• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1102-1113
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• 2023

Objective: To elucidate the use of radiological studies, including nuclear medicine, and biopsy for the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer (PCA) in clinical practice and understand the current status of PCA in Asian countries via an international survey. Materials and Methods: The Asian Prostate Imaging Working Group designed a survey questionnaire with four domains focused on prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), other prostate imaging, prostate biopsy, and PCA backgrounds. The questionnaire was sent to 111 members of professional affiliations in Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan who were representatives of their working hospitals, and their responses were analyzed. Results: This survey had a response rate of 97.3% (108/111). The rates of using 3T scanners, antispasmodic agents, laxative drugs, and prostate imaging-reporting and data system reporting for prostate MRI were 21.6%-78.9%, 22.2%-84.2%, 2.3%-26.3%, and 59.5%-100%, respectively. Respondents reported using the highest b-values of 800-2000 sec/mm² and fields of view of 9-30 cm. The prostate MRI examinations per month ranged from 1 to 600, and they were most commonly indicated for biopsy-naïve patients suspected of PCA in Japan and Singapore and staging of proven PCA in Korea and Taiwan. The most commonly used radiotracers for prostate positron emission tomography are prostate-specific membrane antigen in Singapore and fluorodeoxyglucose in three other countries. The most common timing for prostate MRI was before biopsy (29.9%). Prostate-targeted biopsies were performed in 63.8% of hospitals, usually by MRI-ultrasound fusion approach. The most common presentation was localized PCA in all four countries, and it was usually treated with radical prostatectomy. Conclusion: This survey showed the diverse technical details and the availability of imaging and biopsy in the evaluation of PCA. This suggests the need for an educational program for Asian radiologists to promote standardized evidence-based imaging approaches for the diagnosis and staging of PCA.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.115-140
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• 2024

Objectives: This study investigates the impact of M&L psychotherapy on an adolescent with anxiety disorders transitioning into adulthood, using a retrospective mixed-method approach. Methods: An adolescent with Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5-diagnosed anxiety disorders underwent combined treatment with M&L psychotherapy and complex Korean medicine therapy over a period of approximately two years. Patient records tracked the diagnosis, treatments, and progress. In-depth interviews were also conducted. The study used a convergent parallel mixed-method approach, integrating quantitative analysis from psychological assessments, including the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-X), the Core Seven Emotions Inventory-short form (CSEI-s), and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), with qualitative analyses of traditional Korean medicine counseling session notes, interviews, and other qualitative psychological assessments. Results: State anxiety decreased from 40 to 36, and trait anxiety decreased from 42 to 34. MMPI-2 L scale scores decreased slightly to 64T, whereas S scale scores increased to 62T, and FRS scores decreased to 70T from an initial score of 78T. Qualitative analysis revealed an increase in the MMPI-2 Es scale, identified as "subjectivity." Joy (喜) emerged as the highest emotional profile score in the CSEI-S. Scores for anger (怒), thought (思), fear (恐), and fright (驚) decreased, indicating improved negative emotions. Qualitatively, expressions of determination to "move forward" and "strengthen the mind" were noted, suggesting enhanced "lower danjeon (下丹田)." Conclusions: Integrating traditional Korean medicine treatment with M&L psychotherapy for a vulnerable adolescent with anxiety disorders demonstrated efficacy. Further research is warranted to substantiate the effectiveness of M&L psychotherapy and advocate for its wider adoption in mainstream practice.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.339-350
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• 2024

Background and Objectives: Ultimaster^TM, a third-generation sirolimus-eluting stent using biodegradable polymer, has been introduced to overcome long term adverse vascular events, such as restenosis or stent thrombosis. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the 12-month clinical outcomes of Ultimaster^TM stents in Korean patients with coronary artery disease. Methods: This study is a multicenter, prospective, observational registry across 12 hospitals. To reflect real-world clinical evidence, non-selective subtypes of patients and lesions were included in this study. The study end point was target lesion failure (TLF) (the composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction [MI], and target lesion revascularization [TLR]) at 12-month clinical follow up. Results: A total of 576 patients were enrolled between November 2016 and May 2021. Most of the patients were male (76.5%), with a mean age of 66.0±11.2 years. Among the included patients, 40.1% had diabetes mellitus (DM) and 67.9% had acute coronary syndrome (ACS). At 12 months, the incidence of TLF was 4.1%. The incidence of cardiac death was 1.5%, MI was 1.0%, TLR was 2.7%, and stent thrombosis was 0.6%. In subgroup analysis based on the presence of ACS, DM, hypertension, dyslipidemia, or bifurcation, there were no major differences in the incidence of the primary endpoint. Conclusions: The present registry shows that Ultimaster^TM stent is safe and effective for routine real-world clinical practice in non-selective Korean patients, having a low rate of adverse events at least up to 12 months.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.33-62
