• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.129-168
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• 2016

The Asia-Pacific region is not typically seen as one geographic or socio-economic space. Yet, 58 regional economies occupying the space of 28 million square kilometers from Turkey in the West, Russian Federation in the North, French Polynesia in the East and New Zealand in the South belong to the Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). This commission provides a forum for member states that "promotes regional cooperation and collective action, assisting countries in building and sustaining shared economic growth and social equity". In 2013, ESCAP's members adopted the Bangkok Declaration to enhance efforts towards deeper regional economic integration. Yet this document neither proposes a concrete modality or modalities of achieving deeper integration, nor provides a sense of distance of individual countries to a "perceived" integrated Asia-Pacific.This paper aims to comprehensively quantify recent integration efforts of economies in the Asia-Pacific region. We provide an "index of integration effort" based on twelve metrics that measure the relative distance of a given economy to the region as an economic entity. Generally, we find that while the region has trended towards becoming integrated in general, both the level of integration and integration effort are inconsistent among Asia-Pacific economies. We discuss potential applications and extensions of the index in developing our perspective of the region's economic and social dynamics.

• 한국시스템다이내믹스연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.51-81
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• 2015

The main purpose of this study is to seek better approach which explains reciprocal causality associated with factors causing social conflict and improving social integration respectively. Throughout this study, there are several important implications how social conflict can be solved in South Korea. In particular, government and policy makers in political sector should create an environment of social integration through political reforms by switching from vertical structure to horizontal structure and by encouraging ordinary people to actively participate in the policy-making processes and political activities. In economic sector, government and stakeholder associated with a certain economic issue should induce a change in the economic environment for social integration, focusing on distribution of wealth and employment stability. In social and cultural sectors, it is necessary to solve social and cultural problems (e.g., generation gap and conflict between the young and the old, multi-ethnic families, and lack of communication) by exploring better ways to establish an altruism and to interact with each other. In psychological sectors, PsyCap(Positive Psychological Capital) will help ordinary people to crate positive thinking and lead to social integration. For instance, political leaders having PsyCap are able to communicate with the people and can help the people to build positive main influencing on social integration. Finally, the improvement of the system is required because the improvement of insufficient system is the basis for reasonable and equitable social integration.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.325-355
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• 2015

This paper looks at the integration of regions and nations through the prism of the merger of populations (societies). The paper employs a particular index of social stress. Stylized examples of the merging of two populations suggest that with integration, the social stress index will increase. The examples form the basis for the development of new formulas for calculating the social stress of an integrated population as a function of the levels of social stress of the constituent populations when apart. The formulas reveal that the social stress of an integrated population is higher than the sum of the levels of social stress of the constituent populations when apart. This raises the distinct possibility that the merging of populations may be a social liability: integration may fail to give the populace a sense of improved wellbeing.

• 한국사회정책
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.217-244
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• 2017

이 연구는 다양한 문화적 분화도를 보이는 OECD 회원국을 대상으로 객관적 지표를 이용해 각국 이민자의 사회통합을 1)선주민과 비교한 상대적 기준과 2)이민자의 복지수준을 고려한 절대적 기준에서 비교분석하려는 목적으로 이루어졌다. 복수의 국제 데이터를 통합한 2차 데이터를 이용했으며 주요 변수 사이의 산점도를 산출하여 이민자 사회통합의 국가별 지형을 분석했다. 분석결과에 의하면, 상대적 기준의 사회통합은 전통적 이민국 레짐에 해당하는 호주, 캐나다, 미국이 이상적인 국가들로 나타났다. 절대적 기준의 사회통합이 높은 국가는 전통적 이민국 레짐과 적극적 이민국 레짐이 혼합된 형태를 보였다. 상대적 기준과 절대적 기준 모두에서 이민자의 사회통합 수준이 비교적 높은 국가는 전통적 이민국 레짐과 아일랜드, 포르투칼, 슬로베니아 등 일부 신이민국 레짐에 속한 국가들로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 이민자의 사회통합은 이민국 레짐으로 대표되는 이민정책이나 문화적 분화도를 통해 설명할 수 있는 부분은 제한적이며, 이민자의 사회통합은 개별국가의 사회보장정책 등을 함께 고려해 이해되어야 함을 시사했다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2016

Purpose - This study purposes to analyze the impact of regional economic integration and macroeconomic on Indonesian FDI inflows. Research design, data, and methodology - Data were collected from bilateral relation between Indonesia and 21 home countries whose dominant share FDI to Indonesia from 2005 to 2013. Analysis method was conducted by panel gravity modeI to find the impact of regional economic integration and macroeconomic on Indonesian FDI inflows. Results - The empirical results show that GDP of the home country and Indonesia have a positive impact on Indonesia FDI. Distance and home country real interest rate have a negative impact on Indonesia FDI. Economic integration of European Union (EU) and Indonesia's cooperation with Japan in ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) have created impact of investment creation on Indonesia FDI, unfortunately, economic integration of ASEAN has created impact of investment diversion on Indonesian FDI. Conclusions - In order to increase FDI inflow to Indonesia, Indonesia government should improve the physical and social infrastructures to drive the productivity and economic efficiency. It will increase the GDP and also attract more investors. Low interest rate policy should be considered.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.173-193
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• 2024

This study adopts organismic integration theory (OIT) to classify and contrast the predominant roles of five motivations (i.e., economic incentives, self-presentation, information acquisition, altruism, and enjoyment) in fostering three levels of behavioral engagement on brand-related social media content. This study further examines the moderating effect of personality (thinkers vs. feelers) on these relationships. The results of PLS-SEM reveal the greater impact of autonomous motivations on content consumption (enjoyment and information acquisition) and content contribution and creation (altruism and information acquisition), compared with controlled motivations (self-presentation and economic incentives). This study also finds that thinkers mostly engage on brand-related content for information acquisition and economic incentives, whereas feelers are mostly driven by enjoyment for content consumption and by altruism for content contribution and creation. This study addresses the inconsistency in prior research findings and provides practical implications to social media marketers.

