• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.18-27
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• 2015

Objectives: Civic participation, that which directly influences important decisions in our personal lives, is considered necessary for developing a society. We hypothesized that civic participation might be related to self-rated health status. Methods: We constructed a multi-level analysis using data from the World Value Survey (44 countries, n=50 859). Results: People who participated in voting and voluntary social activities tended to report better subjective health than those who did not vote or participate in social activities, after controlling for socio-demographic factors at the individual level. A negative association with unconventional political activity and subjective health was found, but this effect disappeared in a subset analysis of only the 18 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Moreover, social participation and unconventional political participation had a statistically significant contextual association with subjective health status, but this relationship was not consistent throughout the analysis. In the analysis of the 44 countries, social participation was of borderline significance, while in the subset analysis of the OECD countries unconventional political participation was a stronger contextual determinant of subjective health. The democratic index was a significant factor in determining self-rated health in both analyses, while public health expenditure was a significant factor in analysis of 18 countries. Conclusions: Our investigation suggests that civic participation, including unconventional political activity at the contextual level, might be a significant determinant of health status of a country.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.409-416
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• 2020

The research has been conducted to explore the combination of three intangible resources, including social capital, entrepreneurship, and resilience capability on the performance of State Capital Enterprises (SCEs) in Vietnam. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are applied in the study. An in-depth interview of ten CEOs at SCEs in Vietnam was made to explore new indicators for the contextual latent variables in the research models. By employing the data from the authors' survey of 568 SCEs in Vietnam in 2019, using Cronbach's alpha, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and path analysis (SEM), the mechanism that social capital impacts on SCE performance has been analyzed. In addition to the direct role, social capital indirectly affects corporate performance through entrepreneurship and resilience capability. It was found that social capital has a larger impact on entrepreneurship than resilience capacity. However, the contribution of resilience capacity to the firm performance is much more than the entrepreneurship's in Vietnamese context. This study enriches the theory by proposing a measurement scale of the contextual latent variables as a result of in-depth interviews with experts using a qualitative analysis technique. In addition, the path analysis findings suggest practical implications for managers to effectively use their resources in SCEs.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.97-121
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• 2011

This study aims to examine how motivational constructs are interrelated with social, context-specific factors and, as a result, contribute to L2 writing achievement within the framework of self-determination theory. The data consisted of 67 Korean college students' questionnaire responses, final scores in an on-offline blended writing course, and qualitative interviews with 5 students. In the descriptive and the correlation analyses, the participants' extrinsic motivation was found higher than intrinsic motivation, with low amotivation. Among social factors, immersion environment, foreign instructor, and peer comparison marked high scores, whereas Korean instructor and online material gained low scores. Those contextual factors were interrelated with each other, such that the immersion factor correlated significantly with Korean instructor and peer comparison. Extrinsic and intrinsic motivational subscales engendered strong correlations with the high-scored social factors, i.e., immersion, foreign instructor, and peer comparison, which were also closely interrelated with L2 writing achievement. The findings illuminate intricate workings of motivation in its effects on L2 achievement and corroborate the roles of contextual factors. The effect of motivational subscales on achievement may be valid through interplay with some social factors. The dynamics of motivation is discussed for pedagogical applications.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.10-18
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify personal, contextual, and cognitive factors influencing the career preparation behavior of Korean nursing students. In this study, an examination was done of the fitness of a path model for the relationship among these factors based on the social cognitive career theory. Methods: The participants were 413 nursing students in South Korea. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires that included self-esteem, social support, self-efficacy, outcome expectation, career decision level, and career preparation behavior. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and path analysis. Results: The factors influencing career preparation behavior were self-efficacy, career decision level, self-esteem, outcome expectation, and social support. The factors influencing career decision level were self-efficacy, outcome expectation, self-esteem, and social support. Conclusion: The findings indicate that self-efficacy is an important factor influencing the career behavior of Korean nursing students. Nurse educators should consider personal, contextual, and cognitive factors of nursing students and develop systemic career guidance programs to help nursing students' career preparation behavior.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.237-240
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• 2005

Social epidemiology is a sub-discipline of epidemiology explicitly investigating social determinants of population distributions of health, disease, and well-being. Persistent pattern of social inequalities in health in spite of the broad improvement in the physical environment over the last centuries necessitated the development of this field as an approach to understand disease etiology that incorporates social experiences as more direct determinant of health. Social epidemiology incorporates theories, measurement tools, and techniques from a wide variety of other social sciences. A population perspective, the social context of behavior, contextual multilevel analysis, a developmental and life-course perspective, and general susceptibility to disease are the most important guiding concepts in social epidemiology.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.536-545
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• 2021