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• 2009

Internet computing is a disruptive IT innovation. Semantic Web can be considered as an IT innovation because the Semantic Web technology possesses the potential to reduce information overload and enable semantic integration, using capabilities such as semantics and machine-processability. How should organizations adopt the Semantic Web? What factors affect the adoption and diffusion of Semantic Web innovation? Most studies on adoption and diffusion of innovation use empirical analysis as a quantitative research methodology in the post-implementation stage. There is criticism that the positivist requiring theoretical rigor can sacrifice relevance to practice. Rapid advances in technology require studies relevant to practice. In particular, it is realistically impossible to conduct quantitative approach for factors affecting adoption of the Semantic Web because the Semantic Web is in its infancy. However, in an early stage of introduction of the Semantic Web, it is necessary to give a model and some guidelines and for adoption and diffusion of the technology innovation to practitioners and researchers. Thus, the purpose of this study is to present a model of adoption and diffusion of the Semantic Web and to offer propositions as guidelines for successful adoption through a qualitative research method including multiple case studies and in-depth interviews. The researcher conducted interviews with 15 people based on face-to face and 2 interviews by telephone and e-mail to collect data to saturate the categories. Nine interviews including 2 telephone interviews were from nine user organizations adopting the technology innovation and the others were from three supply organizations. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The interviews were recorded on digital voice recorder memory and subsequently transcribed verbatim. 196 pages of transcripts were obtained from about 12 hours interviews. Triangulation of evidence was achieved by examining each organization website and various documents, such as brochures and white papers. The researcher read the transcripts several times and underlined core words, phrases, or sentences. Then, data analysis used the procedure of open coding, in which the researcher forms initial categories of information about the phenomenon being studied by segmenting information. QSR NVivo version 8.0 was used to categorize sentences including similar concepts. 47 categories derived from interview data were grouped into 21 categories from which six factors were named. Five factors affecting adoption of the Semantic Web were identified. The first factor is demand pull including requirements for improving search and integration services of the existing systems and for creating new services. Second, environmental conduciveness, reference models, uncertainty, technology maturity, potential business value, government sponsorship programs, promising prospects for technology demand, complexity and trialability affect the adoption of the Semantic Web from the perspective of technology push. Third, absorptive capacity is an important role of the adoption. Fourth, suppler's competence includes communication with and training for users, and absorptive capacity of supply organization. Fifth, over-expectance which results in the gap between user's expectation level and perceived benefits has a negative impact on the adoption of the Semantic Web. Finally, the factor including critical mass of ontology, budget. visible effects is identified as a determinant affecting routinization and infusion. The researcher suggested a model of adoption and diffusion of the Semantic Web, representing relationships between six factors and adoption/diffusion as dependent variables. Six propositions are derived from the adoption/diffusion model to offer some guidelines to practitioners and a research model to further studies. Proposition 1 : Demand pull has an influence on the adoption of the Semantic Web. Proposition 1-1 : The stronger the degree of requirements for improving existing services, the more successfully the Semantic Web is adopted. Proposition 1-2 : The stronger the degree of requirements for new services, the more successfully the Semantic Web is adopted. Proposition 2 : Technology push has an influence on the adoption of the Semantic Web. Proposition 2-1 : From the perceptive of user organizations, the technology push forces such as environmental conduciveness, reference models, potential business value, and government sponsorship programs have a positive impact on the adoption of the Semantic Web while uncertainty and lower technology maturity have a negative impact on its adoption. Proposition 2-2 : From the perceptive of suppliers, the technology push forces such as environmental conduciveness, reference models, potential business value, government sponsorship programs, and promising prospects for technology demand have a positive impact on the adoption of the Semantic Web while uncertainty, lower technology