• 농업과학연구
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.296-307
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• 2017

Globally, consumers' enormous and increasing appetite for meat is one of the biggest causes of climate change because livestock industry emits more greenhouse gas than transportation. The purpose of this study is to analyze consumer awareness about the impact of meat consumption on sustainability in response to climate change. Based on the theory of planned behavior, the attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, prior knowledge, and risk perception variables were analyzed to evaluate the impact of climate change awareness over consumer behavior on meat consumption. Major findings are as follows: consumers were aware of climate change but has made few changes to their meat consumption. In addition, changes in meat consumption were found to be caused by health safety concerns, such as disease outbreaks. Significant variables related to meat consumption patterns associated to climate change impacts were household income, age, attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and prior knowledge. These results suggest some implications for policy. There is a need for public relations and education to make the public aware of and better understanding of link between climate change and diet. Also, government should make efforts to raise awareness of mitigation of climate change such as comprehensive food labels which are identifying lesser impacts on climate and better dietary guideline instructions which would include coping with climate change.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.908-918
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• 2023

The Saudi National Atomic Energy project aims to adopt peaceful nuclear technologies and be part of the country's energy mix. As emerging nuclear energy, it is essential to understand public concerns and acceptability of nuclear energy, as well as the factors influencing acceptance to develop nuclear energy policy and implement nuclear energy programs. The purpose of this study is to analyze the public attitudes and acceptance of nuclear energy among Saudi Arabian citizens by utilizing protection motivation theory and theory of planned behavior. A total of 1,404 participants answered a questionnaire which was distribute by convenience sampling approach. A Structural Equation Modeling framework was constructed and analyzed to understand public behavior toward building the country's first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Before analyzing the data, the model was validated. The research concluded that the benefits of nuclear power plants were essential in determining people's acceptance of NPPs. Surprisingly, the effect of the perceived benefits was found higher than the effect of the perceived risks to the acceptance. Furthermore, the public's participation in this study revealed that the NPPs location has a significant impact on their acceptance. Based on the finding, several policy implementations were suggested. Finally, the study's model results would benefit scholars, government agencies, and the business sector in Saudi Arabia and worldwide.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.53-65
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• 2020

Purpose: This study tests the suitability of a new technology acceptance model for a mobile payment system by checking how statistically significant the change is from the UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) and UTAUT 2 models. Research, Data, and Methodology: We surveyed 250 students at Incheon University who are using the mobile payment system. The analysis was conducted on 243 valid questionnaires. The survey was conducted for one month in October 2018. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and hierarchical regression analysis was applied. Results: Using hierarchical regression analysis, this study confirmed whether the newly added hedonic motivation, switching cost, and perceived risk variables in the UTAUT2 model are good explanatory variables. Mobile payment usage experience was found to have a moderating effect on mobile payment reuse intention. According to the analysis, the UTAUT2 model brought about more influential change than the variables of the UTAUT model. Conclusions: This study found that consumers' psychological factors added in the UTAUT2 model greatly influenced the reuse intention for mobile payment. As an implication of this study, mobile payment providers need to develop strategies that could meet hedonic motivation, switching cost and perceived risk for their customers.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.113-127
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• 2020

본 연구는 사회교환이론과 혁신확산이론을 바탕으로 크라우드펀딩 투자자의 투자 의도에 영향을 미치는 요인들 간의 상관관계를 확인하고, 가치공유가 위험 인지, 커뮤니케이션과 개인 혁신성과의 관계에서 신뢰의 조절 효과 분석을 포함하여 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 최종적인 목적은 연구 결과를 통해 개인적 차원으로 크라우드펀딩 투자자들의 투자 동향을 파악하고, 크라우드펀딩의 프로젝트 게시자들이 목표로 하는 자금조달을 달성하기 전략을 구체적으로 수립하는데 도움을 주고자 함이다. 실증 분석을 진행하기 위해서 크라우드펀딩에 참여했던 경험이 있는 20대 이상을 대상으로 온라인 설문 조사를 실시하여 총 228부의 설문지를 회수하여 불성실한 답변 42부를 제외한 총 186부의 응답으로 최종 분석을 하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 26.0과 Smart PLS 3.0을 통해 구조방정식 모형으로 경로 분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과로 프로젝트 게시자와 투자자 사이의 가치 공유는 투자자가 인지하는 위험에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 커뮤니케이션은 프로젝트의 몰입 수준과 투자자 개인의 혁신성에 긍정적인 영향을 보여주었으며, 투자 의도에 있어서 몰입 또한 유의한 결과를 확인할 수 있었다. 조절 효과 분석 결과 신뢰는 가치 공유와 위험 인지 사이의 관계에서만 유의한 결과를 보여주었다. 이는 투자자들이 프로젝트 게시자와 가치를 공유한다는 것은 크라우드펀딩에 참여하고자 하는 동기 유발의 요소이며, 위험을 인지하게 되는 계기라고 볼 수 있다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 본 연구를 통해 크라우드펀딩 투자자의 투자의도와 개인적 차원의 요인들을 실증적으로 파악하여, 크라우드펀딩 영역의 이해관계자들이 투자자를 유치하는 전략 수립이나 마케팅 방안 등에 실무적으로 유용하게 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.81-93
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• 2015

