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The Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities on Brand Equity and Consumer Purchasing Intention

  • LEE, Jaemin
    • The Journal of Economics, Marketing and Management
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.10-19
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    • 2019
  • Purpose - The purpose of this survey-based study was to identify the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities on corporate brand assets and consumer purchasing intentions, and to verify causal relationships between the variables. Research Question - The XCIP is the company's longest running program of its kind, taking a global approach to CSR. Xerox uses this initiative to fund employees in their local communities to make a difference in projects of their own choosing. Research Method-The survey period was conducted for about three months from May 3, 2018 to August 7, 2018, and a random sampling method was used. The total number of samples was 420, with 19 samples excluded from final analysis due to untruthful or erroneous responses. Result - In this study, the general characteristics of the survey participants were investigated as follows in analyzing the impact of CSR activities on brand assets and consumer purchasing intentions. First, male (51.6 percent) college graduates (42.4 percent) outnumbered female participants (40.2 percent), and participants in their 40s (30.7 percent) and 50s (23.8 percent) ranked highest, followed by general office workers (27.6 percent), business people, people in service positions, and people in sales positions.

Exploratory Study on the Internal Customer Orientation of Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities for People with Disabilities (장애인직업재활시설의 내부고객지향성에 관한 탐색적 연구)

  • Suk-Kyung Shin
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2024
  • This paper explores strategies to enhance internal customer orientation from the perspectives of both disabled clients and people without disabilities (social workers) within vocational rehabilitation facilities. It proposes efficient operational strategies for these facilities through a literature review on the relationship between internal customer orientation and performance. In this process, it examines how satisfying internal customer needs and focusing on job satisfaction in service provision impacts the overall economic and social performance of the organization. The study also identifies practical strategies that can help vocational rehabilitation facilities overcome challenges and achieve sustainable development.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Occupational Health and Safety, Worker's Compensation and Labor Conditions

  • Min, Jeehee;Kim, Yangwoo;Lee, Sujin;Jang, Tae-Won;Kim, Inah;Song, Jaechul
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.400-408
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    • 2019
  • The "fourth industrial revolution" (FIR) is an age of advanced technology based on information and communication. FIR has a more powerful impact on the economy than in the past. However, the prospects for the labor environment are uncertain. The purpose of this study is to anticipate and prepare for occupational health and safety (OHS) issues. In FIR, nonstandard employment will be common. As a result, it is difficult to receive OHS services and compensation. Excessive trust in new technologies can lead to large-scale or new forms of accidents. Global business networks will cause destruction of workers' biorhythms, some cancers, overwork, and task complexity. The social disconnection because of an independent work will be a risk for worker's mental health. The union bonds will weaken, and it will be difficult to apply standardized OHS regulations to multinational enterprises. To cope with the new OHS issues, we need to establish new concepts of "decent work" and standardize regulations, which apply to enterprises in each country, develop public health as an OHS service, monitor emerging OHS events and networks among independent workers, and nurture experts who are responsible for new OHS issues.

Assessment of Noise Exposure and Hearing Loss Among Workers in Textile Mill (Thamine), Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Zaw, Aung K.;Myat, Aung M.;Thandar, Mya;Htun, Ye M.;Aung, Than H.;Tun, Kyaw M.;Han, Zaw M.
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.199-206
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    • 2020
  • Background: In a wide range of industries, noise-induced hearing loss remains one of the most prevalent occupational problems. This study aimed to assess the noise exposure level and associated factors of hearing loss among textile workers in Yangon Region, Myanmar. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a Textile mill (Thamine), Yangon Region, from April to December 2018. In total, 226 workers who were randomly selected from 3 weaving sections participated in face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. A digital sound level meter and pure-tone audiometer were used for the assessment of noise exposure level and hearing loss, respectively. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the associated factors of hearing loss. Results: In total workers, 66.4% were exposed to ≥85 dB(A) of noise exposure, and the prevalence of hearing loss was 25.7%. Age ≥35 years, below high school education, hearing difficulty, tinnitus, hypertension, > 9 years of service duration in a textile mill were positively associated with hearing loss. After adjusting confounding factors, age ≥35 years (adjusted odds ratio = 6.90, 95% confidence interval = 3.45-13.82) and tinnitus (adjusted odds ratio = 2.88, 95% confidence interval = 1.13-7.37) were persistently associated with hearing loss. Conclusion: Providing occupational hazard education and enforcement of occupational safety regulations should be taken to decrease the noise exposure level. The regular audiometry test should be conducted for assessment of hearing threshold shift. The employer needs to implement a hearing conservation program in workplace when noise exposure reaches or exceeds 85 dB(A) for 8 hours.

