• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.574-591
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• 2003

According to conceptual change theory, cognitive conflict is known as an important factor in conceptual change even though there are still questions about its positive and negative effects on science learning. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of cognitive conflict in the conceptual change process in detail. Specific research questions are as follows, 1) Is presenting of an anomalous situation necessary or sufficient condition for cognitive conflict? 2) Is cognitive conflict necessary or sufficient condition for conceptual change? To answer these questions, we analyzed the theories and research results in the related literature. At the end, we discussed the complex role of cognitive conflict in the conceptual change and future research.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.132-139
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• 2015

The tourism police force has been established on 16th October 2013 for foreign tourists' safety and security. The major roles of tourism police officers were provided a crime prevention patrol and maintenance of order in tourist destination, a clampdown on illegal activities for foreign tourists, a controlling for overcharging of restaurants accommodations taxi, an administrative guidance and controls on tourism industry and worker in union relative organ like the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism local government. However, the roles of tourism police officers overlap the work of general police officers and work of tourism police officers need a cooperative business with relative organs. It is caused a role ambiguity conflict between tourism police officers and general police officers. The object of this study is to improve the tourism police system through investigate a perceived gap of role ambiguity conflict between tourism police officers and general police officers and influencing relationship of role ambiguity conflict between job Satisfaction and job Performance.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.361-383
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• 2012

This study examined the determinants of distributor stress and organizational effectiveness in a global distribution industry. This study suggested distributors' role factors and mindfulness as the key determinants of their stress and organizational effectiveness. Employees' role factors were classified into three factors: role ambiguity, role conflict, and role overload. Organizational effectiveness was classified into three factors: job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention. Data were collected from 202 distributors in a global distribution industry. Results indicated that role conflict and role overload were significantly, positively related to distributors' stress, and that role ambiguity and mindfulness were negatively related to their stress. Results also indicated that role ambiguity was negatively related to job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and that role conflict and role overload were positively related to turnover intention. Finally, role overload was positively related to job satisfaction and organizational commitment and mindfulness was positively related to job satisfaction.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.303-315
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• 2015

This study aimed to examine structural relationship among role stresses (i.e., role conflict, role ambiguity), burnout, depression, and turnover intention among non-commissioned officers. A total 299 non-commissioned officers were participated in this study. Correlation analysis through SPSS WIN 18.0 and SEM through Amos 20.0 were conducted. The results showed that role stresses were significantly positive correlated with burnout, depression, and turnover intention. In addition, it was found that burnout mediated partially between role conflict and turnover intention. It was also revealed that burnout mediated fully between role ambiguity and depression and between role ambiguity and turnover intention as well as between role conflict and depression. From above the results, the implications of this study was discussed in terms of the necessity for building strategy to decrease turnover intention and depression of non-commissioned officers. Finally, limitations and suggestions for further researches were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.501-511
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• 2020

This study examined the relationship between emotional labor, job stress and job performance for 226 social workers. The main results are as follows. First, the degree of attention to emotion expression, a sub-concept of emotional labor, had a positive effect on role conflict, a sub-concept of job stress, and emotional disharmony had a positive effect on role overload and role conflict. Second, attention level, emotional disharmony, and frequency of emotional labor, which are sub-concepts of emotional labor, did not have a statistically significant effect on both job performance and sub-concepts, role conflict, role conflict, and job ambiguity. Third, role overload and role conflict, which are sub-concepts of job stress, have a statistically significant negative impact on both in-role performance and out of role performance.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.539-548
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• 2012

This study investigated the effects of childcare teachers' role conflict and self leadership on psychological welfare. 64 day care centers located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do were selected as its subjects and correlations and multiple regression analysis were conducted for 260 childcare teachers from the day care centers. The results of this study were as below. First, in terms of the relationships between childcare teachers' role conflict, self-leadership and psychological welfare, it has been shown that correlations of role stress, role ambiguity, action orientedness, constructive thought, and positive welfare were found in all sub-areas except for the sub-variables of natural reward and negative welfare, whereas correlations of role ambiguity, action orientedness, positive welfare were found also in all sub-areas except for the same sub-variables above. Second, after conducting multiple regression analysis, it has been noted that the variables that affected psychological welfare the most were natural reward followed by role ambiguity and role stress, whereas no statistical significance was found in all other sub-variables.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.5114-5123
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• 2012

