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Reforms of Social Security System : Social Assistance Programmes in the U.K. (영국 사회보장제도의 개혁 : 사회부조(Social Assistance)를 중심으로)

  • Shin, Dong-Myeon
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.46
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    • pp.178-209
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    • 2001
  • This paper aims to provide a critical assesment of Conservatives's and new Labour's social assistance reforms in the U.K. and their differential impacts on low income groups. During the period of 18 years in power, the Conservative governments enforced benefit recipients being capable of work to be out of benefits and to get into work. They employed not only 'carrots' to encourage beneficiaries being capable of work to have full-time work, but also 'sticks' to discourage them to depend on benefits. The reforms under the Conservative governments were closer to the workfare model. The new Labour government has continued to emphasize work regarding social security reform. It has raised 'from welfare to work' as the main reform objective. However, it has not necessarily focused on 'carrots and sticks' in order to get beneficiaries into work. Instead, the new Labour government has put its priority regarding social assistance reform on human capital development in order to develop the capability of beneficiaries for work. Britain under the new Labour government seems to be moving from workfare to activation model. These differentials between the Conservative governments and the new Labour government regarding social assistance reforms bring about the different policy outcomes. Under the Conservative government, social assistance programmes were prone to strengthen the state's control over benefit recipients and to increase stigma to them. Punitive, demeaning, stigmatising programmes of work and unending job search activities harm the bases of self-respect. On the contrary, the activation programmes under the new Labour government has contributed positively to both socially significant participation and autonomy of beneficiaries.

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The Effect of Worker's Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention of Hospital Welfare (병원의 복지제도가 근로자의 직무만족과 이직의도에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Jae-Woo;Kim, Sung-Ho;Hwang, Seul-Ki
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate of welfare as employer's voluntary benefits and services in hospital on organizational effectiveness. This study was measured attitudes towards welfare and behavioral intentions and their relationship to welfare satisfaction, job satisfaction, turnover intention among employees. Attitudes towards welfare in hospitals and behavioral intentions were assessed using a sample of 163 employees who work in 4 hospitals in Seoul, Kyunggi, Daejeon. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaires from June 1 to 29 in 2012 and analyzed SPSS 18 by using correlation analysis, regression and SEM(structural equation modeling). The results of this study indicate that welfare satisfaction was positively related to job satisfaction, but negatively to turnover intention. Based on these findings, it can be defined that welfare satisfaction strongly influences job satisfaction, turnover intention among employees. The implications of this study are discussed and areas for future research are presented.

What Hinders the Transition from Benefits Recipiency to Labor Market in the Korean Social Assistance Program? : In the case of working-age recipients (근로연령대 수급자의 탈빈곤 : 노동시장통합 결정 요인에 관한 연구)

  • Chang, Jiyeun;Lee, Hyonjoo;Cheon, Byungyou
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.66 no.3
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    • pp.185-208
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    • 2014
  • This study is to identify the factors deterring or precipitating the exit from welfare recipiency to labor market in the Korean social assistance program. The results from the empirical analyses of the Korea Welfare Panel Study(KOWEPS) show that the duration dependency is not due to increasing welfare dependency with duration, but to the fact that longer stayers have many vulnerable conditions to escape from poverty. Particularly, the main factors determining the transition from recipiency to labor market are not individual or household characteristics such as human or social capital. Those having adolescents of secondary education in their households or participating in some effective labor market program such as job placement service tend to have significant effects on the exit rates from recipiency. That means that the institution-related factors such as the education and health supports combined with benefits and the effective labor market programs are important in the translation from recipiency to labor market of working-age recipients in the Korean social assistance scheme.

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The Utilization of Military Welfare Facilities by Private Sectors (군 복지시설의 민간활용 연구)

  • Syung uk Lee;Jinsoo Ko
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.83-95
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to improve the private utilization of military welfare facilities that are aging or underutilized in urban areas. It also aims to develop ways to strengthen cooperative win-win strategies between the military and local communities. The use of military welfare facilities by the private sector refers to activities where the private sector generates additional benefits or added value by allowing the use of these facilities, including both private use and improvements to facilities or development of land through private sector involvement. From the perspective of the city and the locals, military welfare facilities are perceived as resident-friendly and excellent urban resources that can promote reciprocal satisfaction between the military and local communities. From the perspective of the military, military welfare facilities are important for enhancing the welfare of military personnel. However, they often face limitations in providing various welfare services due to the aging of facilities and limited operations with a single purpose. The improvement of private utilization of military welfare facilities will bring diverse reciprocal benefits to the military, the city, and the locals. Above all, improving the private utilization of military welfare facilities can help the military and local communities jointly address diverse urban issues. To establish cooperative governance and find flexible and diverse development strategies that can promote the welfare of the military and enhance the quality of life for the locals, it is important that both the military and local communities make continuous efforts.