maturity, complexity and lower trialability have a negative impact on its adoption. Proposition 3 : The absorptive capacities such as organizational formal support systems, officer's or manager's competency analyzing technology characteristics, their passion or willingness, and top management support are positively associated with successful adoption of the Semantic Web innovation from the perceptive of user organizations. Proposition 4 : Supplier's competence has a positive impact on the absorptive capacities of user organizations and technology push forces. Proposition 5 : The greater the gap of expectation between users and suppliers, the later the Semantic Web is adopted. Proposition 6 : The post-adoption activities such as budget allocation, reaching critical mass, and sharing ontology to offer sustainable services are positively associated with successful routinization and infusion of the Semantic Web innovation from the perceptive of user organizations.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.47-75
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• 2009

Recently, researches on Management Information Systems (MIS) have laid out theoretical foundation and academic paradigms by introducing diverse theories, themes, and methodologies. Especially, academic paradigms of MIS encourage a user-friendly approach by developing the technologies from the users' perspectives, which reflects the existence of strong causal relationships between information systems and user's behavior. As in other areas in social science the use of structural equation modeling (SEM) has rapidly increased in recent years especially in the MIS area. The SEM technique is important because it provides powerful ways to address key IS research problems. It also has a unique ability to simultaneously examine a series of casual relationships while analyzing multiple independent and dependent variables all at the same time. In spite of providing many benefits to the MIS researchers, there are some potential pitfalls with the analytical technique. The research objective of this study is to provide some guidelines for an appropriate use of SEM based on the assessment of current practice of using SEM in the MIS research. This study focuses on several statistical issues related to the use of SEM in the MIS research. Selected articles are assessed in three parts through the meta analysis. The first part is related to the initial specification of theoretical model of interest. The second is about data screening prior to model estimation and testing. And the last part concerns estimation and testing of theoretical models based on empirical data. This study reviewed the use of SEM in 164 empirical research articles published in four major MIS journals in Korea (APJIS, ISR, JIS and JITAM) from 1991 to 2007. APJIS, ISR, JIS and JITAM accounted for 73, 17, 58, and 16 of the total number of applications, respectively. The number of published applications has been increased over time. LISREL was the most frequently used SEM software among MIS researchers (97 studies (59.15%)), followed by AMOS (45 studies (27.44%)). In the first part, regarding issues related to the initial specification of theoretical model of interest, all of the studies have used cross-sectional data. The studies that use cross-sectional data may be able to better explain their structural model as a set of relationships. Most of SEM studies, meanwhile, have employed. confirmatory-type analysis (146 articles (89%)). For the model specification issue about model formulation, 159 (96.9%) of the studies were the full structural equation model. For only 5 researches, SEM was used for the measurement model with a set of observed variables. The average sample size for all models was 365.41, with some models retaining a sample as small as 50 and as large as 500. The second part of the issue is related to data screening prior to model estimation and testing. Data screening is important for researchers particularly in defining how they deal with missing values. Overall, discussion of data screening was reported in 118 (71.95%) of the studies while there was no study discussing evidence of multivariate normality for the models. On the third part, issues related to the estimation and testing of theoretical models on empirical data, assessing model fit is one of most important issues because it provides adequate statistical power for research models. There were multiple fit indices used in the SEM applications. The test was reported in the most of studies (146 (89%)), whereas normed-test was reported less frequently (65 studies (39.64%)). It is important that normed- of 3 or lower is required for adequate model fit. The most popular model fit indices were GFI (109 (66.46%)), AGFI (84 (51.22%)), NFI (44 (47.56%)), RMR (42 (25.61%)), CFI (59 (35.98%)), RMSEA (62 (37.80)), and NNFI (48 (29.27%)). Regarding the test of construct validity, convergent validity has been examined in 109 studies (66.46%) and discriminant validity in 98 (59.76%). 81 studies (49.39%) have reported the average variance extracted (AVE). However, there was little discussion of direct (47 (28.66%)), indirect, and total effect in the SEM models. Based on these findings, we suggest general guidelines for the use of SEM and propose some recommendations on concerning issues of latent variables models, raw data, sample size, data screening, reporting parameter estimated, model fit statistics, multivariate normality, confirmatory factor analysis, reliabilities and the decomposition of effects.

