• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.1 no.2 s.2
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• pp.81-88
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• 2000

Planning and control for safety management executed by the head office is one of the most important parts for improving safety level of construction company. So this study is initiated with the purpose of suggesting an improvement strategy to perform effective and rational safety management at the head office. In order to investigate the current status of safety management of large construction firms in the Korean construction industry, the safety criteria related to the head office which are used in the Supermerit Certification System were chosen and examined by industry expert. The selected criteria are used for mail questionnaire. The survey was performed for 79 construction firms. Based on the 3-year average accident rate of 79 firms(1.20), the safety level of firms are classified. The safety improvement strategies for the below and the above are proposed respectively.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.51-78
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• 2007

This study investigates what effects both customer trust in the headquarters and perceived customer justice(interactional, procedural and distributive) in agencies have on customer loyalty to the agency via customer trust and satisfaction with the agency. The data for analysis are obtained from 266 customers who are experienced in dealing with agencies. The results show the following : first, customer perceived justice has a significant positive influence on customer trust and satisfaction with the agencies. Second, customer trust in the headquarter has a significant positive influence on customer trust with the agencies. Third, customer satisfaction with the agencies has a significant positive influence on customer trust in the particular agency Fourth, both customer trust in and satisfaction with the agencies are found to have significant positive impacts on customer loyalty to the agencies. Finally, we presented suggestions for enhancing customer loyalty to the agencies.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.311-320
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• 2014

The purpose of this research is to understand, through a case study, how the flexibility of Headquarter(HQ) and subsidiaries makes an effect on performance of global ERP system implementation in a global firm. The questions of this research are as follows. First, what types of flexibility are there for HQ and Subsidiary, respectively, which are related with global ERP system implementation? Second, how much impact do these types of flexibility have on the performance of global ERP system implementation? This research suggests three types of flexibility for HQ and three types of flexibility for subsidiaries that are related with the global ERP system implementation. In this study, BorgWarner, a global automobile parts manufacturer, was selected and analyzed to find out what kinds of flexibility contributed to enhancing its global ERP system implementation performance.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.93-110
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• 2004

One of the most important things in channel of distribution is the management of intrachannel conflict. In this study, 1 tried to find out the major sources of conflict among distribution channel members of gasolin industry and home electronics industry which have two types of distribution channels - sales branch and agency. I also investigated how the level of conflict influences the business performance of the channel member. The results of the study showed that the imbalance of power, nonfulfillment of roles by manufacturers, nonfulfillment of roles by dealer, divergence in perceptions, intrachannel communication problem have positive relation but role clarity has negative relation with conflict. The results also indicate that the more power supplier exerts upon dealer, the less supplier and dealer practice their roles, and the more communications problem there is, there will be more conflict between channel members. I also analyzed the relationship between conflict and business performance and the result came out as expected: the more conflict there is the less business performance. Some difference was found between sales branch and agency on that aspect. Managerial implications and limitations of the study were also discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean DIstribution Association Conference
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.43-78
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• 2006

While trust and commitment, essential ingredients of the relationship quality variables, are core mediating variables for the purpose of maintaining the long-term relationship, in the context of the internal political economy of company and the relational performance of its members, there have been limited studies which explore as to how each of the dimensions have affect differently. The basic purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between an automobile manufacturer and its agencies. The main purpose of this study is to examine how each different dimension of trust and commitment on the automobile manufacturer have different mediating effects in the context of internal political economy variables and relational performance perceived by its agents. Another purpose is to investigate the mechanism by which the relational performance of the agencies is improved. An empirical study surveying 115 sales office managers at a leading automobile manufacturer in Korea was conducted. An analysis of the collected data indicates that while internal political economy variables have a positive influence on the agencies' relational performance through the mediating role of trust and commitment, agencies' benevolence on its headquarter has a different influence on the dimensions of commitment. Currently, an automobile manufacturer is advised to implement the relational management philosophy in dealing with its agencies with an hope of innovative orientation for customers. In this sense, this study is a big stride in providing ample implications for the automobile manufacturer in establishing trust and commitment, which are the prerequisite conditions in developing and maintaining a successful long-term relationship with its agencies, and in improving the agency's relational performance.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.1-27
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• 2008

In a power-asymmetry relationship like franchise system, a high dependent franchisee must often rely on its powerful partner. Therefore, in order to build up 'win-win' systems, therefore channel members should increase trust and commitment each other to enhance the relationship quality to sustain long-term cooperative relationships. First of all, to increase the relationship quality in franchise system, franchisor should increase franchisee's perception of the powerful franchisor's justice. The point of this research, I established basic hypotheses and comparative hypotheses to examine franchisor's behavior what franchisee expected which influences on franchisee's attitude and behavior in power - asymmetry relationship in franchise system. For the purpose of the empirical testing, managers of franchisee in the food service industry of Korea had been selected and analyzed, and major findings in this study as follow: First, the relational norm between franchisor and franchisee increased both distributive justice and procedural justice, especially relational norm had more effect on procedural justice than distributive justice. Second, distributive justice increased both economic commitment and social commitment while procedural justice just increased social commitment only but economic commitment. So, on the relational commitment, distributive justice was more important element than procedural justice. On the other hand, procedural justice had indirect effect on economic commitment through distributive and social commitment.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.217-235
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• 2010

In franchise industry, territorial restraint is a system that imposes exclusive right to franchisers in a certain business area. To the franchisers, this system guarantees monopoly profits in a local market and exclusive rights during the contract periods. In such a way, franchisee generates a big revenue at once on the basis of franchiser's initial investment such as interior cost and franchise fee, it must have supervised franchiser's moral hazard for the territorial restraint agreement. Rather than territorial restraint can be a system to give exclusive right to franchiser's so that they neglect their own sales and too much rely on headquarter's brand and marketing activities without their own efforts. This paper assesses the implication of territorial restraint by examining the effect on brand extension, degree of contract termination. Drawing on research in transaction cost agreement and opportunism, the authors suggest that franchisee is highly likely to launch similar brand which is not effected on previous contract when territorial restraint is set out in the contract system. Moreover, the authors find that the degree of contract termination will be high in the existence of territorial restraint due to the franchisee's opportunism. The results imply that territorial restraint induces franchisee's opportunistic strategy more aggressively so that the possibility of brand extension or new brand launching will be increased. At the same time, franchisee is aggressively seeking for the reason for contract termination due to the pursuit of its profit maximization. Based on some empirical findings, this paper concludes with policy implications and some necessary fields of future studies desirable.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.42-47
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• 1965

• Korean Architects
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• no.10 s.175
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• pp.35-46
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• 1983

• Korean Architects
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• no.2 s.179
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• pp.3-14
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• 1984