• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.19-45
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• 2010

Virtual Communities, which are formed on the Internet, are expected to serve the needs of members for e-collaboration, e-communication, information and knowledge sharing. The executives of organizations should consider virtual community as a new innovation or knowledge pool since members share knowledge. However, many virtual community have failed due to members' low willingness to engage and furthermore to share knowledge with other members. Thus, there is a need to understand and foster the determinants of members' sense of belonging behavior in virtual community. This study develops an integrated model designed to investigate and explain the relationships between contextual factors, personal perceptions of virtual community, usability, trust and sense of belonging in using a certain virtual community. Empirical data was collected from 201 and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) to verify the fit of the hypothetical model. The results show that the perceived usability and community trust of members significantly influences sense of belonging in using the virtual community, and information quality, system quality, familiarity on the virtual community are significantly influence the usability but not reputation. And I confirmed that perceived shared vision and responsiveness play the role of determinants in making the member's trust, perceived risk influence the making community trust in directly. The results of the study can be used to identify the motivation underlying members' sense of belonging in a certain virtual community by investigating the impacts of contextual factors and personal perceptions on virtual community, the integrated model better explains behavior than other proposed models. This study might help executives of virtual communities and organizations to manage and promote these determinants of sense of belonging to stimulate members' willingness to engage the community and futhermore enhance their virtual community loyalty.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.19-31
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• 2022

This study aims to examine the moderating effect of regional agricultural leader's capacity between the sense of community of female farmers and the resident participation. A survey was conducted on 312 female farmers from October 20 to November 19, 2020. The main results of the analysis are as follows. First, it showed that the higher the sense of community, the higher the awareness of resident participation. Second, it was found that the sense of community had a positive effect on resident participation as self-directed learning capability was higher, and that self-directed learning capability had a moderating effect on the relationship between the sense of community and the resident participation. Third, regional agricultural leadership capacity was found to have a moderating effect in the relationship between the sense of community and the resident participation.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.906-921
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• 2015

This study analyzed the effects of consumers'sense of community regarding outdoor brands on behavioral commitment, purchasing satisfaction, and repurchasing intention and analyzed the effects of behavioral commitment and purchasing satisfaction on repurchasing intention. Additionally, this study analyzed the differences in sense of community, behavioral commitment, purchasing satisfaction, and repurchasing intention according to the types of outdoor consumers'consumption values. A survey was conducted from July 20th to 30th, 2015, and 527 responses were used for the analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, consumers'sense of community regarding outdoor brands was classified into mutual influences, sufficiency necessity, emotional connectedness, and sense of belonging. Second, outdoor consumers'sense of community had positive impacts on behavioral commitment, purchasing satisfaction and repurchasing intention. Third, outdoor consumers'behavioral commitment and purchasing satisfaction had positive impacts on repurchasing intention. Fourth, there were differences in the outdoor consumers'sense of community, behavioral commitment, purchasing satisfaction, and repurchasing intention according to the types of consumption values. Therefore, outdoor brands can strengthen the relationship with customers considering values and behavior, suggesting the need for a strategy that promotes consumers'sense of community with sustainable management activities that save the environment and local community.

• Human Ecology Research
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.243-255
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• 2019

