• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.153-171
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• 2019

This is an exploratory study on facilitators, impediments and their priorities of firm innovation activities regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This study adopted an inductive method to explore the properties and contents of the facilitators and impediments. 10 main factors and 30 sub-factors (15 facilitators, 15 impediments) were extracted through the Delphi survey. The highest priority goes to the factor of executive-level officers' minds and future strategies. By examining the properties and contents of 15 facilitators and 15 impediments of innovation activities, this study notices that the most factors are related to the prior stage of innovation. It indicates that each firms' innovation activities regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution is not about the managing problems in (or of) innovation process, but closely associated with the degree of whether they are willing to be engaged with their innovation activities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In addition, this study proposes that the relationship between each firms' innovation activities on existing market/business and the new market/business regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be predicted as a dynamic reverse one. 15 facilitators and 15 impediments can influence two types of innovation activities. Finally, this study suggests that through priorities of facilitators and impediments, leadership and future strategies, culture and organization, and (human) resource acquisition are the prioritized areas for a further study of innovation activities.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to explore the extent of difficulties experienced by facilitators in the rural field forum and to derive a theoretical model for improving the satisfaction of facilitators in the rural field forum. Based on grounded theory, qualitative analysis used data collected through individual in-depth interviews with 10 facilitators who are working at the rural field forum. This collected data was analyzed using the Nvivo 11 program. Using a derived theoretical model, the result of analyzing the difficulties experienced by facilitators in the rural field forum showed the core phenomenon identified as difficulties on-site the forum. There was a clarification of the issues regarding improvement of their labour conditions in order to solve the difficulties on-site the forum. The issues towards improving labour conditions were low allowance, equal assignment, guaranteed four major insurances and so on. The facilitators have been trying to activate the rural field forum by promoting their own capacity through the cooperation between colleagues, post training, seminars, and conferences.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2013

정부가 기술벤처창업 육성을 위해 대규모 정부재원과 정책적 노력을 기울여 왔음에도 불구하고 창조형 창업은 부진하다는 분석이 제시되었다. 이에 정부는 그동안 창업자직접지원방식에 문제가 있음을 진단하고 정책의 패러다임을 시장전문가를 통한 간접지원방식으로 전환하고 있다. 이의 일환으로 정부는 최근 벤처 창업자금 생태계 선순환 방안을 발표하며 엔젤투자 및 M&A 활성화에 주력하고 있다. 특히 이번 정책은 창조경제 멍석깔기로 대변되며 그 핵심에는 창업자에 대한 엔젤투자활성화가 포함되어 있다. 그러나 이번 정책은 엔젤투자를 주도할 전문엔젤이 부족하다는 것이 치명적인 문제로 지적되고 있다. 더구나 실질적인 창업생태계 사례를 통해보면 엔젤투자를 전문적으로 수행할 전문엔젤은 단기간에 양성되는 것이 아니라 일정한 시간소요를 필요로 해 정책의 실효성 확보에 난제가 되고 있다. 본 연구는 이에 대한 대안으로 엔젤투자역량을 겸비한 창업 Facilitators 양성방안을 제시하고 있다. 본 연구는 기존의 단순엔젤투자가들과 BI 매니저 및 창업단계 컨설턴트인 창업지도사와 산학협력관련 전문가들을 일정한 교육과 훈련을 통해 엔젤투자 역량을 갖춘 창업 Facilitators로 양성하는 방법을 구체적으로 제시하였다. 이 연구는 크게 네 가지 연구를 수행하였다. 첫째, 정책적 선행연구로, 본 연구는 기존의 창업자 직접지원방식의 정책이 야기한 문제점과 이에 대한 대안제시를 목적으로 이스라엘의 벤처육성모델을 벤치마킹하였다. 둘째, 이론적 선행연구로, 본 연구는 창업단계 투자와 보육을 전담하고 있는 엔젤투자자와 BI 매니저 등에 대한 현황을 분석하였다. 셋째, 본 연구는 국내 창업지원전문가 부족문제를 해결해 줄 창업 Facilitators의 도입 필요성과 개념을 제시하였고, 넷째 본 연구는 국내 현실을 고려한 창업 Facilitators의 양성방안을 제시하였다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.529-538
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• 2005

