• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.181-193
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• 2022

This paper seeks to investigate major macroeconomic factors and bond yield interactions in Thai bond markets, with the goal of forecasting future bond yields. This study examines the best predictive yields for future bond yields at different maturities of 1-, 3-, 5-, 7-, and 10-years using time series data of economic indicators covering the period from 1998 to 2020. The empirical findings support the hypothesis that macroeconomic factors influence bond yield fluctuations. In terms of forecasting future bond yields, static predictions reveal that in most cases, the BVAR model offers the best predictivity of bond rates at various maturities. Furthermore, the BVAR model has the best performance in dynamic rolling-window, forecasting bond yields with various maturities for 2-, 4-, and 8-quarters. The findings of this study imply that the BVAR model forecasts future yields more accurately and consistently than other competitive models. Our research could help policymakers and investors predict bond yield changes, which could be important in macroeconomic policy development.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.763-769
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• 2021

The relationship between government size and unemployment is an important topic of study in economics. Large public expenditure has been blamed for causing higher unemployment contrary to the belief that it would help in reducing unemployment. More research on the topic, however, needs to be done as the available literature has been based largely on data from developed countries. The present paper examines the existence of the relationship in states of India by using panel data analysis. For more comprehensive study, public expenditure is divided into development, non-development, and aggregate expenditures, while the types of unemployment under consideration are usual status and current weekly status. Indeed, it has been observed that development and non-development expenditures increase both the types of unemployment though the impact of the latter is higher. The findings are important as it implies that a cut in expenditure can be an important fiscal tool to fight unemployment. It was further observed that unemployment was higher among states with a more educated population, which also suggests a revisiting of the education policy in the country. States ruled by left parties have higher unemployment rate. Higher income states as well as states with higher growth rate tend to have lower unemployment rate.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.343-353
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• 2023

Corporate reputation is a widely debated topic among academics and a crucial issue in the business world. However, previous research in this area has been scattered and fragmented, leaving room for further study, particularly in terms of reputation measurement methods. Factors such as sustainability reporting, governance attributes, and company characteristics have been linked to improved company reputation. However, there is limited research on the effects of these variables on the new methods of measuring reputation, especially in developing countries like Malaysia. Therefore, the current study developed a new measurement for reputation and aimed to examine the relationship between these variables and the new proxy of reputation. The current study collected secondary data from the company's annual report for two years period of study (i.e., 2018 and 2019) and employed content analysis. A period of two years was chosen and deemed ample to provide insightful findings of the effect of the variables associated with reputation disclosure. The results indicate that sustainability reporting, outside directors, company size, leverage, and profitability significantly impact corporate reputation. This finding suggests that Malaysian PLCs and other firms in developing countries must recognize sustainability reporting as part of their reputation management strategy that influences the company's reputation.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.565-575
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• 2020

This study aims to analyze the digital performance of Kazakhstan through dynamic analysis of national statistics and international indices as Global Innovation Index and ICT Development Index. The research combines three stages: analysis of digital transformation policies performance, review of ICT industry development, and comparative analysis of the positions of Kazakhstan, Turkey and South Korea as a benchmark in the international indices. This research findings show that despite great efforts of Kazakhstan in digitalization, the ICT industry contribution does not increase, it even falls. The international indices demonstrate that the reason is the weakness of the country in skills, venture capital, and innovation linkages. This leads to low knowledge, technology outputs, and creative outputs. The enablers of digital and overall innovation advancement of economy are identified. According to the international rankings the country has been doing its best in Access and Use areas. Another enablers are good business environment, ease of starting a business, protecting minority investors, and FDI inflows. The findings help to draw recommendations for strategic directions in order to improve the digital performance in Kazakhstan. The main limitation of this study is a lack of dynamic information on positions of Kazakhstan in other international indices related to digitalization.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2022

