• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.149-158
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• 1997

This study identifies characteristics of human resources management in institutional household and the organization of institutional household according to user; child, adolescent and the old. This study suggest that rimited resource and it’s solutions, small group as open system and role of contact person must be considered importantly in management human resources of institutional household. And suggested organization of chile care center, adolscent trainning center and retirement home.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.45-58
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to test a causal model of employed and unemployed wives on the basis of the family resource management system theory. The data of this study were obtained from 244 wives who lived in Seoul and were financial mangers. Major findings of this study were as follows: 1. Both employed and unemployed wives, knowledge of financial management was significantly predictor of financial planning. That is, household financial mangers with more financial knowlege used more effective planning behaviors than did those financial managers with less financial konwlege. This results emphasize the significance of enhancing the financial konwledge in the household financial management. 2. For unemployed wives, expectation of household’s future financial condition was influenced by age, household income, locus of control over their financial situation, and perception of financial management’s effectiveness. The strongest predictor of expectation of the household’s future financial situation was age. Younger managers were more optimistic about the future. 3. The findings of this study support theoretical framework on the basis of the family resource management system theory, both for employed and unemployed wives.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-16
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• 2006

This essay was written with the purpose of finding an effective outline of reorganizing the theoretical establishments of institutional household management. We have proposed a few alternative models for the reorganization of the theoretical system of institutional household management after analyzing the theoretical systems of Management and Administration: First, institutional household management should embrace the concepts of positive management. Second, we should organize a plan where such factors as organization system, human resource development, advertisement and consumer satisfaction surveys could be introduced and strengthened within the theoretical system of institutional household management.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.173-184
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• 1997

This study identifies the research-object of institutional household and differenciates the family resource management perspectives from the business administration perspectives in the area of management study. This study concludes : for the development of the advanced studies on 'institutional household management' in family resource management the theoretical investigations must be accompanied with the practical work for the enforcement of institutional household manager.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.93-110
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• 2005

Improving the quality and level of the research of institutional household management is one of major issues in the field of study on family resource management and human ecology In this context the purposes of this study were to develop the scheme for the theoretical reconstruction of the subsystem in the institutional household management and to present the applicational contents focused on the marketing management. This study reached a conclusion that the marketing management has to include more practical contents such as PR(public relations), the development and management of supporters and volunteers in order to enhance the useful community resources.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.19-42
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to analyze the changes in contents of home management part in the home economics textbooks fur middle school from the 1st to the 7th curriculum period. The contents in the all of home economics textbooks published in every curriculum period are analyzed. The major findings of this study are as follows: 1. The part of home management is divided into seven specific areas including 'definition and process of home management', 'utilization of family resource and environment management', 'time management', 'household labor/work nanagement', 'family financial management', 'purchasing', and 'consumer protection'. 2. From the 6th curriculum period, the area of 'definition and process of home management' begun to be explained using system's approach and the area of 'household labor/work management' changed its' focus from household to self management. 3. The areas emphasized in the beginning of curriculum period were 'family financial management' and 'household labor/work management'. The 'consumer protection' ' and 'utilization of family resource and environment management' were the areas emphasized in the later curriculum period. 4. The contents of 'family financial management' area have changed very little, however, the contents of 'purchasing' area have changed a lot during the all curriculum periods. 5. The contents of illustrations, tables, pictures, and activities have changed according to changes of the contents of the textbooks.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.119-133
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• 1997

This study examines the role of Institutional Household Manager and the certification of their qualification. It shows that there are two aspects of the role of Institutional Household Manager: the one is the suportive activity to satisfy the user’s need and desire; the other is the managerial activity of Institutional Household. And it also sggests who might be the subjects of the certification, how many credits and what kinds of curricula are required, and what is asked for the establishment of Institutional Household Manager system.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.81-97
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to identify the impacts of the 5 day workweek system on the family resource management. This family resource may be divided into four spheres (family relationship, household economy, household labor, and leisure activity). Data were obtained from 182 husbands and 182 his wives. He is employed in a company which have fully introduced the 5 day workweek system. Descriptive Statistics(frequency and mean) was used for examining a demographic characteristics and a thought of the system, and t-test analysis for the difference by sex and before and after. According th the results of this study, first, after operation of the 5 day workweek system, the couple have more conversation with each other than before. Second, in reality, the income was not decreased beyond expectation. During the new holiday, the couple take out to go on a visit, to do their shopping, and to eat out. Third, the household labor time is different by sex. But the husbands is reported that they are participated more in hanging out the laundry, cleaning, and care for children than before. Forth, the family leisure activity of the husbands in comparison with individual activity and wives increased more than before.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.115-140
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• 2014

In light of today's socioeconomic scenario, life management skills, especially economic life management skills are essential. This study focuses on a household account book as a tool for economic education. This study aims to assess the characteristics of household economic management in terms of the effect of keeping a household account book on Japanese in their 20s to 30s in a single-family household. It also compares the awareness of the change in economic life behavior between before and after keeping a household account book. Moreover, it analyzes the determinants of continuity in keeping a household account book. This Study used data obtained from an Internet survey of household account books by the Institute for Research on Household Economics in Japan. The study sample consist of 1,255 Japanese in their 20s to 30s who kept household account records for a month as well as preliminary and post-survey information about these people. The results were as follows. First, the average annual income of the subjects was at most 3,000,000 yen; their level of financial assets was at most 1,000,000 yen, their economic life behavior became future-oriented after practice of keep a household account book in that they established a budget and savings plan. Second, keeping a household account book had a positive effect on the people that they have budget and spending plans for the next year. Finally, factors that affected the continuity in keeping a household account book included the experience of keeping one from before.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.37-53
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to develop an educational program of leadership for housewives as the CEO of household management. For this purpose, the related concepts of leadership as CEO were analyzed and cases on the educational program for housewives were reviewed. The program developed through this study consists of four subjects: 1. The housewives' identity 2. Household management and the CEO 3. The strategies for the development of leadership and 4. The connection between the individual household, the community, and society. It can be expected that the program will contribute to the activation of various programs in the Healthy Families Center and the strong positioning of research in "family resource management" as a practical science.