• 인지과학
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.149-171
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 공과대학 신입생(수학능력 시험에서 수학 B형을 친 학생들)들과 공학전공을 희망하는 자율전공 학생(수학 A형을 친 경우)들의 공간능력을 조사하여 수학 성취도와 공간능력 사이의 상관관계를 성별로 조사하였다. 그리고 문제해결전략에 성별로 차이가 있는지, 전략 선택의 차이가 공간능력에 실제로 영향을 미치는지를 확인해보고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 검사도구로 Purdue 공간 시각화 검사-회전(이하 PSVT-R)을 사용하였다. 또한 문항별 정답률을 성별로 구하고 분석해보았다. 연구결과, 공간 시각화능력-회전 능력에서의 성별 차이는 일반 공대생과 자율전공 학생들 모두 공통적으로 나타났고, 두 집단 모두 남학생이 여학생보다 10% 정도 우월 하였다. 검사에 참여한 학생들을 네 집단(일반 공대 남학생, 일반 공대 여학생, 자율전공 남학생, 자율전공 여학생)으로 나누었을 때 공간 시각화 능력은 일반 공대 남학생의 점수가 25점으로 가장 높았고, 다음이 자율전공 남학생(22.5)과 일반 공대 여학생(22.4)이 거의 비슷하였으며, 자율전공 여학생(19.2)의 순서로 낮아졌다. 공간 시각화 능력과 수학 성취도 사이의 상관계수는 동일한 집단 내에서는 모두 0.25이하로 둘 사이의 상관관계는 미미하였다. 그렇지만 집단 간에는 차이가 존재하는데, 일반 공대 및 자율전공 모두 남학생의 수학성취도와 공간 시각화 능력이 여학생보다 높았고, 수학 심화과정을 배운 일반 공대남(여)학생의 공간 시각화 점수가 그렇지 못한 자율전공 남(여)학생보다 높았다. 이 사실들은 공간능력과 수학 성취도 사이에 상관관계가 있음을 시사한다. 도형의 회전에서 문제해결 전략은 크게는 전인적(holistic) 전략부터 분석적(비교, 대조) 전략으로 나눌 수 있다. Mann-Whitney U 검증 결과 전략의 선택에서 유의미한 성별차이가 존재하였다. 그 외에도 일반 공대 남학생들에서는 전인적 전략을 80% 이상 사용했다는 응답이 가장 높았고, 일반 공대 여학생과 자율전공 학생들에서는 남녀 모두 전인적 전략을 50~80% 정도 사용하면서 비교, 대조와 같은 분석적인 방법을 곁들였다는 응답이 가장 높았다. 전략의 선택이 공간 시각화 능력의 점수 차이로 연결된다는 증거는 찾지 못하였지만, 만점을 받은 일반 공대생 집단은 남녀 모두 평균적인 선택보다는 전인적인 전략을 가장 많이 사용하였다. 한편 자율전공 하위권 학생들은 상대적으로 한 가지 전략에 치우치는 경향이 있었다. 따라서 도형의 회전과제에서는 두 가지 전략을 융통성 있게 사용하는 것이 문제해결에서 한 가지 전략만 과도하게 사용하는 경우보다 효과적으로 판명되었다. 마지막으로 문항별 정답률을 분석하여 여학생들의 정답률이 상대적으로 낮은 문항들을 추출하였다. 이 문항들의 특징은 회전축이 2개인 경우들에 집중되었다. 하지만 PSVT-R 점수의 차이는 효율적인 전략의 선택과 운영 외에도 주어진 도형에 대한 심적 이미지를 정확하게 만드는 능력에도 달려있음을 문항 분석 결과로 알 수 있었다. 위의 연구결과를 토대로 공간 시각화-회전 점수가 낮은 하위권 학생들에게 지금까지 그들에게 익숙하지 않았던 다른 전략을 학습할 경험과 기회를 제공할 것을 제안한다. 또한 문항 분석의 결과를 이용하여 정답률이 낮은 문항과 유사한 문항들을 개발하여 학습한다면 하위권 및 여학생들의 공간 시각화능력 향상에 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.

• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제4호
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• pp.123-144
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• 2006

Foreigners who arrived in Korea after the age of enlightenment were Japanese, Chinese and 'Westerners' who were Europeans and Americans. The westerners were diplomats who visited Korea for colonization or for increasing their economical profits by trading after the spread of imperialism, and tourists curious of back countries, artists, explores and missionaries to perform their roles for their religious beliefs. They contacted with Korean cultural and educational people as missionaries and instructors during Japanese colonial period. In 1945, the allied forces occupied Korea under the name of takeover of Japanese colony after Japan's surrender and the relation between foreigners and Korean cultured men enter upon a new phase. For 3 years, American soldiers enforced lots of systems in Korea and many pro-American people were educated. This relationship lasted even after the establishment of the government of Korean Republic and especially, diplomats called as pro-Korean group came again after Korean War. Among them, there were lots of foreigners interested in cultures and arts. In particular, government officials under American Forces who were influential on political circles or diplomats widened their insights toward Korean cultural assets and collected them a lot. Those who were in Korea from the period of independence to 1950s wrote their impressions about Korean cultural assets on newspapers or journals after visiting contemporary Korean exhibitions. Among them, A. J. McTaggart, Richard Hertz and the Hendersons were dominant. They thought the artists had great interests in compromising and uniting the Orient and the West based on their knowledge of Korean cultural assets and they advised. However, it was different from Korean artist's point of view that the foreigners thought Korean art adhered oriental features and contained western contents. From foreigners' point of view, it is hard to understand the attitude Korean artists chose to keep their self-respect through experiencing the Korean war. It is difficult to distinguish their thought about Korean art based on their exotic taste from the Korean artists' local and peninsular features under Japanese imperialism. We can see their thought about Korean art and their viewpoint toward the third world, after staying in Korea for a short period and being a member of the first world. The basic thing was that they could see the potentialities through the worldwide, beautiful Korean cultural assets and they thought it was important to start with traditions. It is an evidence showing Korean artists' pride in regard to the art culture through experiencing the infringement of their country. By writing about illuminating Korean art from the third party's view, foreigners represented their thoughts through it that their economical, military superiority goes with their cultural superiority. The Korean artist's thought of emphasizing Korean history and traditions, reexamining and using it as an original creation may have been inspired by westerners' writings. 'The establishment of national art' that Korean artists gave emphasis then, didn't only affect one of the reactions toward external impact, 'the adhesion of tradition'. In the process of introducing Korean contemporary art and national treasure in America, different view caused by role differences-foreigner as selector and Korean as assistant-showed the fact evidently that the standard of beauty differed between them. By emphasizing that the basis to classify Korean cultural assets is different from the neighborhood China and Japan, they tried to reflect their understanding that the feature of Korean art is on speciality other than universality. And this make us understand that even when Korean artists profess modernism, they stress that the roots are on Korean and oriental tradition. It was obviously a different thought from foreigners' view on Korean art that Korean artists' conception of modernism and traditional roots are inherent in Korean history. In 1950s, after the independence, Korea had different ideas from foreigners that abstract was to be learned from the west. Korea was enduring tough times with their artists' self-respect which made them think that they can learn the method, but the spirit of abstract is in the orient.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.533-547
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• 1997

과학기술이 발전함에 따라 치주과학 영역에서도 1960년 이후 1980년대에 걸쳐 괄목할 만한 학문적 발전이 이루어졌으며 1990년에는 이에 의거한 치주질환의 예방 및 조절방법이 개발되어 사용되고 있다. 미래의 치주처치전략은 대상 지역의 특성과 보건환경에 따라 달라지므로 여기에서는 한국내 치주치료요구도와 치주치료 담당 일반치과의와 치주전문의의 수, 처치 내용에 대해 점검하고 현재의 치주처치 추세를 검토한 후 향후의 치료전략에 대해 언급하고자 한다. 1980년도 역학조사에 의하면 전체 인구의 82%가 치주질환(치은염+치주염), 35세 성인 인구의 30-40%가량이 치주염에 이환되어 있고 15세 청소년 인구중 0.1%가 유년형치주염에 이환되고 있다. 평균 수명이 증가하면서 65세 이상의 노년층도 전인구의 6%(성인 50%), 2000년도에는 6.9%(성인 52%)로 증가하고 치아보유율도 증가하므로 치주질환 치료요구도는 상승하리라 전망된다. 현재 한국내 치주전공 과정을 거친 치과의사는 약 780인 정도이다, 1996년 류의 연구에 의하면 이들도 대부분 일반치과의(개원의, 공증보건의 포함)로서 진료하고 있으며 의료보험하에서의 치주치료의 비중은 매우 낮다(4.66%). 포괄적 치주적 검사도 보편적이지 않고 대학병원급의 극히 일부에서만 이행되고 있는 실정이다. 향후의 치주질환이 처치전략에는 의료보험 운용시 치주적 배려와 간편한 치주검사과정을 통한 조기진단 및 조기치료, 진행기질환 및 난치성질환자의 치주전문으로의 의뢰가 포함될 것이며 각 환자에게는 개별적이며 임상시험 결과에 근거하는 evidence-based approach에 의한 치료선정 과정이 활용되리라 전망한다.

