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Determinants of the Small and Medium Enterprises Progress: A Case Study of SME Entrepreneurs in Manado, Indonesia

  • PRAMONO, Rudy;SONDAKH, L.W.;BERNARTO, Innocentius;JULIANA, Juliana;PURWANTO, Agus
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.881-889
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to descriptively reveal the demographic and business profile and personal-entrepreneurial characteristics in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi, and secondly to associate these profiles and characters to their business progress. A sample size of 21 respondents was drawn - selected from those who warmly welcomed the interviewers for an open-ended structured questionnaire. SPSS 24 has been employed to descriptively reveal the sample distribution according to demographic factors and business entities and to determine the dominant factors affecting the progress of the business by testing the hypothesis on the association of variables under study using specified statistical analytical tools, such as regression analysis, especially stepwise regression formula, between specified dependent variables and independent variables and /or between all variables. The stepwise regression analysis has enabled the researcher to determine which variables are the most important reflecting the personal characteristics theorized as "locus of control": self-efficacy, needs for achievement, personal traits, and barriers to business progress The analysis reveals that the progress of business does have an association and is dependent on the source of capital and education, needs for achievement and locus of control.

Mental Health and Stress by Socio-Demographic Characteristics among Seoul Citizens (서울시 지역주민의 인구.사회경제적 특성별 정신건강 실태 및 스트레스)

  • Sohn, Ae-Ree;Kim, Tae-Kyung;Ryu, Eun-Jung;Oh, Gyung-Jae;Ahn, Dong-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2010
  • Objectives: This study furthers the currents understanding of mental health status and stress level among Seoul citizens and to identify differences according to socio-demographic variables for developing mental health programs. Methods: The study subjects using cluster-stratified sampling method were 1234 adults over 19 years old from 17 dong, S-Ku in Seoul City. A cross-sectional study with face-to-face interview was used to collect data. A questionnaire measuring socio-demographic variables, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) and psychosocial wellbeing index-short form (PWI-SF) was utilized. Results: Three findings in this study were discussed: (1) The rate of clinical mental health was low in contrary to that of border group which was high and the rate of high risk group of stress was 68.1% (men 67.0%, women 69.0%); (2) The mental health and the stress level was significantly higher among female, elderly, lower education level, divorced, and lower family income; and (3) In Pearson correlation analysis, stress were correlated to all 9 symptoms of SCL-R. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the future intervention of Mental Health programs should be carefully designed and tailored by socio-demographic variables.

A Study on the Selection Behavior and the Post-purchase Satisfaction for Men's Suits (남성 정장의 선택행동 및 구매 후 만족도)

  • Park, Young-Hee
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.46-59
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    • 2010
  • This study is a survey research for adult men in their from 20's to 50's. The purpose of this study is to find out that demographic characteristic, material knowledge, and purchase price have what effect on the selection behavior and the post-purchase satisfaction. The results are as follows. The purchase place according to demographic characteristic showed the significant difference in ages, monthly income, and occupation. The purchase amount per a dress suit and the having quantity of dress suits showed the significant difference according to all demographic characteristics. The importance of an selective criteria in case of selecting dress suits showed the partly significant difference according to demographic characteristics. The post-purchase satisfaction showed the no significant difference according to demographic characteristics, but showed the significant difference according to the knowledge degree for materials and purchase amounts. The interaction effect among demographic characteristics, the degree of knowledge for materials, and the purchase amount showed frequently the significant difference between two variables. The factor which have most greatly an effect on post-purchase satisfaction of menswear was the degree of knowledge for materials.

A Study on Life Style and Environmental Behavior of Seoulite Housewives (서울시 주부들의 생활양식과 환경보전행동에 관한 연구)

  • 최남숙
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.18-29
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    • 1994
  • This paper is to examine relative explaining power of socio-demographic variables, life style variables, environmental education, and environmental consciousness on the environmental behavior of housewives. Major results were as follows : As for life style, there different types such as socio-oriented, spare-life, fashion-oriented were examined. Spare-life style was most pervasive on Seoulite housewives. And spare-life style was emerged when housewives ages were old, education level was low, household income was low, hose type was Life-style were most influencing variables on environmental behavior. And environmental education was more powerful variables than environmental consciousness.

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A Study of the User's Satisfaction by the Adoption of MIS (MIS의 채택에 따른 이용자 만족에 관한 연구)

  • 고종식;허원배
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.19 no.39
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of this study is to increase the economical efficiency and the efficiency of MIS user's attitudes. It hypothesized that an attitudes of users are different from an environmental variables and demographic variables of an organization. So, it selected attitude variables as moderating variables. The sample in this study is the management staff of financial industries only, and the data are selected by field study using a questionnaire. The hypotheses adopted were analyzed statistically by t-test and ANOVA etc.

