• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.103-116
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 고등학생의 협력적 소비 의향을 제공행동과 이용행동을 기준으로 유형 분류한 후 각 군집 유형별로 소비자교육 경험과 기대 혜택의 예측 요인을 비교 분석하는 것이다. 온라인 설문조사를 통해 취합된 고등학생 418명의 자료를 사용하여 기술통계, 군집분석, 다항 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 협력적 소비 의향은 4가지 군집유형으로 분류되었다. 제공행동과 이용행동이 모두 높은 적극적 집단, 제공적극집단, 이용적극집단 그리고 제공과 이용행동이 모두 낮은 소극적 집단으로 유형화되었다. 둘째, 적극적 집단에 속할 가능성을 높여주는 요인은 대중매체, 사회적 편익, 즐거움, 커뮤니티효과, 평판으로 나타났으며, 제공적극집단에 속할 가능성을 높여주는 요인은 가정소비자교육과 대중매체, 즐거움과 평판으로 나타났다. 이용적극집단에 속할 가능성을 높여주는 요인으로는 즐거움으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해, 협력적 소비의 활성화와 올바른 정착을 위해 소비자교육의 체계적인 접근이 요구되어진다. 아울러 협력적 소비의 균형적인 발전을 위해서는 학교소비자교육에 대한 체계적 확립이 필요하며, 실질적인 혜택을 다양하게 경험할 수 있는 환경적 시스템이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.465-473
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• 2021

This study is the application of a choice experiment to assess Mekong Delta urban households' preferences and motivations for ecosystem conservation in the U Minh forest. The study applied a choice modeling approach to estimate the economic values of the proposed ecosystem conservation program in the U Minh forest by accessing urban consumer preferences and their willingness to pay for the project. Discrete choice experimental data was collected from 450 residents in the cities of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The multinomial logit model was employed to identify consumer's stated preferences for the environmental and sustainability attributes of the conservation project. The results showed that Mekong Delta urban residents paid much attention to the proposed project to protect and develop the U Minh forest. In addition, the results showed that higher education, income, and knowledge of the U Minh forest revealed a higher likelihood of selecting the project, while the older residents would select the status quo more than the younger ones. The study also proved that the effect of participation had a strong impact on the willingness to pay for the project. The findings could be useful for policymakers to take action to raise resident's awareness and willingness to pay for the U Minh forest project.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2001

This study measures whether people who are expected to live in the new city of Namak are environmentally and ecologically aware, and it investigates which variables are related to their willingness to move to an ecological city. This study investigated the environmental cognition of inhabitants in Chollanam Province; it focused particularly on ecologically -oriented values, environmental knowledge, environmental management behavior, and the awareness of an ecological city. For the purposes of this study, 500 inhabitants from Mokpo, Kwangju and Muan who are expected to live in a new city of Namak were surveyed. Awareness of the ecological city was at medium level; half of the respondents were not aware of an ecological city. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to estimate the effects of the variables on the awareness of the ecological city. The most significant variable was environmental knowledge. Next, experience in environmental education and homeownership affected awareness. Half of the respondents were willing to move to an ecological city. Among all of the variables, seven variables were significantly related to the willingness to move to an ecological city.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to analyze characteristics of environmental awareness and environmental worldviews on environmental UCCs which made by 27 pre-service biology teachers, and relationship between environmental awareness and environmental worldviews of them. Environmental worldviews were divided into planetary management worldview, stewardship worldview and environmental wisdom worldview. As for theme fo environmental UCCs, most of pre-service teachers chose themes such as environmental destruction, environmental protection, environmental conservation and coexistence with human and environment. Themes of environmental UCCs were somewhat different between females and males. Female pre-service teachers preferred UCC themes related to human's daily life as a consumer but males preferred to environmental protection. Many pre-service teachers referred that major cause of environmental problem was development of environment. Most of them had envionmental wisdom worldview, and tried to use fear appeal to express ways of solving of environmental problems and envieonmnetal worldviews. After making environmental UCCs, more pre-service teachers had envionmental wisdom worldview. This result implies that it is necessary to develop pre-service educational programs realted to environmental worldview formation.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to classify the environmental awareness attitudes of university students and analyze their differences in social support pursuit, and apparel consumption behavior. Questionnaires were administered to 236 college students living in Daegu City and Kyoungbuk province. Frequency, factor analysis, reliability analysis, cluster analysis, ANOVA, Duncan-test, and t-test were used for data analysis. The findings were as follows. The environmental awareness attitudes had factors as recognizing the importance of environmental issues, purchase of eco-friendly products, public opinion legislation awareness, interests on eco-friendly product, and eco-friendly practice. Social support pursuit were found as marginal people support pursuit, emotional support pursuit, informational support pursuit, and problem-solving support pursuit. Apparel consumption behavior were found as planned purchase, social participation attitude, clothes recycling, life practice, low-price orientation, emphasis on designs, clothing-life practice, and consciousness over others. The environmental awareness attitudes of university students were classified into four groups of Consumers of Environment-Awareness, Consumers of Environment-interests, Consumers of Environment-practice, and Consumers of Low Environment-awareness. The groups showed significant difference in social support pursuit, and apparel consumption behavior. Gender of university students showed significant differences the environmental awareness attitudes, social support pursuit, and apparel consumption behavior. It is meaningful to find out the significant relationship in a social context between environment recognition and social support pursuit related by friends. This study also offered a basic information related to social support pursuit by the types of university students' environmental awareness attitude and consumption on clothing, which is necessary for environmental education and green consuming behavior.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.745-756
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• 2023