An analysis on homecoming support project by employment expiration of foreign workers (외국인근로자 고용만료에 따른 귀국지원사업 분석)

  • Yu, Jae-Sub;Lee, Seung-Eun;Kang, Kyung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.451-459
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    • 2014
  • To solve the serious problem of insufficient manpower in medium and small scaled companies, our country allows introduction of foreign manpower for 5 business types such as manufacture industry, service industry, etc. and there are 226,825 people who entered by employment license system(E-9) in Sep. 2013. However, according to the results of investigation "actual status and difficulties of foreign manpower's employment of medium and small scaled manufacturing companies" of KFTA in 2013, 36.4% of respondents responded that current scale of introducing foreign manpower is insufficient to solve difficulties of insufficient manpower in industrial world and 37.7% of them responded that the quarter of new employment is insufficient. So, they hope that current quarter system of foreign manpower can be abolished. Meanwhile, introduction scale of foreign manpower was decided by 53,000 people so as to solve enterprise difficulties in manpower and vitalize economics this year, but illegal aliens are 39,623, more than 17.5%, in Sep. 2013 after employment expiration. Therefore, it becomes serious social problem. Government displays various support businesses so that foreign workers after employment expiration can return to their homeland legally. This thesis intends to find measures to maintain royalty for our country and support their smooth resettlement through the analysis on homecoming support business of foreign workers.

Effect on Aged Care Facility Workers' Acceptance Attitude Toward Sex in the Elderly Depending on Their Sexual Awareness (노인복지시설 종사자의 노인에 대한 성인식이 성수용 태도에 미치는 영향)

  • Jung, Jung-Hee
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.184-192
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    • 2015
  • This study's purpose is to look into whether there is a difference in acceptance attitude toward sex according to the level of sexual awareness and to investigate how the level of sexual awareness affects acceptance attitude toward sex aimed at workers in welfare facilities for the aged. Furthermore, the study seeks ways to practice and intervene in sex-related service for the aged. The analysis revealed that there were significant differences in acceptance attitude toward sex according to the level of sexual awareness of facility workers. In other words, high level of sexual awareness group was more open to acceptance attitude toward sex than other groups. Moreover, it was demonstrated that sexual awareness affects acceptance attitude toward sex and also it was revealed that the more liberal the level of sexual awareness, the more open the acceptance attitude toward sex. Through discussion based on the study results, intervention plan was proposed for social welfare practice and development of sex education program for welfare facility workers.

A Convergence Study on the Senior Employment Policy and Senior Job Awareness (노인 일자리 정책과 노인 일자리 인식에 관한 융합 연구)

  • Hwang, Hey-Jeong;Lim, Hyo-Nam;Jo, Gee-yong;Jo, Chan-Ju;Kim, Kwang-Hwan
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.695-702
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study was conducted with suggesting a clue to improve the perception of jobs for the elderly, and the final study subject was 110 people. As a research methods were student t-test, ⲭ2-test, one-way ANOVA(Scheffe). The result of the study are as follows. The perception and economic status of the young elderly(65-74 years old) were significantly higher. The perception of public jobs was significantly higher when married, religious, and monthly income was more than 4 million won. The perception of social service-type jobs was significantly higher when married and when there was a religion. The perception of private jobs was high when the monthly income was more than 4 million won (p<0.05). The preference for "parking order service" in the public sector, "support for elderly facilities" in the social service sector, and "fast food restaurant employees, kitchen, restaurant assistants, and food delivery service workers" in the private sector was the highest. In conclusion, there is a need for an education program to improve the perception of jobs for the elderly in order to raise the awareness of job policies for the elderly, which decrease with age. It is expected to be used as basic data for job creation and job creation that can be done according to the age of the elderly.