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Cognitive Abilities and Auditory Event Related Potentials in Patients with Schizophrenia (조현병 환자의 인지기능과 뇌 사건유발전위의 관계)

  • Kim, Ka-Young;Min, Jung-Ah;Chae, Jeong-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.115-120
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    • 2012
  • Objectives : Event-related potentials have been suggested as an objective marker for brain functions in psychiatric disorders. This study was aimed to investigate the relationships between P300, the mismatch negativity (MMN), the loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential (LDAEP), demographic and clinical variables including neurocognitive abilities in patients with schizophrenia. Methods : P300, the MMN, and the LDAEP were measured and the Korean Stroop color-word test (K-stroop test) and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) were performed in 43 patients with schizophrenia. The relationship of the latency and amplitude of P300 and the MMN as well as regression slope of the LDAEP with demographic and clinical variables were analyzed by t-test and correlation analyses for categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Results : After controlling for age, the latency of central (Cz) and parietal (Pz) P300 posivitively correlated with GAF at admission (Cz ; ${\gamma}$ = 0.385, p = 0.047, Pz ; ${\gamma}$ = 0.421, p = 0.029). The amplitude of parietal P300 correlated with the correction rate of the K-stroop test (${\gamma}$ = 0.575, p = 0.002). In addition, the frontal (Fz) P300 latency tended to negatively correlated with the correction rate of the WCST (${\gamma}$ = -0.371, p = 0.057). Conclusions : Our findings suggest that the values of P300 latency and amplitude might be correlated with GAF at admission and working memory measured by the K-Stroop test and the WCST. Meanwhile, the MMN and the LDAEP did not correlate with demographic and clinical variables. These results support the results of previous studies showing associations with P300 and impaired cognitive ability.

Association between Vibration Exposure and Skeletal Muscle Mass Index in a Single University Hospital Health Check-up (일개 대학 병원 건강 검진 수검자에서 진동 노출과 골격근 지수의 관련성)

  • Park, Young Sook;Chae, Chang Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.313-320
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between vibration exposure and skeletal muscle mass index through a single university health check-up. Methods: We used data from 134,067 male subjects who received a general health check-up or vibration exposure health check-up out of the 1,515,322 people who underwent medical check-up at a local university hospital from 2002 to 2018. Pearson correlation analysis was conducted for comparing the association between skeletal muscle mass index and demographic and hematological variables in both groups. Mixed linear model analysis after controlling demographic and hematological variables was used to analyze the differences in skeletal muscle mass index between groups at every visit over 10 years. Results: In the Pearson correlation test, the variables that showed different results when comparing the two groups were C-reactive protein (p=0.001) and glycated hemoglobin (p=0.002) in the vibration exposure group and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p<0.001) and vitamin D (p<0.001) in the general group. After the adjustment of demographic and hematologic variables, the skeletal muscle mass index at every visit was markedly decreased in the vibration exposure group (p<0.001). Conclusions: In the vibration exposure group, the skeletal muscle mass index showed a tendency to decrease markedly over time compared to the general health check-up group, which showed that C-reactive protein and glycated hemoglobin would have an influence on skeletal muscle index in male workers exposed to vibration.

Alcohol Use Disorder, Stress, Mental Health and Suicide among Seoul Citizens (서울시 지역주민의 알코올장애와 스트레스, 정신건강 및 자살)

  • Sohn, Ae-Ree;Legaspi, Sherme Villasurda;Hong, In-Ok;Kim, Tae-Kyung;Ryu, Eun-Jung;Oh, Gyung-Jae
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.71-81
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    • 2009
  • Objectives: This study furthers the currents understanding of alcohol use disorders, stress, mental health status and suicide among Seoul citizens. This study is to identify differences according to socio-demographic variables and variables which affect stress, mental status and suicide for developing mental health programs. Methods: The study subjects using cluster-stratified sampling method were 1234 adults over 19 years old from 17 dong, S-Ku in Seoul City. A cross-sectional study with face-to-face interview was used to collect data. A questionnaire measuring socio-demographic variables, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) and psychosocial wellbeing index-short form (PWI-SF) was utilized. Results: Three findings in this study were discussed: (1) The prevalence of problem drinking and alcohol dependence and AUDIT score were significantly higher among male, younger age, and high level of education and income; (2) AUDIT score were related with stress, all 9 symptoms of SCL-R and suicide plan; (3) Problem drinkers were more likely to have 2.5 times of anxiety, 3.0 times of hostility, and 2.4 times psychoticism than non alcohol problem drinkers. Alcohol dependence drinkers were more likely to have 1.9 times of high risk group of stress, 4.1 times of obsessive-compulsive, 4.7 times of anxiety, 5.5 times of hostility, and 2.3 times psychoticism than non alcohol dependence drinkers. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the future intervention of Mental Health programs should be carefully designed and tailored by socio-demographic variables.