Purpose - "Showrooming" refers to the phenomenon where a shopper visits a store to see and compare products but makes the purchase online at a lower price. Surveys on showrooming activities at home and abroad indicate that a significant number of consumers pursue showrooming activities. The advent of "showroomers," who engage in buying activities, hovering both on and offline, while selectively choosing sales channels to suit their needs, is powerful enough to erode the borders between channels and bring about seismic changes in the distribution industry. However, surprisingly, there has been no in-depth discussion on showrooming. This study seeks to theoretically investigate what impact personal characteristics have on showrooming preferences and attitudes in a multi-channel environment. Specifically, assumptions have been made that price perception, perceived performance risk, and trust in online shopping not only have a direct impact on showrooming attitudes but also indirectly affect it through the means of contact motivation. Research design, data, and methodology - To test the hypotheses, this study conducted a survey of male and female shoppers, ages 20 through 40s, who live in metropolitan areas, and have actively showroomed fashion items in the last six months. A clothing item usually purchased after a careful decision-making process was chosen as the target product of the study. The survey was conducted between October and November 2014, using a professional survey service provider. A total of 200 surveys were collected, of which 198 were used for analysis. Conceptual model Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Amos 18.0 were employed for data analysis and model verification. In addition, following the confirmatory factor analysis and measurement model analysis, the theoretical model that corresponds to the research model was analyzed. Results - Analysis results show that price perception, perceived performance risk, and trust in online shopping have a statistically significant and positive (+) impact on showrooming attitudes. In addition, in terms of the indirect influence of price perception and perceived performance risk on showrooming attitudes through means of contact motivation, price perception had a statistically significant and positive impact on means of contact motivation, whereas perceived performance risk did not have a statistically significant impact on it, with the relevant hypothesis rejected. Conclusions - These analysis results imply that the ultimate goal of consumers is to maximize their shopping benefits by selectively and strategically taking advantage of different channels in a complementary manner. This study presents many implications for distributors to encourage a deep understanding of showrooming consumers who have complicated consumption behaviors and to build channel integration strategies. This study has limitations in theoretical and practical implications. Therefore, subsequent studies need to focus on verifying that showrooming activities are based on reasonable and planned decisions by applying the theory of reasoned or planned behavior. In addition, the scope of the study should expand to include web showrooming, where consumers conduct product research online and purchase offline.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.125-155
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• 2022

정보 통신 기술과 함께 급격하게 발전한 플랫폼은 그 혁신성에서 전통 산업과 많은 차이를 보여주고 있다. 기술 수용 모델을 기반으로 플랫폼의 수용을 촉진하거나, 혁신성에 저항하는 요인을 개별적으로 연구하던 선행 연구를 보완하기 위해, 본 연구는 듀얼 팩터 이론을 적용하여 촉진과 억제 요인이 소비자의 저항에 동시에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 연구 대상으로 타 플랫폼과 차별적 특성을 보이는 온라인 중고 거래 플랫폼의 구매자를 선정했으며, 선행 연구를 기반으로 이들의 과거 구매 횟수가 플랫폼의 저항과 사용 의도의 관계에 미치는 조절 효과를 같이 살펴보았다. 연구 결과, 촉진 요인인 경제적 이익은 저항에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을 미쳤으나, 사회적 영향은 영향을 미치지 못했다. 억제 요인의 경우, 인지된 복잡성과 인지된 위험이 모두 저항에 정(+)의 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 저항은 사용 의도에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을 미쳤으나, 사용자들의 구매 횟수가 늘어날수록 그 영향력은 정(+)의 방향으로 조절되었다. 마지막으로 저항은 선행요인(경제적 이익과 인지된 복잡성)과 사용 의도 사이에서 매개 효과를 가졌다.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.135-158
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• 2007