본 연구는 다문화청소년의 가족 소득계층에 따른 진로장벽 차이를 검토하고, 주요 사회맥락인 가족환경과 학교환경, 이웃환경, 이중문화적응이 진로장벽에 미치는 영향을 소득계층별로 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 '다문화청소년패널조사' 6차년도 자료 1,265 사례를 분석하였다. 주요 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 다문화청소년은 소득계층에 따라 진로장벽에 유의미한 차이를 나타냈고, 하위계층 청소년의 진로장벽 수준이 가장 높았다. 둘째, 소득계층별로 다문화청소년의 진로장벽에 영향을 미치는 사회맥락요인 분석결과, 하위계층 청소년은 어머니의 관여부족과 학업적응이, 중위계층 청소년은 가족지지와 학업적응, 교우관계, 학교내 도움을 주는 어른 유무가, 상위계층 청소년은 어머니의 진로간섭과 학업적응이 유의미한 사회맥락요인이었다. 본 연구는 분석결과를 토대로 다문화청소년 진로장벽에 대한 개입방안과 추후연구 과제를 논의하였다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.140-149
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors (biological, psychological, interpersonal, and contextual factors) associated with the weight bias internalization of the Korean girls in early adolescence. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. Data was collected from 233 girls aged 12~14 years with a self-reported questionnaire. With multiple regression analysis, the factors associated with the weight bias internalization of the girls in early adolescence were analyzed. Results: Of psychosocial factors, fear to fat (anti-fat attitude) (β=.43, p<.001) was associated with the weight bias internalization of the girls in early adolescence. In addition, attachment with teachers (β=-.11, p=.029) of an interpersonal factor and perceived socio-cultural pressure regarding weight control (β=.34, p<.001) of a contextual factor were associated with the weight bias internalization of the girls in early adolescence. Conclusion: For releasing the weight bias internalization of the girls in early adolescence, decreasing anti-fat attitude and socio-cultural pressure regarding weight control should be primarily required through social efforts including community and school based interventions.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.149-166
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• 2004

In the wake of Fishbein and Ajzen's the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Davis (1989) proposed a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to account for how perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitude predict behavioral intention to use Information Systems (IS). However, TAM is incomplete in one important respect: it does not account for social influence In the acceptance and utilization of new information systems. This study investigated the relationships between organizational tasks and intention to use internet using TAM. For using internet, social network is an important factor because the natural characteristic of internet is community-based. The results showed that Organizational Culture (OC) plays an important role in explaining intention to use the internet. Using O'Reilly et al. 's measurements, we extended and empirically validated the proposed model using Structured Equation Modeling (SEM). These findings enable future researchers and practitioners to apply the OC variable in the various contextual domains.

• 한국심리학회지:학교
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.249-267
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• 2021

본 연구는 중학생의 또래괴롭힘 피해에 초점을 맞추어 개인수준에서 그 위험요인(사회적 위축)과 발달적 결과(우울)를 확인하고, 학급수준의 차별 효과를 살펴보기 위해 다층경로분석을 실시하였다. 구체적으로, 개인수준에서 중학생의 사회적 위축과 우울간의 관계에서 또래괴롭힘 피해의 매개효과를 확인하고, 나아가 또래괴롭힘 피해경험에 개인수준의 사회적 위축과 학급수준의 차별 간 층간 상호작용 효과가 발생하는지 확인하였다. 이를 위해 7개 중학교, 86학급에서 수집된 1,116명의 자기보고식 설문자료를 분석에 사용하였다. 그 결과, 개인수준에서 사회적 위축, 또래괴롭힘 피해, 우울 간의 부분매개효과가 유의하게 나타났고, 학급수준에서 차별은 또래괴롭힘 피해를 정적으로 예측하였다. 또한 사회적 위축과 차별의 층간 상호 작용 효과가 유의하게 나타나, 사회적으로 위축된 학생이 높은 수준의 차별이 발생하는 학급에 속할수록 또래괴롭힘 피해를 더 많이 경험한다는 것을 밝혔다. 이러한 결과는 개인수준의 취약성이 항상 또래괴롭힘 피해를 예측하는 것이 아니고, 맥락과 상호작용한다는 것을 보여주며, 결과적으로 또래괴롭힘 피해를 이해하기 위해 개인특성 뿐 아니라 학급의 맥락적 특성을 함께 고려해야 함을 강조한다. 마지막으로 연구 결과를 중심으로 효과적 개입전략에 대해 논의하였다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.163-176
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• 2017

4차 산업혁명과 창조경제라는 화두가 지배하고 있는 오늘날의 경영환경하에서 중소기업들은 지속가능한 성장을 위하여 혁신역량 확보에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 특히 혁신역량 혹은 혁신성과를 창출하기 위하여 중소기업들은 조직의 양면적 특징, 즉 탐색과 활용이라는 양면성에 관심을 기울이고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 중소기업들을 대상으로 혁신성과를 창출할 수 있는 핵심 요소로서 조직의 맥락적 양면성을 고찰하고 이들 양면성을 자극하고 촉진하는 요인과 혁신성과간의 관계를 발견하기 위하여 실증분석을 실시하였다. 이를 위해 조직내 맥락적 양면성의 선행요인으로 대표적 경영혁신 기법이자 전사적 차원의 혁신 활동인 품질관리관행을 채택하였으며, 양면성의 결과변수로 혁신성과(급진적/점진적 제품혁신)을 설정하여, 일련의 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 품질관리관행인 품질분임조활동은 조직의 두 가지 맥락적 양면성 즉, 탐색과 활용 모두에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 맥락적 양면성은 혁신성과에도 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 맥락적 양면성은 품질분임조활동과 혁신성과간의 관계를 완전매개하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구결과는 중소기업의 혁신성과를 달성하기 위해서는 맥락적 양면성의 확보가 필수적이며, 맥락적 양면성을 촉진 또는 자극하기 위해서는 품질분임조와 같은 품질관리활동이 반드시 선행되어야 함을 시사하고 있다.