Purpose: This study was conducted to 1) find out the frequency of tobacco control intervention, barriers, and facilitators. 2) compare the differences in tobacco control intervention, barriers, and facilitators between oncology nurses and general nurses. Method: A sample was composed of 96 oncology nurses and 284 general nurses. The survey questionnaire was mailed out to nurses who were working at the randomly selected hospitals throughout the country. The questionnaire was adopted from the study of national survey on oncology nurse's tobacco interventions in United States by Sarnar, et al.(2000). Results: Oncology nurses were found to provide tobacco control interventions more frequently comparing to the general nurses. "Patient not motivated to quit smoking", "Lack of time", "Lack of recognition/rewards", were the most commonly identified barriers. "Patient wants to quit", "Adequate time", "Confidence in ability help people to stop smoking", were the most commonly identified facilitators. Conclusions: Although oncology nurses are in an important position in delivering tobacco interventions and providing resources, their participation in consistent delivery of a tobacco control intervention was less than desirable. To help nurses participate in the assessment of tobacco use and interventions for cessation, the development of educational program is necessary.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.723-733
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• 2020

The study investigates the effects of online instructional facilitator's qualities on student performance of online class activities. The study explores the roles of instructional facilitators who may influence student performance of online class activities and their academic achievement. The study employs a set of aggregated data from 1,362 subjects and 10 facilitators who participated in multiple online classes. The results of independent samples t-test reveal that the student performance in online classes has no association with facilitators' educational background or academic degree, as well as demographic characteristics, student evaluation records and instructional achievement. The results of multiple regression analysis show that the facilitator engagement has a positive relation to the enhancement of student interaction, reading discussion messages, and the quality of discussion messages in online discussions. The results of correlation analysis show that the facilitator engagement has a positive impact on both increasing the number of reading discussion messages and enhancing the quality of discussion messages. The facilitator engagement increases the quantity of reading discussion postings and enhances the quality of discussion messages, which would be a substantial contribution to student performance by facilitators. The findings suggest that student performance and academic achievement in online classes are not independent of facilitator engagement.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.27-42
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• 2021

This study investigated the differences in patient experience by arrangement type of medical tourism facilitators(MTF) from the pre-visit to visit stages. Specifically, patient experiences from each stage with different service providers (MTFs and medical institutions) were measured: provision of information and respect for patient preferences as pre-visit experiences with the facilitators, communication and concierge services as visit experiences with the facilitators, and medical services as medical institution experiences. The scale to measure foreign patients' experiences was modified from the 'Picker in-patient questionnaire(PPE)' and the 'Picker patient experience questionnaire(PPE-15)'. Quantitative data were collected by conducting a self-administered questionnaire on 173 patients from China, Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. Qualitative data were collected by conducting in-depth interviews with 9 patients and 9 service providers. The data were collected between January and October in 2019. Quantitative data was analyzed by SPSS 25 for Chi-squared test and ANOVA, and qualitative data were analyzed based on keywords. The main results are as follows. When foreign patients used only overseas MTFs, they had a relatively positive patient experience in respect of receiving pre-visit information(F=7.47, p<.01) and respect for patient preferences(F=3.11, p<.05). Looking at both domestic and overseas facilitators during the visit, the patient experience was relatively negative for communication(F=3.75, p<.05). Regarding medical institutions, patients had a relatively negative patient experience with regards to medical services when they used both domestic and overseas facilitators(F=6.49, p<.01). The implications of this study are as follows. Patients should have a seamless and high-quality experience regardless of the facilitator arrangement type. This can be prepared through service standardization for the service providers. It would be also necessary to consider each other's features and problems at the institutional level and to improve service coordination by having service providers periodically communicate with each other.

• 한국체육학회지인문사회과학편
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.579-588
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• 2016

본 연구는 동계스포츠 참여자를 대상으로 여가촉진, 여가제약협상 및 진지한 여가의 인과관계를 규명하는데 목적이 있다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 경기, 강원지역에 위치한 스키장 4곳을 중심으로 활동하는 참여자를 모집단으로 선정하고 총 320명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 설문자료는 SPSS 21.0과 Amos 18.0 통계프로그램을 활용하여 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 여가촉진, 여가제약협상 및 진지한 여가의 가설적 모형에 대한 모형적합도 검증을 실시한 결과 모형적합도가 적합기준을 충족하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 여가촉진은 여가제약협상과 진지한 여가에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 여가제약협상은 진지한 여가에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 검증결과 본 연구에서 제시한 가설은 모두 채택되었다. 여가촉진은 제한적 요소를 극복하고 참여를 유도하기 위한 행동적, 인식적 전략으로 여가활동에서 나타날 수 있는 부정적 상황을 제거하고 감소시키기 위한 제약협상노력을 촉진시키고, 여가참여의지를 높임으로서 지속적 참여를 계획하고 노력하는 진지한 여가 활동에 긍정적 효과를 나타내고 있다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2022