• 기록학연구
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• 제14호
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• pp.3-51
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• 2006

이 글에서 필자는 총독부 도시계획기록을 포함한 일제 식민지 시기 역사기록을 어떻게 평가하는 것이 바람직할 것인가 하는 문제의식을 가지고, 이러한 기록에 대해서 여러 가지 평가론을 적용시켜 검토해 보았다. 그럼으로써 상대적으로 유용하고 실제적인 평가 방법론을 도출해 보려고 시도했다. 도시계획기록을 포함한 총독부 기록은 기록학적인 평가 과정을 거치지 않고 당대의 보존기간표에 의해 영구기록으로 결정되어 현재까지 보존되고 있는 기록으로서, 기록을 생산한 조직의 위상과 기능이 명확하게 규명되어 있지 않으며, 기록 생산의 맥락이 대체적으로 불분명하고, 전체 기록이 남아있지 않으며, 그 일부가 우연히 살아남아 보존되기에 이른 것들이다. 총독부 기록과 도시계획기록에 적용시켜본 평가론의 쟁점은 기록의 본원적 가치에 대한 논쟁, 쉘렌버그의 역사기록에 대한 정보가치 평가론, 미래의 이용가치와 경제성의 논리에 기반한 소장 기록 재평가 이론의 유용성, 기능 기반 평가와 도큐멘테이션 전략, 특정한 역사적 시기의 식민지 기록으로서의 특성에 의한 평가, 일제 식민지 기록의 내재적 가치, 당대와 현대의 기록처분권에서 도시계획기록의 "영구 보존기록"으로의 결정 등이었다. 본원적 가치 논쟁에 비추어보면 총독부와 도시계획기록은 오늘날의 대부분의 공공기록과 마찬가지로 진본성과 객관성을 보장받는 기록은 아니다. 생산자의 기록 생산 의도와 진본성을 비판적으로 검토해야 역사적 사료로서 사용될 수 있는 기록이다. 소장기록 재평가론은 경제성 및 효율성의 관점에서 평가를 거치지 않은 기록을 계속해서 더 보존할 필요가 있는가를 판별하는데는 유용하지만 식민지 기록같은 유일성과 희귀성이 있는 기록에는 적용하는 것이 부적절하다. 붐스의 사회 표상화 평가 이론, 즉 기록의 평가 및 선별 준거를 기록의 내적 특성이 아닌 기록이 생산된 사회적 과정과 그 사회를 대표하는 정도에서 찾아야 한다는 접근방식이나 도큐멘테이션 전략, 즉, 당대의 대표적 지표를 선별하고, 개별기관의 범위를 넘어서는 전 사회적 차원의 기록을 평가 선별하고 수집하는 접근 방식이 과거 역사기록인 총독부 기록이나 도시계획기록의 평가에 있어서 실질적으로 유용한 평가틀이 되지는 못했다. 총독부기록은 식민지 통치를 증거하는 얼마 되지 않는 소수의 기록으로서 특정 연대 이전의 기록을 역사기록으로 보존하는 평가 관행으로 볼 때에도 당연히 보존되어야 하는 기록이다. 역사기록으로 결정되는 기년도가 법제화되어 있지는 않지만 관행적으로 보존된 것이 그런 인식을 반영한다고도 볼 수 있다. 총독부 도시계획기록은 색채로 된 도면과 과거의 도시와 가로의 사진 등 실물로 보존해야 할 가치가 있는 것으로 판명되었고 디지털화를 한다고 하더라도 원본을 보존해야 할 필요가 있는 기록으로 평가된다. 총독부 도시계획 기록의 평가는 결과적으로 거시적 기능적 분석론 등 발전된 평가론의 반영 노력에도 불구하고 쉘렌버그식의 역사적 기록의 정보 가치의 평가 방식으로 회귀했다. 역사적 기록이 갖는 정보 가치의 미시적 평가 방식이 위주가 된 것이다. 그러나 동시에 총독부 지방행정기관의 조직의 기능과 활동 내용을 어느 정도까지 재구성해주는 작업이 수행될 수 있었다. 맥락 정보를 잃은 보존기록의 맥락 정보 및 배경 정보를 최대한 재구축하여, 전체 총독부 기록의 평가를 효과적으로 수행하는 것이 이를 통해 가능할 것으로 보인다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.53-74
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• 2012

A challenge in fostering virtual communities is the continuous supply of knowledge, namely members' willingness to contribute knowledge to their communities. Previous research argues that giving away knowledge eventually causes the possessors of that knowledge to lose their unique value to others, benefiting all except the contributor. Furthermore, communication within virtual communities involves a large number of participants with different social backgrounds and perspectives. The establishment of mutual understanding to comprehend conversations and foster knowledge contribution in virtual communities is inevitably more difficult than face-to-face communication in a small group. In spite of these arguments, evidence suggests that individuals in virtual communities do engage in social behaviors such as knowledge contribution. It is important to understand why individuals provide their valuable knowledge to other community members without a guarantee of returns. In virtual communities, knowledge is inherently rooted in individual members' experiences and expertise. This personal nature of knowledge requires social interactions between virtual community members for knowledge transfer. This study employs the social capital theory in order to account for interpersonal relationship factors and identity theory for individual and group factors that may affect knowledge contribution. First, social capital is the relationship capital which is embedded within the relationships among the participants in a network and available for use when it is needed. Social capital is a productive resource, facilitating individuals' actions for attainment. Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1997) identify three dimensions of social capital and explain theoretically how these dimensions affect the exchange of knowledge. Thus, social capital would be relevant to knowledge contribution in virtual communities. Second, existing research has addressed the importance of identity in facilitating knowledge contribution in a virtual context. Identity in virtual communities has been described as playing a vital role in the establishment of personal reputations and in the recognition of others. For instance, reputation systems that rate participants in terms of the quality of their contributions provide a readily available inventory of experts to knowledge seekers. Despite the growing interest in identities, however, there is little empirical research about how identities in the communities influence knowledge contribution. Therefore, the goal of this study is to better understand knowledge contribution by examining the roles of social capital and identity in virtual communities. Based on a theoretical framework of social capital and identity theory, we develop and test a theoretical model and evaluate our hypotheses. Specifically, we propose three variables such as cohesiveness, reciprocity, and commitment, referring to the social capital theory, as antecedents of knowledge contribution in virtual communities. We further posit that members with a strong identity (self-presentation and group identification) contribute more knowledge to virtual communities. We conducted a field study in order to validate our research model. We collected data from 192 members of virtual communities and used the PLS method to analyse the data. The tests of the measurement model confirm that our data set has appropriate discriminant and convergent validity. The results of testing the structural model show that cohesion, reciprocity, and self-presentation significantly influence knowledge contribution, while commitment and group identification do not significantly influence knowledge contribution. Our findings on cohesion and reciprocity are consistent with the previous literature. Contrary to our expectations, commitment did not significantly affect knowledge contribution in virtual communities. This result may be due to the fact that knowledge contribution was voluntary in the virtual communities in our sample. Another plausible explanation for this result may be the self-selection bias for the survey respondents, who are more likely to contribute their knowledge to virtual communities. The relationship between self-presentation and knowledge contribution was found to be significant in virtual communities, supporting the results of prior literature. Group identification did not significantly affect knowledge contribution in this study, inconsistent with the wealth of research that identifies group identification as an important factor for knowledge sharing. This conflicting result calls for future research that examines the role of group identification in knowledge contribution in virtual communities. This study makes a contribution to theory development in the area of knowledge management in general and virtual communities in particular. For practice, the results of this study identify the circumstances under which individual factors would be effective for motivating knowledge contribution to virtual communities.