• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.358-377
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• 2023

During the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world implemented non-pharmaceutical interventions. For these policy interventions to be effective, authorities engaged in the political discourse of legitimising their activity to generate positive public attitudes. To understand effective COVID-19 policy, this study investigates public attitudes in South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States and how they reflect different legitimisation of policy intervention. We adopt a big data approach to analyse public attitudes, drawing from public comments posted on Twitter during selected periods. We collect the number of tweets related to COVID-19 policy intervention and conduct a sentiment analysis using a deep learning method. Public attitudes and sentiments in the three countries show different patterns according to how policy interventions were implemented. Overall concern about policy intervention is higher in South Korea than in the other two countries. However, public sentiments in all three countries tend to improve following implementation of policy intervention. The findings suggest that governments can achieve policy effectiveness when consistent and transparent communication take place during the initial period of the pandemic. This study contributes to the existing literature by applying big data analysis to explain which policies engender positive public attitudes.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2821-2826
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• 2016

Implementation of no tobacco policies in schools is associated with lower tobacco use among teachers and students. In this study we assessed the extent that a school-based intervention for teachers resulted in adoption and implementation of tobacco control policies. From a random sample of government schools ($8^{th}-10^{th}$), 72 were randomized into intervention and control conditions. Intervention included health education programs for teachers and support for tobacco control policy implementation. Adoption and implementation of policies were assessed at baseline and immediately after intervention. All 36 intervention and one control school adopted a tobacco-control policy. Higher enforcement of tobacco-control policy was at post intervention (OR=3.26; CI: 2.35, 4.54) compared to baseline in intervention schools. Some 64% of intervention and 28% control schools showed "improvement" in policy implementation. Adoption and implementation of no tobacco policies was positively impacted by intervention. This study provides support for scaling up of school-based tobacco control interventions to promote school tobacco control policies.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.166-176
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• 2013

Background: Effective policy implementation is essential for a healthy workplace. The Ryan-Kossek 2008 model for work-life policy adoption suggests that supervisors as gatekeepers between employer and employee need to know how to support and communicate benefit regulations. This article describes a workplace intervention on a national employee benefit, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and evaluates the effectiveness of the intervention on supervisor knowledge, awareness, and experience with FMLA. Methods: The intervention consisted of computer-based training (CBT) and a survey measuring awareness and experience with FMLA. The training was administered to 793 county government supervisors in the state of Oregon, USA. Results: More than 35% of supervisors reported no previous training on FMLA and the training pre-test revealed a lack of knowledge regarding benefit coverage and employer responsibilities. The CBT achieved: (1) a significant learning effect and large effect size of d = 2.0, (2) a positive reaction to the training and its design, and (3) evidence of increased knowledge and awareness regarding FMLA. Conclusion: CBT is an effective strategy to increase supervisors' knowledge and awareness to support policy implementation. The lack of supervisor training and knowledge of an important but complex employee benefit exposes a serious impediment to effective policy implementation and may lead to negative outcomes for the organization and the employee, supporting the Ryan-Kossek model. The results further demonstrate that long-time employees need supplementary training on complex workplace policies such as FMLA.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2016

Adolescent media addiction has emerged as an important social agenda in Korea. However, there has not been enough discussion on the causal structure of media addiction and policy interventions. The objective of this study is to identify and assess the mechanism of the existing and the revised Shutdown policy based on the systems thinking approach. To achieve this purpose, we establish the relationship between media usage, flow, and addiction, and develop a causal loop diagram. Based on the causal loop diagram, we explore the causal structure of two policy scenarios: shutdown policy and deregulation. Our study suggests that policy interventions inducing direct parental control on children's media usage time are ineffective since the time control reduces children's autonomy, which helps alleviate media addiction. Therefore, this study suggests that policy intervention should focus on alleviating addiction itself rather than on controlling media usage time.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.79-102
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• 2009

본 연구는 산업기술정책의 대상으로서 갖추어져야 하는 기술의 공공성 문제와 추격에서 탈추격 혁신체제 전환으로 나타나는 산업기술정책의 새로운 변화요구를 살펴보았다. 그동안 산업기술정책에서 정부개입의 근거가 되었던 공공성은 점차 퇴화되고 있으며, 이로 인해 국가가 개입하여 특정한 기술 또는 산업을 진흥하는 것이 정당하고 효과적인가에 대한 논쟁이 이어지고 있다.1980-90년대 기술추격의 시기에는 소수의 특정기업을 선정 지원하여 신속히 선진기술을 추격케 하는 현장애로기술개발 중심의 산업기술정책이 효율적이었다. 하지만 현재는 창조형 기술개발을 목표로 탈추격의 행보를 가야 하는 환경이므로 기존의 정책 틀이 변화되어야 하는 상황에 이르렀다. 또한 최근 기업 R&D 비중에서 볼 수 있듯이 국가연구개발사업의 주도권이 점차 민간주체인 기업 및 대학으로 넘어가고 있으며, 민간 부문이 정부 역할의 상당부분을 대치하고 있다. 이런 상황에서는 정부주도의 강한 산업기술정책을 줄이고 혁신을 촉진할 수 있는 환경과 인프라를 조성하는 간접 지원 정책으로 변화될 필요가 있다. 특정기업과 기술에 대한 직접적인 지원은 줄여 나가되, 기술혁신 활동의 공공성을 높일 수 있는 에너지, 환경, 보건복지 등에 정부의 R&D 투자 비중을 점차 높여나가야 한다.