A Study on the Characteristic analysis for the Facilities of the Korea Forest Welfare for Life Cycle (생애주기별 산림복지시설의 특성분석에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Bum-Jin;Yeom, Dong-geol;Kim, Se-bin;Kyeon, ChiWon;Joung, Dawou;Kim, GeonWoo;Choi, YoonHo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.104 no.2
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    • pp.285-293
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to find some characteristics for the facilities of the 'Korea Forest Welfare for Life Cycle' through the domestic case analysis, so that we draw implications applicable to the policy on Korea Forest Welfare. For this, we brought and analyzed statistical data together from scattered sources. As the characteristics for the facilities of the Korea Forest Welfare for Life Cycle, first, there is the quantitative imbalance of forest welfare institutions for the each life cycle. Second, there is a lack of facilities in urban areas. Third, the facilities are mostly located in national or public forests. And, based on those characteristics, we suggest several things as follows that is applicable to the related policy. First, it is necessary to meet the needs of facilities that need to be built evenly for each life-cycle. Second, facilities of the Forest Welfare for Life Cycle which is adjacent to the life zone should be built more to increase accessibility. Third, forests in Korea are almost comprised of private forests. Using only national and public forests has an unfavorable condition to confer a benefits of forest welfare on the people evenly than using national, public and private forests all together. Therefore, there is a need to invigorate private capital and utilize private forests so that the favorable condition can be made to confer a benefits of forest welfare on the people evenly and adjust balance of the quantity for the facilities of forest welfare.

The Effect of the Conflict of Kitchen Employees in Deluxe Hotel on Turnover (특급호텔 조리직 종사원의 갈등이 이직에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jung-Soo
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.13 no.1 s.32
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    • pp.99-111
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    • 2007
  • This study aims at inquiring into the effect of kitchen employees' conflict factors in deluxe hotels on turnover to present a improvement plan. For this, it made a survey of 292 kitchen employees in deluxe hotels from December 1 to 10, 2006. The results were as follows: First, it showed that the service welfare conflict had a positive effect on the compensational turnover, and high compensational turnover was caused by high conflict of welfare or benefits. Second, it showed that the cooking job conflict had a positive effect on the developmental turnover. Third, it showed that the colleague relationship conflict had a positive effect on the developmental turnover. Consequently, each factor of compensational and developmental turnover had significantly positive correlation to the cooking job conflict, service welfare conflict and colleague relationship conflict. Considering the above results, the employees' turnover produced results that are contrary to negative and positive effects traditionally discussed various effects or results on organization.

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Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows - A Review

  • Yun, Jinhyeon;Valros, Anna
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1519-1524
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    • 2015
  • It is well known that prepartum sows have an innate motivation to build a nest before parturition. Under commercial conditions, however, the farrowing crate, which is widely used in modern pig husbandry, inhibits this innate behaviour through the lack of space, materials, or both. Thus, restriction of nest-building behaviour could generate increased stress, resulting in a decrease in maternal endogenous hormones. Hence, it could lead to detrimental effects on farrowing and lactating performance. Here we review interactions between prepartum nest-building behaviour, stress and maternal endogenous hormone levels, and discuss their effects on parturition, lactation, and welfare of sows and offspring.

A Study on the Community Complex Combining Elderly Welfare Facility with School (노인복지시설과 학교시설의 복합화 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Soonjung;Jeon, Sung-Min
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2008
  • As a result of rapid aging speed in our society, many problems related to elderly people have happened in many parts of our society. Among them, supply for elderly housing is one of the biggest problems. In downtown areas, despite of the high demand for elderly housing, there is not enough supplement of them due to the lack of real estates. Considering the situations above, this study proposes multi generation complex which combining the school and elderly welfare facility. This combination not only brings financial benefits but also has positive effects on cultural exchanges between generations. This study concentrates on finding out effective ways to combine elderly welfare facilities with community schools.

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German Family Policy in Gender Perspective (독일 가족정책의 현황과 젠더적 성격)

  • Lee, Jin-Sook
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.93-118
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    • 2006
  • Family policy focusing on family-work linkage is characterized by family policy measures which are made up benefits in cash, leave policies and social infrastructure for child care. This study aims to identify gender ideology of german family policy. Based on diverse indicators, this study is tried to analyze characteristics of benefits in cash, leave policies and social infrastructure for child care in Germany. And then, as the results of policy - implementation the fertility rate and women employment rate are presented. In Germany, family policies have been reformed in order to better support working parents. In spite of diverse endeavors, the results of this study show that german family policy has limits to family-work linkage. Family benefits in cash has had no effect on increase in fertility and women employment because of its traditional gender ideology. Leave policy and social infrastructure have to be improved for better provision of public chid care.

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Impact of the Private Insurance Benefits and the medical Care Expenditure on Household Income Inequality (가구소득불평등에 민간보험수입과 의료비본인부담지출이 미친 영향)

  • Lee, Yong-Jae;Kim, Hyung-Eick
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.625-633
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of private insurance revenues and household spending on household income inequality. To this end, we conducted a concentration index and concentration curve analysis for the income level of medical panel survey data in 2015. The main results are as follows. First, the household income concentration ratio is 0.3580, which means that income is concentrated in the high income group, and the degree of inequality is considerably large. Second, although the portion of the private insurance benefits was small on the high-income household, it helped to strengthen the benefits concentration on this group. Third, the low income group has a large self-pay medical expense. Finally, the index of the income excluding the burden of the total medical expenses in the household income was 0.3676, so that even accounting for medical expenses, the income was concentrated in the high income class. Therefore, private insurance benefits and medical expenses were all contributing factors to the inequality of household income, and this study provides the essential materials for research and policy planning which could lead to the convergence of different fields.