• 보건행정학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.266-280
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• 2013

Background: Information asymmetry between physicians and patients is one of the most unique characteristics of health care. But as consumerism spreads in health care sector, health care consumers are searching comparative information about quality and cost of providers from many information sources. Providing comparative information to health care consumers not only makes consumers choose hospital rationally, but also invigorates the health care market by providers' competition. However there are few studies regarding information searching behavior of health care consumers, then this study is carried out. Methods: The purpose of this study is to understand the information searching behavior of health care consumers based on their characteristics and the types of medical institutions. For this purpose, 313 spinal patients' data of 11 medical institutions (university hospital, spine specialized hospital, clinic) located in Seoul were collected by self-administered surveys. Results: The results of this study are as follows: 1) t-test/analysis of variance analysis showed that according to various characteristics of health care consumers and the types of medical institutions, the level of information searching of each source and the amount of information searching and searching outcomes are statistically different. 2) Regression analysis showed that influence on searching outcomes are statistically different according to the level of information searching of each source and searching content and the amount of information searching has positive effects on searching outcomes. Conclusion: The significance of this study is to provide empirical basis for establishment of health care policy reflecting information needs and preference of health care consumers.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.247-270
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• 2009

This paper reviews studies on information searching behavior in process control systems and discusses some implications learned from previous studies for use in human factors studies on nuclear power plants (NPPs) main control rooms (MCRs). Information searching behavior in NPPs depends on expectancy, value, salience, and effort. The first quantitative scanning model developed by Senders for instrument panel monitoring considered bandwidth (change rate) of instruments as a determining factor in scanning behavior. Senders' model was subsequently elaborated by other researchers to account for value in addition to bandwidth. There is also another type of model based on the operator's situation awareness (SA) which has been developed for NPP application. In these SA-based models, situation-event relations or rules on system dynamics are considered the most significant factor forming expectancy. From the review of previous studies it is recommended that, for NPP application, (1) a set of symptomatic information sources including both changed and unchanged symptoms should be considered along with bandwidth as determining factors governing information searching (or visual sampling) behavior; (2) both data-driven monitoring and knowledge-driven monitoring should be considered and balanced in a systematic way; (3) sound models describing mechanisms of cognitive activities during information searching tasks should be developed so as to bridge studies on information searching behavior and design improvement in HMI; (4) the attention-situation awareness (A-SA) modeling approach should be recognized as a promising approach to be examined further; and (5) information displays should be expected to have totally different characteristics in advanced control rooms. Hence much attention should be devoted to information searching behavior including human-machine interface (HMI) design and human cognitive processes.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.48-66
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• 2013

The aim of this study is to examine the user's online searching behavior in IR interfaces of e-journal database systems. The study is purely based on survey methods and tries to analyse the online searching behavior of respondents of social science disciplines who were doing research in three target central universities of Delhi (i.e. DU, JMI, and JNU). For measuring the responses of the respondents in IR interfaces of e-journal database systems, a total of 396 questionnaires were distributed among the students and out of all, 305 responses were used for the study. The findings of the study reveal that most of the students were not using all the facilities offered in IR interfaces of e-journal database systems for their retrieval process and also encourages menu based searches rather than command based searching.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2019