The purpose of this research is to identify multidimensional motivation factors that determine the piracy of copyrighted digital music. The model is based on TPB(theory of planned behavior) as well as other models in consumer behavior. An empirical study resulted in the following findings. first Both individual's attitude toward music piracy and individual's perceived behavior control have positive impacts on the individual's behavioral intention of piracy. It turned out that perceived behavior control has a stronger impact on behavioral intention than attitude does. Second, the level of individual's moral judgment has negative impacts on both the attitude and behavioral intention toward music piracy. Third, individual's experience in music piracy positively affects the attitude, but does not directly or indirectly affect the behavior intention. Fourth, an economic gain from music piracy is not a significant factor in determining both attitude and behavioral intention. Fifth, the risk of being prosecuted for music piracy is a major factor in determining one's attitude, although the risk is not significant enough to change one's behavioral intention. This research found that individuals' intention to pirate digital music is mainly affected by the moral and ethical standards of the individuals and by the extra resources and abilities they possess. Such factors as economic gain and law enforcement were not significant enough to alter one's behavioral intention. This research is significant in that it established a behavioral model to understand the piracy of copyrighted digital music and that it empirically tested the model with Internet users in Korea. This is one of the first empirical studies in Korea to touch such ethically and perhaps politically sensitive issues as online music piracy.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.43-58
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• 2013

This work investigates factors that may affect the choice of real options by ERP project managers. Financial theory suggest that these factors include risk-free interest rate, time to maturity, volatility of net present value, and options exercise price. Other than these factors, we are interested in the exogenous risks related to external uncertainties about technological cost, user learning and consulting, and so forth and we argue these risks should have a significant impact upon the volatility of net present value. To validate these factors empirically, we collected survey questionnaires from ERP project managers in Korea. We find that perceived exogenous risks with regard to ERP projects influence volatility and additionally find that ERP project managers prefer contract options of the project when the volatility of the project is expected to be high. We expect that this work will not only validate theoretical propositions but help project managers consider ERP options strategically based on these factors.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.259-272
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• 2022

Objectives: To identify the factors influencing the turnover intention of registered South Korean dental hygienists and analyze the effect sizes. Methods: Overall, 54 studies based on criteria of PICO from 1 January 2000 to 11 January 2022 were extracted. The factors related to turnover intention were applied to the ecological system theory and categorized. Subsequently, the effect size of the correlations was comprehensively meta-analyzed by dividing it into protective and risk factors depending on the negative or positive correlation direction. Results: For the overall effect size, the protective factor (ES_r=-0.458) was higher than the risk factor (ES_r=0.352). In the protective factors, organizational commitment and perceived organizational support belonging to the microsystem yielded the largest effect size. Furthermore, as for risk factors, burnout, job stress, work harassment, role conflict, and emotional labor belonging to the microsystem showed a moderate effect size. Conclusions: Factors belonging to the microsystem demonstrated a large effect size in both protection and risk factors for dental hygienists' turnover intention. Additionally, the factor showing the largest effect size was protective factor categorized into a microsystem.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1687-1692
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• 2012

Background: Few studies have examined theoretically informed constructs related to hepatitis B (HBV) testing, and comparisons across studies are challenging due to lack of uniformity in constructs assessed. The present analysis examined relationships among Health Behavior Framework factors across four Asian American groups to advance the development of theory-based interventions for HBV testing in at-risk populations. Methods: Data were collected from 2007-2010 as part of baseline surveys during four intervention trials promoting HBV testing among Vietnamese-, Hmong-, Korean- and Cambodian-Americans (n = 1,735). Health Behavior Framework constructs assessed included: awareness of HBV, knowledge of transmission routes, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, doctor recommendation, stigma of HBV infection, and perceived efficacy of testing. Within each group we assessed associations between our intermediate outcome of knowledge of HBV transmission and other constructs, to assess the concurrent validity of our model and instruments. Results: While the absolute levels for Health Behavior Framework factors varied across groups, relationships between knowledge and other factors were generally consistent. This suggests similarities rather than differences with respect to posited drivers of HBV-related behavior. Discussion: Our findings indicate that Health Behavior Framework constructs are applicable to diverse ethnic groups and provide preliminary evidence for the construct validity of the Health Behavior Framework.