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Study on Academic Burnout and Engagement among Highschool Students: Applying the Job Demands-Resources Model (고등학생의 학업소진과 학업열의에 관한 연구: 직무요구-자원모형 검증을 중심으로)

  • Cho, Soohyun;Lee, Minyoung;LEE, CHANGHEE;Lee, Sang Min
    • (The)Korea Educational Review
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.1-26
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of academic demands and resources into academic burnout and engagement among Korean highschool students, applying Job Demands-Resources Model(JD-R) into academic settings. A structural equational modeling was performed on data that collected from 934 seniors in 8 different highschool on the regular curriculum and investigated the relationships among academic demands, resources, burnout, and engagement. The results suggested that academic demands composed of effort, over-commitment, and teacher pressure had a positive effect both on academic burnout and engagement. On the other hand, academic resources consisted of rewards, peer support, teacher autonomy support, and parental academic support had a negative effect on academic burnout and a positive effect on academic engagement. The current study has its significance on applying JD-R model to academic setting and the further study as well as the limitations were suggested.

Developing a Best-Evidence Pre-employment Medical Examination: An Example from the Construction Industry

  • Gouttebarge, Vincent;van der Molen, Henk F.;Frings-Dresen, Monique H.W.;Sluiter, Judith K.
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.165-167
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    • 2014
  • The Dutch construction industry has introduced a compulsory preemployment medical examination (PE-ME). Best-evidence contents related to specific job demands are, however, lacking and need to be gathered. After the identification of job demands and health problems in the construction industry (systematic literature search and expert meeting), specific job demands and related requirements were defined and instruments proposed. Finally, a work ability assessment was linked to the instruments' outcomes, resulting in the modular character of the developed PE-ME. Twenty-two specific job demands for all Dutch construction jobs were identified, including kneeling/squatting, working under time pressure, and exposure to hazardous substances. The next step was proposing self-report questions, screening questionnaires, clinical tests, and/or performance-based tests, leading to a work ability judgment. "Lifting/carrying" is described as an example. The new modular PE-ME enables a job-specific assessment of work ability to be made for more than 100 jobs in the Dutch construction industry.

Influences of Job Demands, Job Resources, Personal Resources, and Coworkers Support on Work Engagement and Creativity

  • TRUONG, Thuy Van Thi;NGUYEN, Hoang Vinh;PHAN, My Ca Thi
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1041-1050
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    • 2021
  • Employee engagement plays an important role in the development as well as the success of a company. The manner in which employees are committed to their work and be more innovative seems to drive people's curiosity. This study aims to analyze the impacts of job demands-resources, personal resources, and coworker support on work engagement. Also, whether there is a relationship between work engagement and creativity of employees is tested through this research. The data served for the research was collected in the context of Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors used structural equation modeling (SEM) (software Smart PLS), to test the proposed hypotheses by using the data of 602 employees. Results of the study point out that proposed antecedents influence work engagement and creativity. Such findings have shed light on both theory and practice implications. In theory, it supports the social exchange theory and the job demands and resources model. In practice, leaders should assist subordinates in various aspects and build and promote a corporate culture where employees help others with great enthusiasm to increase the level of work engagement and spirit of innovation of employees.

Autonomy, Incentives, and School Performance: Evidence from the 2009 Autonomous Private High School Policy in Korea

  • PARK, YOONSOO
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2016
  • Improving the quality of school education is one of the key policy concerns in Korea. This paper examines whether providing schools with adequate autonomy and incentives can meet the policy goals by looking at a recent policy reform in Korea. In 2009, the Korean government granted autonomy to certain private high schools on the condition that no financial subsidies would be provided to the schools. Because the autonomous private high schools cannot receive a subsidy, they have a strong incentive to meet parental demands because schools failing to meet these demands will lose students and will have to close. Applying the value-added model to longitudinal data at the student level, I find that students entering these autonomous schools show faster growth in their academic achievement than their peers in traditional non-autonomous schools. These results suggest that providing schools with autonomy and incentives can be a useful policy tool for improving school education.

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A Study on the Judicial Supervision of Commercial Arbitration in China and Areas in Need of Improvement (중국상사중재의 사법감독 실태와 개선방안)

  • Oh, Won-Suk;Kim, Tae-Gyeong
    • Journal of Arbitration Studies
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.91-130
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    • 2010
  • This thesis, which mainly focuses on judicial supervision of commercial arbitration in China, will deal with the developing process of arbitration system and analyze the actual condition of judicial supervision in commercial arbitration. And it also focuses on the underlying problems attributed to the excessive judicial intervention and an effort that the related academic world, arbitration industry and legal circles in China start to make in order to improve the system, resolving them. About the time China became a member of the WTO and about the 10th anniversary of the enforcement of Arbitration Law, powerful demands to solve the problems started to exist intensively. Academic field in China integrated these demands into the form of "proposed amendment of arbitration law", which enhanced the independence of arbitration and the autonomy of the involved parties drastically, as it accepted major contents of UNCITRAL Model Law while preserving of original tool of Chinese arbitration system. Separately from the movement in academic field, Supreme People's Court starts to exert itself for the, improvement of arbitration system, by announcing a series of proposed judicial interpretation so that it could collect the public opinion continuously and reflect the gathered opinion in judicial interpretation efficiently. Notwithstanding, there still remains to be ameliorated that the Arbitration Law of the PRC won't be able to overcome original limit when valuating judicial intervention on arbitration in some ways.