High-profile corporate crises have sparked a surge in interest in corporate governance (CG) and corporate reputation (CR). Company governance issues in many companies contribute to corporate failures and a bad reputation. Transparency is the glue that holds any group or organization together while also connecting it to a coalition of key stakeholders. This research focuses on how corporate governance factors (such as board independence, board size, board meetings, and board gender) and company characteristics affect the reputation of Malaysian public listed companies (PLCs). Many studies have looked into the characteristics of corporate governance in Malaysian businesses. However, none of the research has explored this issue using the new reputation measurement. A sample of the 100 largest companies listed on Bursa Malaysia based on their market capitalization for the year ended 2018 was selected. A new measurement, the disclosure index, was created and used to analyze reputation disclosure in the annual report of a corporation. The independent director, board size, and board meeting were statistically significant and associated with the level of reputation disclosure, according to the findings of this study. The results suggest that company directors prioritize good governance and management quality to boost their firm's reputation and acquire a competitive edge.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.361-373
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to develop and apply a teaching-learning plan of apartment house class to improve middle school students' empathy for home economics education and to verify its effect. The study was conducted in five stages: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation using the ADDIE model. In the analysis phase, the study set learning objectives after analyzing how community housing is dealt with in the 2015 revised home economics curriculum and 12 current technology and home economics textbooks. In the design and development stage, in order to evaluate the validity of the experts and to improve the empathy ability, the study goal design, the composition of the learning elements, the development of the learning materials, and the pre and post-questionnaire for the students were developed. In the implementation stage, the empathic ability evaluation was carried out before and after the beginning of the first class by applying the teaching-learning process plan of the 8th class. In the evaluation stage, we examined whether the teaching-learning process developed in this study has a significant effect on empathy ability by evaluating the pre-post difference of empathy ability. As a result of examining the results of the pre - and post - evaluation of empathy ability for the results of this study, both cognitive and communicative factors were improved, and the apartment house class had a significant effect on the improvement of empathy ability.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.77-102
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 가정과교사 문화의 특징과 가정과교육 발전의 저해 요소를 밝힘으로써 가정과교사 문화의 발전 방안을 제시하는데 있다. 이를 위해 집중면접의 주제 분석법을 실행하였으며, 각 지역 가정교과연구회 또는 한국가정과교육학회 소속 석사과정 이상인 가정과교사 14명을 대상으로 이루어졌다. 응답 자료 분석을 위해 주제 분석법을 실행하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 가정과교사들은 가정과교육의 철학을 정립한 후 가정교과가 청소년 개인과 가정, 그리고 사회를 이롭게 하는 실천비판교과라는 신념을 확고히 가지고 가정과수업을 통해서 청소년과 그들의 가정, 더 나아가 사회에 유익을 주는 교육을 실천하고 있었다. 둘째, 가정과교사들은 대학원에 진학하거나 가정교과연구회에 가입하여 수업 방법, 평가 방법, 업무 능력을 향상시키고, 수업을 공개하는 등 지속해서 전문성을 향상시키기 위해서 노력하는 문화를 형성하고 있었다. 셋째, 가정과교사들은 가정과교육 패러다임을 실천비판 패러다임으로 전환하여 실천적 문제 중심 수업을 실행해야 한다는 문화를 자리매김하였다. 또한, 그들은 세 행동체계(기술적 행동, 의사소통적 행동, 해방적 행동)를 순환적으로 적용하여 삶의 질과 가치를 향상시켜야 한다고 보았다. 넷째, 가정과교육의 발전을 저해하는 요소에는 교육제도와 사회적 인식이 있었다. 하지만 가정과교사들의 노력으로 가정과교육은 학생과 사회적 요구를 반영한 교육, 학생의 적성을 찾아주며 가정교과의 목표를 잘 살린 교육으로 자리 잡고 있었고, 이를 통해 가정과교사들은 학생들이 가정교과가 개인과 가정의 행복을 위해 꼭 필요한 교과라는 인식의 전환을 가져올 수 있다고 믿었다. 가정과교사문화의 발전방안으로 가정과교사들은 각 지역의 가정교과연구회에서는 더 많은 가정과교사들이 연구회에 참여하고 활동함으로써 발전할 수 있는 기회를 마련해야 한다고 하였다. 또한 지역의 가정교과연구회끼리 협력적 네트워크를 활성화하고 이를 이끌 수 있는 컨트롤타워가 필요하다고 했다. 한국가정과교육학회는 각 지역의 교과연구회의 중심점 역할이 되어서 다가올 교육 변화에 더욱 신속하고 조직적으로 움직여 적극적으로 대처함으로써 가정과교사들의 힘이 될 수 있어야 할 것이다. 마지막으로 참여자는 가정과교육의 변화를 위한 기초적 틀을 마련하기 위해 실천 비판적 가정과교사 양성이 필요하다고 했다. 이를 위해 가정과교사 양성과정에서 학생들이 더욱 깊이 있는 가정교과교육철학을 수강함으로써 가정교육학의 본질을 이해하고 정체성을 확립하여 유능하고 성숙한 가정과교사로서의 자질을 갖출 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.87-101
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• 2008

This research was based on a case study of a child who experienced difficulties in ego development due to her mother's compulsive and depressed behavior. Twenty-four therapeutic play sessions, including 16 sessions involving sandplay, were conducted. Based on discussions by Neumann and Kalff, the child's early psychic development and ego development were observed during these sandplay. As part af this investigation, I conducted counseling sessions in the sandbox where the atmosphere was free and safe. The sessions were based on mother-child unity with the therapist. As a result, the child exhibited restoration of mother-child unity and showed the journey of constellation of self and ego development. The results of this research indicate the effectiveness of sandplay in accelerating ego development.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제46권9호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2008

Family and child educators have an obligation to ensure that their students understand, conceptually and pragmatically, the major research methods. The purpose of this study was to develop a qualitative methodology course for graduate students majoring in family and child studies. Three stages of course development were followed; investigating how methodology courses are offered in family and child studies, discussing what topics and components should be covered in a qualitative methodology course, and planning how the topics and components should be taught. The proposed qualitative methodology course includes; understanding philosophical and theoretical frameworks, teaming the general process of a qualitative research, comparing different qualitative traditions of inquiry, discussing emerging issues related to qualitative research, and conducting experimental field work. This study can provide an academic syllabus for family and child educators, who are interested in teaching a qualitative methodology course for graduate students.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2018

This research aims to generalize the conceptual basis of precariousness of employment, study the factors and scale of unsustainable of employment in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The concept of precariousness of employment is formed in social and economic studies about 40 years ago, but objective and subjective conditions and forms of unsustainable employment existed before. This study proposes a classification of forms of precariousness of employment on 16 criteria: the duration and timing of agreements, contract terms, the nature of income; the degree of labor autonomy; the level of formality; the level of openness; the level of vulnerability; the conditions of growth of qualification; the level of flexibility; the level of stability; regularity; the severity of the danger of work; in relation to the workplace; the quality of employment, the level of social security. In this research highlighted factors (globalization, demography, migration, structure factors, shadow and informal economy, social development and living standards, unemployment), and systematized certain trends of precariousness of employment, channels and means, forms of manifestation. The empirical analysis identified of the labor potential of the Eurasian countries and new quantitative estimates of the levels of unsustainable employment in the Eurasian Economic Space.