This study examines the effect of satisfaction with adolescent extracurricular activities on social withdrawal with a focus on the mediating effect of self-esteem and sense of community. We used data from the 3rd wave (2012) of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) collected by the National Youth Policy Institute for path analysis. Participants were 1,139 first year middle school students who participated in adolescent extracurricular activities. First, the degree of satisfaction with the adolescent extracurricular activities had an indirect effect on social withdrawal via self-esteem. Second, satisfaction with the adolescent extracurricular activities had an indirect effect on social withdrawal via a sense of community. Lastly, satisfaction with adolescent extracurricular activities had an indirect effect on social withdrawal via self-esteem and a sense of community. The research findings indicate that the level of social withdrawal is less when adolescents are satisfied with adolescent extracurricular activities and have a high level of self-esteem and sense of community. The results demonstrate that a satisfactory level of adolescent extracurricular activity would help adolescents decrease their social withdrawal by increasing the level of self-esteem and sense of community.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.269-282
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the spectator experience and satisfaction with a focus on attachment and a sense of community. The survey was given to random spectators who watched KBO (The Korea Baseball Organization) games in 2018. With 189 surveyed participants, this study used exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis to verify the reliability and validity of the measured variables. The hierarchical multiple regression correlation was employed as a statistical method for the hypotheses of this study. The findings showed that spectators' experiences have influences on satisfaction. Among the experience factors, education and entertainment affect attachment, and education has the only significant influence on a sense of community. In addition, spectators' attachment and a sense of community positively influence satisfaction. Attachment and a sense of community have a relatively mediated effect on spectators' experiences and satisfaction. This study confirmed the need for various spectator experiences at KBO games, and the importance of place attachment or a sense of community.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.183-188
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• 2016

The purposes of this study are to analyze how effects of parental attitudes, Sense of Community on adolescents school adjustment and verified was the mediating effect of Sense of Community between parenting attitudes and adolescents school adjustment. For data analysis, we have use the first year data for the 1st year middle schol students from 'the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey, conducted in 2010' by the National Youth Policy Institute. The study shows that parenting attitudes and Sense of Community have a significant effect on adolescents school adjustment. And, the Sense of Community have a significant partial mediating effect among on parental attitudes and school adjustment. Thus, efforts to foster individual's Sense of Community and develop desirable parenting attitudes should be made to enhance the level of school adjustment.

• The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.169-180
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-leadership, sense of community, and organizational socialization in nursing students. Methods: The subjects were 215 four-year nursing students in one province. Data were collected from May 4 to 25, 2018 through a self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance, Scheffe's Test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis. Results: Organizational socialization was positively connected to self-leadership and sense of community the higher the self-leadership and sense of community, the higher the organizational socialization. In the independent variables, communal consciousness produced greater ramifications on organizational associations. Conclusions: Nurse educators can use our findings to consider the individual needs of the nursing student in order to increase their self-leadership and sense of community by developing and implementing suitable and appropriate academic curriculum where proper research can be conducted in order to acquire successful, organizational socialization within the nursing community. Further research in this area is warranted.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.385-408
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• 2011

This study aimed at identifying the effect of the variables that influence the community sense in rural married immigrant women and investing it's aspects. The following is the findings of this study. First, the women in religion or with higher life satisfaction in rural regions have a high probability of belongs to the group developed a strong sense of community. Second, the regression analysis showed that the consciousness of community participation(${\beta}$=.55) was the most significant factor influencing on the level of community sense in rural married immigrant women, followed by the women's self-esteem(${\beta}$=.24), and the positivity in agricultural participation (${\beta}$=.09). Third, the consciousness of community participation highly correlated with the positivity in local society participation(r=.36). Based on these research results, self-esteem and local society participation are important to improve the women's community sense in rural areas. Therefore we should be focused to develop the plans improving the women's self-esteem and social participation.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.325-335
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• 2001

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.8
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• pp.3436-3443
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a sense of classroom community and social presence on learning satisfaction in a cyber learning setting. The subjects in this study were 172 sixth graders in M elementary school in the city of D, who studied in a cyber setting at home. A survey was conducted to gather data, and multiple regression analysis were carried out to determine the influence of a sense of classroom community and social presence on learning satisfaction. As a result, it is found that a sense of classroom community and social presence had a significant correlation to learning satisfaction. A sense of classroom community turned out to affect learning satisfaction. A sense of classroom community are a major variable that should seriously be taken into account in an elementary cyber learning setting in order to boost the learning satisfaction of learners. In the future, the kinds of instructional design that could foster a sense of classroom community is required when cyber learning environments are prepared.