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to understand the correlations between occupational basic competencies, job searching efficacy and career preparation behavior of department on occupational therapy students. Methods : The subjects of this study were 103 occupational therapy students in D college. The data collection period was from July 1, 2018 to July 30, 2018. The collected data was processed using SPSS 21.0 and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results : The mean scores for occupational basic competencies, job searching efficacy and career preparation behavior of the occupational therapy students were 3.61 (${\pm}0.59$), 3.58 (${\pm}0.61$) and 3.31 (${\pm}0.66$) respectively. The occupational basic competencies score of the Occupational Therapy students was significantly differed according to their age (t=-2.13, p=.03) and grade point average (F=15.01, p=.00). The job searching efficacy of the Occupational Therapy students was significantly different by grade point average (F=3.40, p=.02). There were no significant differences in job preparation behaviors among occupational therapy students according to gender, age, grade and grade point average. There was a positive correlation between occupational basic competencies and job searching efficacy (r=.675, p<.01), between occupational basic competencies and career preparation behavior (r=.455, p<.01), between job searching efficacy and career preparation behavior (r=.702, p<.01). Conclusion : The results of this study suggest the following: It is necessary to repeat this study with a greater number and range of subjects. In addition, it suggests that the progress of study should be developed and continued and refined in order to identify factors that affect the career preparation behavior of students of occupational therapy. In addition, the development of a program and the application of a curriculum to promote occupational basic competencies and job searching efficacy should be a priority.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the related variables of university students' coping behavior concerning job-searching problems. The subjects were 436 senior students (212 men and 224 women) enrolled in a university in Gyeongbuk Province. Survey questionnaires were used to measure undergraduate students' coping behavior concerning job-searching problems, work commitment, their will to accept downward employment, sex role identity, grade, sex, perceived SES, and major. Data were analyzed by means, standard deviations, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe' test, and regression. Results are summarized as follows: (1) Male students' level of active and supportive coping behavior was higher than female students'. Male students' level of evasive coping behavior was lower than female students'. Students who perceive their economic condition as negative were higher in active and supportive coping behavior and lower in evasive coping behavior than the students who perceive their economic condition as positive. (2) The students who were strong in work commitment were higher in active coping behavior, and lower in evasive coping behavior than those who were not. (3) The students who were willing to accept downward employment were higher in active coping behavior than those who were not.(4) The students' coping behavior concerning job-searching problems differed according to their sex role identity. (5) Work commitment and sex role identity were influential variables on university students' job-coping behavior.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.138-156
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• 2010

Objective : The purpose of this study is 1) to understand the information-searching behavior of health care consumers ; 2) to examine the relationship between the information-searching behavior of health-care consumers and regulatory variables such as socioeconomic factors, characteristics of medical utilization, and perceived risks ; and 3) to determine the factors that affect consumer satisfaction, especially with respect to information-searching behavior. Method : The data for this study were collected from 838 respondents in five university hospital located in three areas?Seoul, Gyeonggi province, and Chungchong province. As the first step of the study, we conducted a preliminary survey from September 23?26, 2008. At the second step, we conducted a survey on the effect of information-searching behavior on those individuals who had visited. Furthermore, personal interviews were conducted through a face-to-face survey between September 30 and October 17, 2008. Results : The major research findings that were obtained from the study were as follows : First, the age, educational level, and residential district were associated with information source utilization. Second, the level of information searching effort and quality of service had a significant effect on consumer satisfaction. Conclusion : These results show that it is essential for marketers to have in-depth knowledge about the young and educated people who actively search for information and about those who are in the prime of their life and rely on word-of-mouth communication from personal and experi in-al informers. Therefore, marketers should develop different marketing strategies to meet the needs of such consumers.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.289-334
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• 2018

