• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.496-504
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to guide efficient ways to teach cultural aspects in Korean elementary English education through analyzing many studies on elementary English culture education. In global era, English education must be performed based on understanding of other various cultures for authentic communication. However, Korean elementary students have difficulty to approach or to be exposed to the culture of English speaking countries. Elementary English culture education is neither well organized nor performed for some reasons. The reasons are as follows. Frist, English teachers are not confident with the culture and they consider themselves not having enough experiences and knowledge to teach. They were not taught cultural aspects and the cultural aspects were not emphasized. Second, there are not appropriate culture related teaching materials in the textbooks and teachers' guide books. Therefore, necessary cultural aspects should be selected by English education experts and provided in the textbooks and teachers' guide books. Those two books should be systematically connected. Elementary English teachers should have more opportunities to understand and experience other various cultures. Language is a part of culture and culture is a part of language. Acquiring the second language is acquiring its culture. The culture education for authentic communication is accomplished from managing cultural aspects in textbooks and cultivating English teachers with experience and understanding of target culture.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.458-461
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• 2006

With the opening in construction market, more diversified and internationalized construction culture is imported, but the level of our construction culture and policy is still not met the international standards. For example, there is a difference in the liquidated damages at delay due to the reason of builder imputation during the public construction project comparing the international standards like damages. It may lead to the potential claim. In this study, via comparing and analysis on the relevant international standards and extension expense for terms of work, actual compensation is selected, and improvement of liquidated damages like damages is presented.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.79-98
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• 2016

A large number of Chinese enterprises have grown up and become increasingly competitive. Chinese firms have ventured abroad to search for new sources of growth. Overseas mergers and acquisitions of Chinese companies has been developed rapidly through extensive opening policy and active support system by government. The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors that affect the outcomes of overseas mergers and acquisitions made by Chinese firms in recent years, particularly, financial performance of the acquiring firms. This study aims to analyze systematically financial performance and its determinants of Chinese overseas M&A in recent years. This study chooses a sample of 167 overseas mergers and acquisitions in the manufacturing industry in China and the relevant data were collected during the period 2006 to 2012. The data were analyzed by using a multiple regression analysis to identify determinants of corporate performance. We showed that cultural distance, past performance, state ownership, and interaction between cultural distance and past performance. Findings of this study can provide useful guidance to outward Chinese M&A in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.401-412
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• 2009

The aims of study were to provide basic data for the internationalization of Contract Foodservice Management Companies (CFMC) and to gain a better understanding of internal push-and-pull factors through in-depth interviews. The interviewees were managers of four large CFMCs and one small-to-medium CFMC. The non-structured interview format employed an interview guide of open-ended questions. All interviews were digitally recorded and notes were taken simultaneously by an interview assistant. The narrative data analysis involved transcription, coding, classification by categories, and content analysis. Eighty-eight codes were generated from the interview analyses, and the subordinate variables uncovered included seven push factors, eight pull factors, one interactive factor, and 10 internal dynamics. These factors will be useful in further studies of the internal operations of specific CFMCs, and more generally, the practical condition of the industry.

• Korean Journal of Comparative Education
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.265-289
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• 2018

The word culture itself is very difficult to define. Therefore, in order to confine its meaning, many scholars prefer to attach different prefixes such as inter-, bi-, multi-, cross-, pluri-, trans-, in front of the adjective cultural instead of defining the word culture itself. These prefixes have been used along with about thirty various nouns, ranging from adaptability to training. In this paper, we focused on the adjective intercultural. In fact, this adjective has been widely used, not only in education but also in the communication and philosophy sectors among the world academia discourse. Intercultural Education appeared in America in the 1930s and also in the 1970s in Europe, in order to improve relations between immigrants and the people who received them. Intercultural communication arose in America as a cultural education program for American diplomats and professionals, while interculturalism appeared in the 1970s in Canada as a policy in opposition to multiculturalism. Intercultural philosophy started in 1990s Germany as philosophical speculation against Eurocentrism. As such, the adjective intercultural has been used with a combination of diverse nouns. In regards to this, one can ask the following questions: did the scholars have any kind of agreement during their discussions? Did they communicate and make a positive impact on each other? If not, how can we interpret their common use of the word intercultural? To answer these questions, we tried to compare fives types of intercultural waves of the 20th century, paying particular attention to their time periods, places and backgrounds of appearance, their emphases and shortcomings. Following our research, we found that intercultural waves in the 20th Century have developed independently despite their common use of the word intercultural. Therefore, we concluded that the use of same word intercultural was the result of humankind's effort to approach cultural differences in a positive way in the global village created by internationalization and globalization of the 20th century.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.63-68
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• 2005

Today, Korean Society have stood on the transformation of Globalization and information. Under these radical changes, the Korean church faced the crisis of decline. In fact, decreasing population of new generation in the church who lead digital age makes the future of Korean church look black. This research tried to suggest mission strategy for new generation through develop worship contents using multimedia.