The goal of this study is to see if there's a relationship between employees' ambidextrous behaviors and macro facilitators of organizational empowerment (such as control over workplace decisions, dynamic structural framework, and fluidity in information sharing) (exploration and exploitation). To acquire data, this study uses survey methods. A cross-sectional survey was done to collect information from academics at five large public sector universities in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Control over workplace decisions boosts academics' engagement in exploration and exploitation, while a dynamic structural framework merely increases their engagement in exploration, according to the findings based on data from 240 respondents (n = 240). The findings also show that information sharing flexibility has little effect on exploration and exploitation behaviors. In conclusion, the results of this study imply that organizational empowerment is critical for academics' ambidextrous behaviors to thrive. As a result, specific organizational facilitators of empowerment (such as control over workplace decisions and a dynamic structural framework) are advised in higher education institutions. This research is significant because it develops and tests a model that explains hitherto unexplored connections between macro facilitators of organizational empowerment and employees' ambidextrous behaviors. In addition, the research provides important insights for managerial practice and research.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5791-5797
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• 2012

Introduction: Return-to-work (RTW) can be a problematic occupational issue with detrimental impact on the quality of life of previously-employed breast cancer survivors. This study explored barriers and facilitators encountered during the RTW process in the area of cancer survivorship. Materials and Methods: Six focus groups were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide on 40 informants (employed multiethnic survivors). Survivors were stratified into three groups for successfully RTW, and another three groups of survivors who were unable to return to work. Each of the three groups was ethnically homogeneous. Thematic analysis using a constant comparative approach was aided by in vivo software. Results: Participants shared numerous barriers and facilitators which directly or interactively affect RTW. Key barriers were physical-psychological after-effects of treatment, fear of potential environment hazards, high physical job demand, intrusive negative thoughts and overprotective family. Key facilitators were social support, employer support, and regard for financial independence. Across ethnic groups, the main facilitators were financial-independence (for Chinese), and socialisation opportunity (for Malay). A key barrier was after-effects of treatment, expressed across all ethnic groups. Conclusions: Numerous barriers were identified in the non-RTW survivors. Health professionals and especially occupational therapists should be consulted to assist the increasing survivors by providing occupational rehabilitation to enhance RTW amongst employed survivors. Future research to identify prognostic factors can guide clinical efforts to restore cancer survivors to their desired level/type of occupational functioning for productivity and wellbeing.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.376-391
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• 2023

Objectives: Our previously published study showed that a workplace nutrition intervention program with personalized goal setting and smartphone-based nutrition counseling improved dietary habits and physical activity in city bus drivers who were overweight/obese. This study explored the facilitators and barriers that participants faced in achieving their dietary and physical activity goals six months after the intervention. Methods: The study included bus drivers and dietitians who participated in the intervention program. Three focus group interviews were conducted with 10 bus drivers (divided by two groups based on their achievement of set goals) and five dietitians who had provided nutrition counseling. Results: Willpower was the most important intrapersonal facilitator for drivers to achieve their goals. Other factors that promoted behavioral changes were nutrition counseling by dietitians, trackable physical activity using smartwatches, and setting of practical and achievable goals. Meanwhile, the most important barriers identified were occupational factors such as long driving hours, short breaks, and shift work. Other barriers were environmental factors such as availability of snackable food, accessibility to convenience stores, and cold weather. Family and colleagues were perceived as both facilitators and barriers. In addition, dietitians identified a lack of knowledge about healthy diet as one of the barriers. Conclusions: Our results suggested that the workplace environment should be improved and that nutrition intervention programs at the workplace could encourage bus drivers to practice healthy eating habits. The facilitators and barriers identified in this study should be considered when planning a nutrition intervention program for bus drivers.