Growing stringent global regulations in Korea poses a threat to corporate sustainability. Companies must respond strategically to navigate these regulations and avoid greenwashing. Objective of this research was to analyze how Korean companies are responding to the global trend of reducing plastic use and propose improved management strategies. Seven indicators were developed to assess companies' post-plastic strategies and applied to analyze the sustainability reports of Amore Pacific and LG Household & HealthCare. These indicators included, 1) disclosure of plastic raw materials used by weight or volume, 2) disclosure of recycled plastic raw materials used by weight or volume, 3) disclosure of waste recycling, reuse amounts, and disposal using waste treatment method 4) strategies to reduce environmental impact of plastics, 5) plastic packaging, reduce, recycle, reuse, and composting (in the real environment), 6) plastic management roadmap for the circular economy, and 7) education for sustainable plastic management. Based on the review of considered companies, we propose in-listed sustainable plastics management strategies: disclosing the ratio of plastic raw materials and recycled raw materials for all products, considering recycling rate throughout the product value chain, and not only for the production phase, reviewing carbon dioxide emissions based on life cycle assessment rather than reducing plastic consumption, studying the biodegradability of biodegradable plastics in natural environment such as soil, considering the consumer's perspective.

• 정보화정책
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.91-106
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• 2012

스마트그리드를 성공적으로 구축하기 위해서는 소비자 수용성 확보라는 정책목표를 설정하고, 소비자 수용성에 영향을 미치는 요인을 과학적으로 분석해 나가야 한다. 결국 최종 소비자가 스마트그리드 제품 및 서비스를 받아들이느냐 여부에 따라 스마트그리드의 확산이 달려 있기 때문이다. 아직 국내에서 스마트그리드 소비자 수용성 요인을 체계적으로 연구한 사례가 없는 가운데, 본 연구는 기존 스마트그리드 수용성 요인에 대한 검토를 통해 스마트그리드 수용을 확대하기 위한 정책적 시사점을 이끌어내고자 하였다. 분석결과, 주요 수용요인으로 금전적 편익, 친환경성, 사이버 보안, 이해도 등을 확인하였다. 그리고 소비자 중심의 스마트그리드 교육 및 홍보, 환경 친화적 제도와 연계, 스마트그리드 사이버보안 강화 등에 대한 정책적 시사점을 제시하였다. 본 연구는 스마트그리드 소비자 수용성 관련 실증분석을 시행함에 있어 주요 참고자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이고, 스마트그리드 소비자 세분화 연구에 있어서도 주요 이론적 토대가 될 것이다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.138-148
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 폐플라스틱의 재활용 현황을 조사한 후 재활용을 저해하는 요인들을 분석하였다. 폐플라스틱의 재활용율을 저해하는 요인들은 토지와 인력확보의 어려움, 플라스틱의 종류별 재질표시 미흡, 경제적 유인책인 예치금과 부담금의 요율의 부적합 등으로 나타났다. LCA 방법을 통한 폐플라스틱의 재활용성을 분석하기 위하여 PET 재질의 물질 재활용 공정에 대한 LCA를 수행하였다. PET를 처녀원료로만 제조하는 것보다 재생 PET원료를 함께 사용했을 때의 환경영향은 오존층 파괴를 제외한 나머지 영향범주에서 (-)값으로 나타나 보다 환경친화적임이 밝혀졌다. 특히 지구온난화 영향의 범주에서 환경삭감 효과(avoided impact)가 크게 나타났다. 폐플라스틱의 재자원화를 활성화 하려면 먼저 재활용품에 대한 분리수거 제도가 확립되어야 하고 재활용 가능표시가 명확해야 하며 소비자들이 이를 쉽게 이해할 수 있어야 한다. 또한 생산자 예치금 및 소비자 예치금의 요율이 합리적이어야 하며 재활용에 대한 인프라구축, 정보체계 확립, 공공교육을 통한 시민들의 협조가 필요하다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.123-138
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• 2024