Analyzing the Current Practice of the Home-Delivered Meal (HDM) Service Program for Homebound Elderly (재가노인을 위한 식사배달서비스 제공기관의 실태분석)

  • 양일선;정현영;이해영;채인숙
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.736-743
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to research the current home delivered meal (HDM) service programs for seniors living in the community. Fifty seven centers which operated a HDM service program were surveyed with respect to their administrative structure, menu management, food purchasing and production management, hygiene and equipment and facility. -Statistical data analyses were completed using the SAS 8.1 program for descriptive analysis and t-test. The results showed that 55 percent of the study group were from 70 to 79 years old. All of the participants received free HDM. As a result of the meal cost analysis, the meal cost at 56.1% of the HDM service centers was from ₩2,000 to ₩2,499 per meal. A total of 68.4% of the HDM service centers were operated without the services of a dietitian. According to the menu analysis, all nutrients except Vitamin B2 were at levels of more than 33% of the Recommended Dietary Allowances for Koreans. Although 96.6% of the HDM service centers required a therapeutic diet menu for the health of the elderly recipients, 68% of the directors responded that they could not afford to serve therapeutic meal. Food purchasing, menu planning and other foodservice management processes were handled by non-professionals, such as volunteers, cooks or social workers. Forty two percent of the HDM service centers never used standard recipes. For determining portion sizes, 75.4% of the HDM service centers depended on personal experience. Finally, the current HDM service programs for the homebound elderly were not operated systematically. It is suggested that professionally trained personnel should be included among the staff members to provide a more effective HDM service. The HDM service programs should be supported financially and systematically by the government.

Determinants of the Self-employed's In-Work Poverty (자영업자의 취업빈곤에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Ji, Eun Jeong
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.65 no.1
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    • pp.147-174
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    • 2013
  • Until recently, self-employment workers are often excluded from labor market studies. Most relevant studies has focused on the determinants of entry into self-employment. However, the self-employment is highly exposed to poverty risk although they are working. Despite that, relatively little is known about the economic severity of the self-employed. This study uses data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study to examine the situation of the self-employed's in-work poverty and the determinants of in-work poverty among them. Major findings are as follows. First, self-employed people experience 3.5 times higher in-work poverty risk than employees. Especially, the ratio of own-account self-employed people living below the poverty line is similar with that of even precarious employees. Second, the extent of poverty of self-employment is more serious. Third, the proportion of self-employed among working poor is about 53% although self-employed workers are composed of only about 24% among working people. Fourth, temporary employees and self-employed people are more likely to be poor than full time employees according to logistic regression. It is statistically significant. It implies that it is desirable to regard the self-employed as the policy target group along with temporary employees. Fifth, the ratio of in-work poverty of self-employed aged 40-64 whose education level is low and the self-employed aged 40-64 who work in low-skilled service sector are higher than that of the other group. It implies that measures to alleviate their economic difficulties are urgently needed.

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Research on the Quality of Employment Centered on Information Communication Technology Industry

  • Jeong, Soon Ki;Ahn, Jong Chang
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.238-247
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    • 2020
  • This study has a purpose to analyze quantitatively whether ICT industry provides the qualitative indicator of employment to attract excellent human resources. We investigate the relationships of labor market conditions among ICT manufacturing, non-ICT manufacturing, ICT services, non-ICT services. Therefore, the quantitative and qualitative indicators of employment (wages, working hours, admission and turnover, involuntary retirement, and the duration years of job) are analyzed for the ICT industry and IT workers. In order to quantitatively analyze qualitative indicators such as employment status and longevity, we used employment statistics. In order to compensate for the limitations of employment insurance data, the comparison analysis with the survey data of economically active population of the National Statistical Office was conducted. As a result of this research, ICT service industry has to improve the working conditions of employees and establish an ecosystem for a lifelong career base to grow as a specialist, need to pursue an investigation for ICT worker career shift, and promote standard labor contracts. In addition, protection of employees, ICT-related job vision and social respect have to be perused.