웹상에서 영어 이외의 언어들로 이루어진 정보가 빠르게 증가하고 있지만, 여전히 영어 정보가 가장 큰 비중을 차지함에 따라 공통어(lingua franca)로서의 지배적인 영향을 미치고 있다. 따라서 영어가 비모어인 이용자들이 보다 다양하고 풍부한 정보를 획득할 수 있도록 하기 위해서는 비영어권 화자의 모어 정보검색행위와 영어 정보검색행위에 대한 조사를 통해 주요 특징 및 차이점을 살펴볼 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 한 사립대학의 대학생 24명을 대상으로 동시적 사고구술 기법을 적용한 정보검색 실험을 실시해 한글 정보검색행위 및 영어 정보검색행위와 인지과정을 조사하였다. 관찰데이터 및 사고구술데이터의 정성적 데이터를 기반으로, 검색 언어에 따른 웹 정보검색행위의 양상 차이에 대한 빈도분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 한글 검색에서 능동적이고 적극적이며 독립적인 특성의 양상이, 영어 검색에서 수동적이고 소극적이며 의존적인 특성의 양상이 나타났다. 한글 검색에서는 이용자, 태스크, 시스템 등 다양한 출처에서 용어를 추출 조합한 검색어 구성, 여러 수준에서의 검색범위 조정, 검색엔진 검색결과페이지 내 탐색대상 아이템의 선택과 관련한 원활한 필터링, 다수 아이템의 탐색 및 비교, 웹 페이지의 전체 내용 브라우징 등이 주요 특징으로 확인되었다. 반면, 영어 검색에서는 주로 태스크 추출 용어 중심 검색어 구성, 제한된 검색범위 선호, 카테고리나 링크 등 아이템과 아이템 간 관련성에 의존한 탐색 대상 아이템 선택, 동일 아이템의 반복적 탐색, 웹 페이지의 일부 내용 브라우징, 그리고 사전 및 번역기와 같은 언어지원도구의 빈번한 사용 등이 두드러진 특징으로 파악되었다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.129-143
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate influences on wives' financial management behavior economic instability and coping behavior of urban household. Economic instability was constructed with an objective economic status and perceived economic instability. And, Financial management behaviors were constructed with four dimensions : investment, income/expenditure, risk, and debt management behavior. The subjects of this study were 225 housewives. Factor analysis, Cronbach ${\alpha}$, and multiple regression were performed for data analysis. The results show that, coping behaviors of searching and using information and perceived economic hardship related to debt influenced housewives' investment management behaviors. The coping behaviors of searching and using information, expending in the range of planned budget, using debt, perceived economic hardship related to debt, income insufficiency, and selective expenditure influenced the consumption-expenditure management behaviors. Perceived economic hardship related to essential expenditures and coping behaviors of searching and using information influenced the risk management behaviors. Coping behaviors of searching and using information, using debts and purchasing and using economically, and perceived economic hardship related to essentials influenced debt management behaviors.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.377-393
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• 2011

이 연구에서는 국내 주요 검색 포털인 네이버 이용자들의 검색 행태 추이를 조사, 분석하였다. 즉 1년 동안 분기별로 네이버에 입력된 질의들을 대상으로 질의의 입력 행태, 오타 입력 행태, 멀티미디어 검색 행태, 결과 문서 클릭 행태 등의 추이를 조사하였다. 이를 위하여 이용자들이 입력한 통합 검색 질의들로 구성된 질의 로그와 질의에 대한 검색 결과에서 이용자들이 조회한 문서를 기록한 클릭 로그를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 입력된 질의의 길이 및 주제, 멀티미디어 질의의 특징 및 비율, 오타의 비율 등에 있어서는 1년 동안 큰 변화 없이 일정한 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 질의별로 발생되는 클릭 횟수는 시간이 지남에 따라 점진적으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 포털의 효과적인 콘텐츠 구축 및 검색 알고리즘 개발에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.81-110
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• 2003

웹기반 온라인목록의 이용자 인터페이스는 이용자에게 더욱 친근하게 개선되었는가. 웹기반 온라인목록이 제공하는 탐색관련 기능은 어떠한가. 이용자들은 웹기반 온라인목록을 이용하는 데 여려움은 없는가. 이용자들은 웹기반 온라인목록에 대하여 어떤 인식을 가지고 있는가. 이런 문제에 대한 답을 통하여 웹기반 온라인목록의 검색도구로서의 문제점을 파악하고 개선방안을 제시하였다. 실험연구를 수행하였으며, 30명의 탐색자가 실험에 참여하였다. 탐색자가 웹기반 온라인목록을 실제로 탐색하는 과정중에 보이는 행태를 분석하여 데이터를 입수하였고, 탐색 후 질문지를 통하여 시스템에 대한 인식을 측정하였다.