With the increase in online shopping and delivery food consumption since the pandemic, solving environmental problems caused by single-use packaging has become an important issue. 'Upcycling' is a combination of 'Upgrade' and 'Recycle', and it is the rebirth of obsolete or discarded objects by adding new value to them, and there are currently various upcycled products on the market. In order to activate upcycling, consumers' awareness of the environment and their values for consumption are very important. This study aims to investigate the influence of students' environmental concern, environmental experience, and consumption value on their purchase intention of upcycled products. Based on the results of previous studies on environmental concern, environmental experience, and consumption value, hypotheses were set, and a survey was conducted among university students nationwide to test the hypotheses. The results of this study are as follows First, environmental concern has a significant positive effect on purchase intention of upcycled products. It can be seen that the more environmental concerns such as global warming and waste disposal problems increase, the more positive attitudes toward upcycled products increase. Second, the research hypothesis that environmental knowledge will have a positive effect on the purchase intention of upcycled products is rejected. It was found that environmental knowledge is acquired through environmental education and many SNS, but it does not have a direct effect on the purchase intention of upcycled products. Third, it was found that the consumption value of college students has a positive effect on the purchase intention of upcycled products by increasing their positive perception of upcycled products. Fourth, college students' purchase intention of upcycled products has a positive effect on their behavioral intention to purchase upcycled products. The results of the study provide implications for relevant organizations such as universities and companies to effectively design upcycling-related education. It is also expected to have a positive impact on the use of upcycled products by providing basic information on the characteristics of consumers who purchase upcycled products.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.281-300
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• 2023

Recently, the call for better accountability and social responsibility from corporations has been regularly voiced, both in the academic literature and in public discussions. This poses a challenge to the existing literature in understanding consumption behaviors to direct them toward sustainable development. This study investigates the purchase intention of Gen Z consumers in Vietnam with green packaging products. Data were collected from 914 respondents by online questionnaire and then analyzed using OLS. The results suggest the significant influence of customers' income and packaging in driving customers' intention to use environmentally-friendly products. Specifically, consumers in a higher income class participate more actively in green purchases. However, problems associated with inadequate packaging are also illustrated, resulting in the poor perception of green messages and poor practice of ecological actions. Besides, subjective norms and green trust are found to be adversely related to green consumer intention. In addition, gender disparity in green behavior is reported, where female consumers show a higher tendency to ecological consumption than their male counterparts. Other demographic factors are also included in the model as control variables, which are age, education, price, environmental literacy, environmental concern, and psychological awareness, but they do not have a significant impact on green purchase intention.