• 한국시스템다이내믹스연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.171-197
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• 2008

By applying Systems Simulation technique, this paper aims to investigates the dynamics underlying the coevolution of IT(information technology) and the society. Particularly, a series of basic questions are explored to answer by developing a simulation model for the mechanisms underlying the 'hype curve' ever occurring in the course of technology diffusion into society: First, why hype curve appears in the process of technology and society coevolution. Second, how to enhance the tapering level at the final stage of coevolution. Third, what are the key policy leverages and when is the right time for the policy intervention. As now, inflated expectations regarding ubiquitous information technology (u-IT) are growing very fast and higher than those for the previous technologies, which would result in overshoot followed by collapse of visibility and thus incur tremendous amount of social costs. In this regard implications drawn from this study perhaps give some insights not necessarily to the academics but also to the practitioners and policy makers facing the advent of u-IT as a new emerging horizon of information society.

• World Technopolis Review
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.92-106
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• 2012

This study focuses on exploring the behaviours of high-tech start-up firms in response to the policy interventions undertaken to promote regional innovation in South Korea since 1997. High-tech start-ups and their technological entrepreneurship are increasingly considered by policy makers and academics to play a crucial role in the generation of innovation and economic development. However, this study started from a basic concern of why government intervention does not necessarily result in an increase of regional innovation capacity. To explain this concern, we constructed a new conceptual framework of 'government dependency' and apply this to 'Daedeok,' a regional innovation system in South Korea, to explore the reproduction of path dependency as an impact induced by innovation policy. This conceptual framework was developed by remodeling path dependency approaches through a systemic and interactive lens. An empirical study used qualitative interviews of start-up founders to delineate the emergence of a new development path and the extent to which dependency was reproduced in the Daedeok regional innovation system. Empirical analysis suggested that 'reliance' and 'persistence' were the crucial factors in the production and reproduction of the government dependency. Some firms accepted dependency as reliance, but others regarded it as policy utilization. Thus, a critical juncture could not be clearly identified in actors' behaviour. It was also unclear if dependency had hindered innovation, but it was shown that the regional and institutional contexts strongly influenced the reproduction process. The study concludes that the construct of government dependency can also provide useful insights into policy learning as well as the success of government interventions.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제37권sup호
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• pp.1-32
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• 2015

전자금융에서 공인인증서 사용을 의무화한 정책에 대해 논란이 계속되고 있다. 이 논란의 근간은 다양한 사용자 인증기술 중 정부가 특정 기술에 기반한 공인인증서만을 표준으로 강제할 필요가 있는가에 대한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 전자금융에서 특정 기술에 기반한 공인인증서 사용을 의무화한 '공인인증서 의무화정책'의 도입과 폐지 효과에 대해 살펴봄으로써 정부의 기술표준화 개입의 효과를 분석하기로 한다. 본 연구의 주요 질문은, 첫째 정부의 개입 없이도 시장에서 단일 기술로 표준화가 형성될 조건은 무엇인가, 그리고 둘째, 시장에서 표준으로 결정된 기술이 사회후생을 극대화할 조건은 무엇인가이다. 본 논문은 이 질문에 대한 답을 통해 '공인인증서 의무화정책'의 도입과 폐지 효과를 살펴보았다. 본 연구에서는 시장참여자의 각 기술에 대한 선호도 유형과 차이가 '공인인증서 의무화정책'의 도입과 폐지로 인한 시장균형과 사회후생 수준을 결정한다는 것을 보였다.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2005

This paper adopts an embeddedness perspective and discusses rationales for government intervention in relation to economic development. Looking at East Asian experiences with industrial and technology policy the paper examines the general requirements, specific areas of focus and appropriate techniques for industrial and technology policy. Eight generic policy requirements are identified, viz. government capacity; monitoring and adjustment; policy sequencing; incremental upgrading; progressive market reliance; performance-orientation; selectivity; and flexibility.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.1119-1126
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• 2003

Background. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Korean women. Only 14 % of urban women and 10% of rural women in Korea, however, participated in breast cancer screening behavior in 1998 (Korean Ministry of Health & Welfare, 1999). Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of community-based breast self-examination (BSE) education programs in Korea. Methods. First, breast cancer risk appraisals were done with 1,977 rural women. Of the 1,977 women, nearly 30% (n=494) had a higher or equal to borderline risk of developing breast cancer. This quasi-experimental study was conducted to target these women with a high or equal to borderline risk of breast cancer. The risk appraisal feedback and breast self-examination education were used as an intervention for breast cancer prevention and early detection. Results. After a 3-month follow-up, 30.5% of the women in the intervention group performed regular BSE compared to 10.2 % of women in the control group. The mean knowledge score related to breast cancer and BSE was significantly higher for the women in the intervention group than that in the control group.