proposes basic information to make effective environments for social welfare education, revealing the reasons why students choose the social welfare major at Konyang Cyber University. We conducted qualitative research with 41 students in the social welfare department at Konyang Cyber University. The result of this research is as follows. First, most students chose their major to get a certificate that can benefit them in the near future. Second, they chose their major as a way to achieve renown, and to enhance the quality of their lives. Third, they desired to contribute to society through their social work. Finally, individual experiences and family background were also motives. Based on the research, to improve learning outcomes in social welfare education, the necessary learning strategies are as follows. First, goal-oriented learning is necessary for students who want to get the certificate. A practical curriculum needs to contain both practical skills and professional knowledge applicable to the social work field. Second, education for students who choose the major to gain fame, and to develop their lives, requires generation-integrated education to help them review their lives and find their own meaning in life. Third, education for students who choose the major for a practical social contribution has to contain volunteer training that can lead them to be professional volunteers in society. Fourth, education for students who choose the major based on their personal experiences and their family background needs to deal with case management, which discovers the recipients who need help in society and the students who can achieve visible outcomes after all.