• 재활복지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.47-74
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• 2014

본 연구는 척수장애인의 사회통합에 미치는 요인을 연구함으로써 사회복지실천 현장에서 척수장애인의 사회통합을 위한 대안 마련에 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도되었다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하고자 한국척수장애인협회의 산하조직 13개 지역협회의 협조를 얻어 각 지역 협회에 배포한 390부 중 회수된 설문지 335부 중에서 답변이 불성실한 21부를 제외하고 304부를 사용하였다. 척수장애인의 사회통합에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 구조방정식 최종모형의 경로별 효과분석과 유의성 검증을 토대로 신체 심리적 요인, 경제적 요인, 사회적 지지가 척수장애인의 사회통합에 미치는 영향을 비교한 결과 삶의 만족도는 신체 심리적 요인, 사회적 지지와 사회통합을 부분매개 하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 경제적 요인과 사회통합에는 완전매개 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 척수장애인의 삶의 만족도를 높이면 척수장애인의 사회통합의 목적을 달성할 수 있을 것이라는 것을 시사하고 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.382-397
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• 2016

본 연구는 독일이 통일 후 사회적 통합을 이루기 위해 노력한 여러 가지 방안 중에서 동독지역의 경제적 안정체제를 확립하기 위한 노동력 재생산을 어떻게 만들었는지, 그 교훈과 시사점을 중심으로 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 분석은 한국이 점진적으로 안정된 평화통일을 하든, 갑작스러운 북한의 붕괴로 인한 흡수든, 어떠한 통일 상황에서도 남 북 전체의 경제적 안정을 통한 사회통합이 이루어질 수 있도록 민족의 화합과 동질성 회복, 정체성 확립을 위해 무엇보다도 새로운 교육체제통합의 변화를 추구하는 것이 절대적으로 필요함을 강조하였다. 특별히 북한 주민과의 사회적 통합을 위한 북한지역 노동시장과 경제생활의 안정화를 위해 직업교육의 역할과 방향을 모색하는 것이 이 연구의 목적이다. 우선 통일 후 동 서독의 사회통합과정에서 나타난 경험, 즉 사회적 안정과 경제생활을 위한 직업교육 정책의 추진과정에 대한 선험적인 사례를 살펴보았다. 동독과 서독지역의 직업교육의 차이와 통합 추진 체계 과정 분석은 물론, 통합을 위한 직업교육 정책의 성과와 문제점을 파악하였다. 동 서독 각자 직업교육의 특별한 여러 차이점 속에서도 이원화제도라는 유사한 하나의 체제를 공통점으로 찾아 협력하면서 노동시장의 통합과 경제적 안정화를 위한 새로운 직업교육정책을 이끌었다. 그러나 경제사회적 통합을 위한 서독의 지원에도 불구하고 동독지역이 이를 수용하기에는 역부족으로 나타나 정책실폐의 결과를 보기도 했다. 이러한 논의를 바탕으로 남 북 통일을 대비한 차원에서 진정한 내적통합을 이루기 위해 북한 주민들의 자립, 자활을 촉진시키고, 노동시장의 안정화와 경제생활을 이끌어갈 수 있는 직업교육의 효과적 방안들을 제안하고자 하였다.

• STI Policy Review
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.11-24
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• 2011

S&T policy has been traditionally regarded as a sector policy; however, it is now evolving into an infrastructure innovation policy that forms the foundation of diverse types of policies. Simultaneously, environmental and energy policies formerly considered as sector policies are now being expanded and integrated into a higher level policy for sustainable development. With these changes underway, the importance of policy integration has increased. Efforts are being made to minimize contradictions between environmental, social, and innovation policies that emphasize proactive linkage among policies or place the highest priority on environmental policy following the theory of Environmental Policy Integration (EPI). Confronted with these policy changes, the Lee Myung-bak government announced "Low-Carbon Green Growth" in 2008 as national agenda for development that focus attention on environmental and energy issues. Economic policy and environmental policy have been traditionally seen in a conflicting relationship with different paths of policy development. However, the administration of President Lee is now emphasizing the synergy effects between the environment and economic growth with the concept of green growth. The green growth policy of the Korean government has great significance as it has built a momentum for incorporating social goals such as environmental values or sustainable development into economic growth-oriented policies; however, there remain many challenges due to the legacy of the development period that has dominated Korean society. The Korean government says it reflects "EPI" or "environmentalism" in policy goals; however, in reality it prioritizes development over the environment.

• 무역학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.21-37
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• 2022

This study sought to look at why Facebook and Twitter, which have dominated the social media market, are moving away from other services. To this end, we sought to identify the causes of churn in terms of firm-level strategic direction and resource allocation, which have not been actively presented to the studies. For this purpose, this study divides the social media firm's strategies into horizontal expansion strategy and vertical integration strategy based on the existing reports and researches, and how each of the representative firms' strategies affects users' switching behavior. As a result, there was a significant difference in the strategic direction of the social media firm, when a horizontal expansion strategy is taken, user's switching intention is higher than when a vertical integration strategy is taken. In addition, the switching intention according to the level of dependence showed that the lower the dependence on social media, the higher the intention to switch to other media. The findings are expected to provide highly realistic and concrete strategic alternatives for a variety of economic actors, such as individuals and companies who want to do business using social media.