This paper tried to identify the impacts of job stress on burnout and organizational commitment in the casino industry. Prepared questionnaires were distributed to 300 sample employees working in domestic casino, then used for data analysis 283. The results of this study are as follows: Firstly, dissimilarity have a positive effect on emotional exhaustion. Secondly, role conflict and dissimilarity have a positive effect on lack of accomplishment. And role ambiguity have a negative effect on lack of accomplishment. Also role conflict and dissimilarity have a positive effect on depersonalization. And role ambiguity have a negative effect on depersonalization. Thirdly, role ambiguity have a positive effect on affective commitment. But, job stress have not effect on continuance commitment. This study will be able to contribute raising competitiveness of casino corporate and efficiency of human resource management.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.165-178
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• 2021

The Urban Regeneration New Deal project, which started in 2017, has become an important means of urban redevelopment. Anyang Myunghak Village Urban Regeneration Project was selected in 2017 and is currently in its 4th year in 2021. During that time, many conflicts have occurred in the project promotion process, and conflicts are expected to occur in the future. The purpose of this study was to find out what kind of conflicts occurred in what form and how the conflicts were resolved through what solutions at each stage by targeting these Myunghak Village urban regeneration project. And through this, the characteristics of the conflict aspects that occurred in the Myunghak Village urban regeneration project(①The occurrence of continuous conflict in the urban regeneration project ②Composed of various conflict subjects and contents ③The role of conflict-related organizations is insufficient, ④The importance of communication with residents in conflicts) and implications for conflict management in future urban regeneration projects(①continual conflict management plan, ②Early formation of the conflict management organization and strengthening its role, ③communication with residents for conflict management, ④customized conflict management for each stage of project implementation) was presented.

• 한국노년학
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.663-677
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• 2019

This study was performed to identify the relationship and effects of nursing work environment and role conflict on job embeddedness among nurses working in long-term care hospitals. The data were collected from 200 nurses working in 10 long-term care hospitals from G - province from July to August 2018. Structured questionnaires assessing general characteristics and three major variables were distributed to the study participants and final 190 data set were analyzed using SPSS ver 25.0 program. Study results were as follows; mean score of job embeddedness was 2.98±0.46 out of 5 and the score of sub-domains were in order of fit, links, and sacrifice. The average score of the nursing work environment was 3.14 ± 0.42 and the leadership was the highest sub-domain followed by the working system, the relationship with peers, and the support of the institution. Overall role conflicts score was 3.43 ± 0.51, and environmental disorder, role ambiguity, lack of ability, lack of cooperation were reported in order as sub-domains. Job embeddedness of the study participants showed a statistically significant positive correlation with the nursing work environment and negative correlation with the role conflict. Factors affecting job embeddedness were nursing work environment, age, and role conflict, and the explanatory power of the model was 50.4%. The findings suggest that the overall level of job embeddedness of nurses working in long-term care hospitals is below middle level and efforts to improve job embeddedness through strategies related to nursing work environment and role conflict in organizational level. In addition, the relationship between age and job embeddedness needs to be studied further.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.27-45
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• 2012

Smart grid, which is a sort of convergence of numerous technologies, can be deployed only with cooperation and fair competition among various stakeholders. If the interest conflicts were not coordinated properly, related business and investment would become delayed and inactive. Therefore, this study analyzes the causes of interest conflicts and related issues in smart grid sector and suggests policy directions by issue. As the result of AHP analysis, the majority of respondents surveyed said that ambiguity of the role and authority is the key problem causing conflicts of interest in smart grid deployment process. Differences in values, communications problems, etc. are pointed as additional main reasons of the interest conflicts. To resolve interest conflicts in smart grids, the Korean government should enhance its leadership in the coordination of stakeholders' interests. Government should make efforts to coordinate the various interests in terms of the development of the smart grid market and win stakeholders' sympathy of their desirable roles in the smart grid market.