• Korean Architects
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• no.11 s.307
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• pp.56-61
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• 1994

개방화시대를 맞아 경제, 사회, 문화 등 모든 분야에 걸쳐 외국업체와의 치열한 경쟁은 피할 수 없는 현실이 되고 있다. 특히, 건축설계 분야에 있어서 개방화, 국제화의 큰 파고 속에 우리 건축설계 사무소의 업무를 외국업체에 잠식 당할지도 모른다는 현실적인 문제점만을 지적하기에 앞서, 이를 계기로 우리 건축설계사무소들의 본격적인 해외시장 진출의 전환기회로 삼으려는 적극적인 자세가 필요하다. 지피지기라고 하는 옛말이 있듯이 이번 좌담회에서는 외국업체와의 본격적인 경쟁에 앞서 우리 건축설계사무소의 현주소를 뒤돌아 보고 외국업체와의 업무범위, 설계과정, 단계별 설계범위(기본설계, 실시설계), 특별업무(단지계획, 음향, 자문)등에 대해 비교, 분석해 봄으로써 앞으로 우리 건축설계사무소들이 나아가야 할 방향을 모색해 보고자 한다.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 2010

물류산업은 세계의 모든 정부 및 국가기관에 의하여 최고로 인식되고 있는 전략적이고 경제적 이윤추구의 전 세계에 걸친 거대한 산업이다. 싱가포르는 물류산업이 가장 발달하고 최고로 바쁜 항만을 갖고 있는 국가 중의 하나이다. 싱가포르의 강점은 아시아에서 훌륭한 문화여건, 금융과 상업적인 클러스터, 통신 및 운송의 연결성을 가지고 있는 가장 세계화된 도시라는 점이다. 싱가포르는 우수한 물리적인 산업기반 시설의 장점에 의하여 자유경쟁의 이득을 향유하고 있다. 그렇지만 이러한 것들만으로는 싱가포르가 우리들의 경쟁자로서 앞서 있다고 확신하기에는 충분하질 않다. 싱가포르는 적은인구와 지지배후지의 부족 등으로 도전에 직면하고 있어서 배후지를 다른 국가로 이전하고 있다. 싱가포르는 세계 경제 속에서의 국제화 중심이 되거나, 남동아시아 성장에 참여하고 배후지의 결속을 증가시키는 선택을 해야 될 것이다. 따라서 이 논문에서는 싱가포르 물류산업의 전략적 발전을 분석하기 위하여 수리통계학적 방법을 적용하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1334-1344
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the cultural sensitivity and stereotype about immigrant women among hospital nurses. Method: Data were collected using convenient sampling from Dec. 2012 to Mar. 2013. Subjects were 122 nurses who have worked at general hospital located in Chungchoeng area. Result: The mean age of subjects was 33.85 years old. Average working period was 8.28 years. 67.2% of subjects had have experiences to travel abroad, and most of them were short travel within 1 month. 94.3% of subjects had no experience of multi-cultural education and many subjects(73%) reported that multi-cultural education was needed. On the other hand, 88.5% of them met immigrant women at their work places. So nurses were confronted with foreign patients without proper education. Conclusion: It suggested that to prepare for the coming era of globalization, an educational programs that increase the cultural sensitivity of nurses should be developed.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.37-55
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• 2008

This paper attempts to examine the effect of EXPO 2012 Yeosu on the economy of Gwangyang bay area. Based on previous successful EXPOs, We identified four major positive effects (direct economic impact, regional infrastructure developments, redevelopment of slum areas and industrial complex, and internationalization of Gwangyang bay area). Especially, EXPO 2012 Yeosu will contribute to make the job creation of 97,842 employees and promote tourism industry. To maximize the above positive effects of EXPO 2012 Yeosu, we suggest several strategic alternatives in this paper. First of all, we need to make several plans for realizing the specialized theme of EXPO 2012 Yeosu. Second, local governments should create a more favorable business environment for foreign investors. Third, we have to make the strategic tourism programs to attract foreign tourists. Finally, local governments need to make the several communication strategies of utilizing mass media and non-mass media.