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A Study of Cooperative Mechanism in Social Games (소셜게임의 협력 매커니즘 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Eun
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.3-12
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    • 2012
  • This study discusses how players make the mutually cooperative mechanism in Social Games. In SNG, many players exchange helps each other. That mechanism is not only one-off but also repetitive process. In the perspective of reciprocity in Evolutionary psychology and Mythology, this study analyzes mutual cooperation in several game texts most well known in the SNG field. According to the field study results, four cooperative mechanisms were extracted. These 4 principles apply to every digital game design for emerging of cooperative storytelling among players.

The Relationships Among Job Burnout, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Work Engagement, and Social Capital via Smartphone use in The Navy Soldiers on Duty: A Moderated Mediation Model (해군 병사들의 직무소진과 조직시민행동의 관계: 직무열의와 스마트폰을 통한 사회적 자본의 조절된 매개효과)

  • Kim, Hak-Rae;Seol, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Ki-Hak
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.409-433
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    • 2020
  • This study attempted to verify the relationship between job burnout and organizational citizenship behavior among South Korean soldiers in the Navy force by applying the Job Demands-Resource Model and Conservation of Resource Theory, and the moderated mediating effect of social capital through the work engagement and smartphone use. The mediating effect of work engagement and the moderating effect of social capital via smartphone use were examined in the relation between job burnout and organizational citizenship behavior. We combine the mediation effect model and the moderation effect model and tested the moderated mediation effect. To perform this study, the survey was conducted on the navy soldier on duty, and total of 324 data were analyzed. The results of this study were as follows: the complete mediation effect of work engagement in the relation of job burnout and organizational citizenship behavior was verified, social capital via smartphone use moderated the relation between job burnout and work engagement, and the moderated mediation effect of social capital via smartphone use in the relation between job burnout and organizational citizenship behavior through work engagement was identified. Based on the results, implications, limitations, and future research directions of the current study were discussed.

Predicting the Retention of University Freshmen Using Peer Relationships (대학 신입생들의 교우관계를 통한 학업유지 예측)

  • Lee, Yeonju;Choi, Sungwon
    • Korean Journal of School Psychology
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.31-48
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study was to determine whether the retention of university freshmen could be predicted using their peer relationships in a specific department. In this study, retention was defined as a student staying enrolled in their university for a certain period of time. Social relationships are formed through interaction between people, so both students' self-perceptions and others' perceptions of them must be accounted for, so we used a social network analysis that did so. We examined social networks visualizations that allowed for a rich interpretation of numerical information. Participants in this study were freshmen who enrolled in an undergraduate program in 2017, 2018, or 2019. We used the name generator method to determine how quantitative friendship network variables predicted the academic retention up to the first semester of 2020. Cox proportional hazard model analysis showed that the weighted indegree centrality with intimacy positively predicted retention. The results of this study can be used to identify and conduct interventions for students who may be likely to disenroll. However all of the students did not participate in the department, it was difficult to examine their entire peer networks. Thus, this study's results cannot be generalized because the participants are students of a specific major, so further research is needed to produce more generalizable results.

Attitudes of Korean People Toward Income Polarization and Their Evaluation of Government Policies (소득양극화에 대한 한국인의 입장과 정부정책에 대한 판단)

  • Kim, DongSu ;Kim, Okhwan ;Jung, Taeyun ;Choi, Young-jin
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.87-108
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    • 2013
  • With questionnaires conducted for 613 adult Koreans in Seoul, the present study examined how their social features (income level, political party identification, political values, values of capitalism and egalitarianism) exercise influence on attitudes toward income polarization and their evaluation of government policies. Two groups of participants (high vs. low) for each social feature were formed first. Then their attitudes toward income polarization (liberal vs. conservative) and evaluations of policies (liberal vs. conservative) exercised by government (Participatory vs. Practical) were compared. Results indicated that liberal value was strengthened by liberal value, anti-capitalistic, and conservative value was strengthened by egalitarian values, and party identification. It was also found that party identification partial effect on the judgment of policies exercised by Participatory Government. These findings were discussed in terms of their implications for Korean society and measures for communication constructive for settlement of income polarization were suggested.

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Why We #Hashtag: Motivations Associated with Posting Brand Hashtags on Social Media

  • Gu, Zhiquao;Kim, Eunice (Eun-Sil)
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.272-283
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    • 2020
  • Hashtags (#) have received a great deal of attention from academia and industry as an effective digital tool for engaging social media users and facilitating electronic word-of-mouth for brands. We delved into motivations concerning people's brand-related hashtag-posting behavior on social media. The findings revealed three motivations for posting brand-related hashtags on social media: social acceptance, brand altruism, and incentive seeking. Additionally, we examined the relationships between motivations and brand relationship variables. The results showed that social acceptance and brand-related altruism predicted all of the five relationship variables (i.e., brand attitude, brand trust, brand affective and calculative commitment and brand loyalty), while incentive-seeking predicted brand calculative commitment and brand loyalty. The findings of the study provide some meaningful insights into the development of brand communication strategies and help marketers capitalize on social media platforms to achieve higher user involvement.

Blog Citations as Indicators of the Societal Impact of Research: Content Analysis of Social Sciences Blogs

  • Jamali, Hamid R.;Alimohammadi, Dariush
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.15-32
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    • 2015
  • This article analyzes motivations behind social sciences blog posts citing journal articles in order to find out whether blog citations are good indicators for the societal impact or benefits of research. A random sample of 300 social sciences blog posts (out of 1,233 blog posts) from ResearchBlogging.org published between 01/01/2012 to 18/06/2014 were subjected to content analysis. The 300 blog posts had 472 references including 424 journal articles from 269 different journals. Sixty-one (22.68%) of all cited journals were from the social sciences and most of the journals with high frequency were highly cited general science journals such as PNAS and Science. Seventy-five percent of all journals were referenced only once. The average age of articles cited at the time of citation was 5.8 years. Discussion and criticism were the two main categories of motivations. Overall, the study shows the potential of blog citations as an altmetric measure and as a proxy for assessing the research impact. A considerable number of citation motivations in blogs such as disputing a belief, suggesting policies, providing a solution to a problem, reacting to media, criticism and the like seemed to support gaining societal benefits. Societal benefits are considered as helping stimulate new approaches to social issues, or informing public debate and policymaking. Lower self-citation (compared to some other altmetric measures such as tweets) and the fact that blogging involves generating content (i.e. an intellectual process) give them an advantage for altmetrics. However, limitations and contextual issues such as disciplinary differences and low uptake of altmetrics, in general, in scholarly communication should not be ignored when using blogs as a data source for altmetrics.

RELATIONS BETWEEN SHYNESS AND INTERPERSONAL VARIABLES - FOCUSING ON SOCIAL SKILL AND MOTIVATION FACTOR - (수줍음과 대인관계 변인간의 상호관련성 - 사회적 기술 및 동기 요인의 역할을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Guen-Young;Yoon, Gene
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.90-99
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    • 1995
  • This study was intended to investigate the effects of shyness, which is regarded as one of the former and comprehensive factors of social anxiety disorder, on interpersonal relationship. Particularly, the relations among Social Skill Factor, Motivation Factor, and Shyness were examined in order to verify a conventional belief('the most shy people have both low social skill and high motivation.') 497 middle school students(231 males and 266 females) in seoul were administrated with Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale and Shyness Scale, and Peer-Group Popularity was measure. The results are : 1) the lower social skill is and hight Motivations is the more he or she is shy. 2) influence of Social Skill Factor is greater than that of Motivation Factor. 3) interaction effect among sex, shyness, and peer-group popularity was found.

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The Effect of Call Center Consultant 's Emotional Labor on Burnout: The Moderating Effect of Resilience and Social Support (콜센터 상담원의 감정노동이 소진에 미치는 영향: 회복 탄력성과 사회적 지지의 조절효과)

  • Park, Hayoung;Kim, Jungkyu
    • Stress
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.340-349
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    • 2018
  • Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of resilience and social support to analyze that call center consultants' emotional labor impacts on the burnout. Methods: A survey questionnaire was conducted to people who work at call center in Gwangju and Deagu. The data from 444 were analyzed. Results: The result from the hierarchical multiple regression is as follows. First, deep acting decreased burnout, but surface acting of emotional labor increased burnout. Also, frequency of emotion display, variety of emotion required to be expressed and attentiveness to required display rules increased burnout. Second, Resilience had moderating effect between deep acting and burnout. Third, the moderate effect of interaction of social support from leader with surface action was found at burnout. Also, moderating effect of social support from leader were shown in frequency of emotion display with burnout and attentiveness to required display rules with burnout. Fourth, social support from colleague did not have buffering effect on emotional labor and burnout. Conclusions: It is expected that the moderator variables identified in this study can be used for prevention and treatment of burnout caused by emotional labor.

Influence of Adult Attachment Perceived by Secondary School Teachers on Depression: The Moderating Effect of Social Support (중등교사의 성인애착이 우울에 미치는 영향: 사회적 지지의 조절효과)

  • Park, Chong-chol;Lee, Dong-gwi
    • Korean Journal of School Psychology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.65-87
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    • 2019
  • The present study investigated the relationship between adult attachment and depression and the moderating effects of social support in secondary school teachers. Survey data was collected from 231 secondary school teachers working at three middle and high schools in the Seoul and Gyung-gi areas. Correlation and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to test the relationships among the main variables, namely adult attachment, social support, and depression, and the three moderating effects of social support in the relationship between adult attachment and depression, respectively. The main results were as follows. First, each sub-dimension of adult attachment, namely dependent attachment, anxiety attachment, and close attachment, were significantly correlated with depression levels. All of the variables except senior support and dependent attachment were significantly correlated with depression. Second, social support had a moderating effect in the relationship between anxiety attachment and depression. Colleague and family support had moderating effects in the relationship between dependent attachment and depression though senior support did not.

The Effects of Relative Handgrip Strength on Cognitive Function: The Moderating Roles of Paid Employment Status and Social Activities (노인의 상대적 악력이 인지기능에 미치는 영향: 경제활동과 사회참여의 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Choi, Myungjin;Kim, Giyeon
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.549-567
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    • 2019
  • The present study examined whether the relation between relative handgrip strength and cognitive function varied by paid employment status and participation of social activities among Korean older adults. A total of 3,376 Korean adults aged 65 or older were drawn from the 2016 Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA). Weighted hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine moderating effects of paid employment status and social activities on the relation between relative handgrip strength and cognitive function. After adjusting for covariates, results show that relative handgrip strength has a positive association with cognitive function. Both paid employment status and social activities have positive associations with cognitive function and moderate the relationship between relative handgrip strength and cognitive function. These significant moderating effects show that participating in paid employment and social activities buffer against the effect of lower handgrip strength on cognitive function. Findings from the present study highlight the significant role of active aging in older adults'cognitive function. Implications are discussed in a cultural context.