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The Analysis of the Academic Information Seeking Behavior of Electronic Engineering Graduate Students (전자공학전공 대학원생들의 학술정보 이용행태 분석)

  • 박일종;백수연
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.31-58
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    • 2001
  • The objective of this study was to provide the basic information necessary for the efficient library service policy for the graduate students in engineering field as investigating the academic information seeking behavior and demands of users who major in electronic engineering at a graduate program. Literature studies and survey through questionnaire were conducted for the purpose. The established theories were synthetically examined through literature studies, and theoretical systematization and structure for positive research were framed. Graduate students in engineering field were classified into two groups: those who major in electronic engineering and the others, and their demands for information and its seeking behavior were comparatively analyzed in this thesis.

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Study on the Academic Achievements, Satisfaction, and Educational Demands of Nursing Students at a College of Nursing (일개 대학 간호대학생의 학업성취도, 만족도와 교육요구도)

  • Kim, Jinhyun;Kim, Sungjae;Bang, Kyung-Sook;Koh, Chin-Kang;Lee, Nam-Ju;Yu, Juyoun
    • Perspectives in Nursing Science
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.127-135
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the academic achievements, satisfaction and educational demands of nursing students at a college of nursing. Methods: The study subjects consisted of 134 senior nursing students who completed their clinical practicums. The students were asked to complete the evaluation survey for the curriculum. The evaluation survey for the curriculum consisted of three parts: 1) academic achievements of educational objectives, care of subjects, and skills; 2) satisfaction with the curriculum, clinical practice environment, and educational environment; 3) demands on the curriculum and clinical practicum. Results: The mean scores on the achievement levels of educational objectives, care of subjects and skills of the students were $3.68{\pm}0.53$, $3.69{\pm}0.59$, and $3.77{\pm}0.56$, respectively. The low rated domains were 'understanding and delivering culturally competent nursing' and 'competence in fundamental nursing skills' in their levels of achievements. Overall, students were satisfied with the nursing curriculum and educational environment. However, their satisfaction scores for the hours and arrangements of the clinical practicum, and the ratios and arrangements of lectures and clinical practicum were relatively low. Conclusion: The findings of this study are important to redesign nursing curriculum in order to prepare graduates for rapidly changing health care environments. We need to try various strategies to improve the clinical competencies of students by designing a curriculum based on social change and student needs.

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Gender Differences in Psychosocial Working Conditions and Psychological Well-being among Korean Interactive Service Workers (대인서비스 종사자의 심리사회적 작업조건과 심리적 건강수준에 관한 성별 비교)

  • Lee, Bokim
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.132-141
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between psychosocial working conditions and psychological well-being depending on the gender among Korean interactive service workers. Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of the data extracted from the 2011 Korean Working Conditions Survey. For the present analysis, 15,669 workers who interact with others at work were selected. Based on the existing literature, a set of variables was chosen from the KWCS. Psychological well-being was measured using the WHO-5 well-being index. Results: The prevalence of poor psychological well-being was significantly higher among men (43.1%) than women (39.6%). Women were more likely to be exposed to demands for hiding emotions, bullying, and discrimination, whereas men were more likely to be exposed to psychological job demands, cognitive demands, demands for responsibility, role conflict and long working hours. Most factors were associated with poor well-being among women and men except demands for hiding emotions, skill discretion and development, physical violence, and sexual harassment. Conclusion: Based on these results, some practical suggestions are offered to help interactive service workers adjust to their duties.

Educational Demands among Teachers at Infant Daycare Centers (영아전담보육시설 보육교사의 교육요구)

  • Ha, Younghea;Bang, Kyung-Sook
    • Korean Parent-Child Health Journal
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was performed to investigate educational demands of teachers in the daycare centers for infant healthcare. Methods: Sixty-nine teachers who in charge of children under 1 year old at infant daycare centers participated from January 2 to March 31, 2012. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, average, and standard deviation using SPSS 21.0. Results: Education demands among teachers of infant daycare centers were high in health and safety domain. Teachers prefer 6 month as the term of education, at the beginning of the semester. Also, three hours or less of session under the auspices of health and safety organizations were preferred. Mostly demanded education contents were first-aid skills depending on diverse types of accidents. In addition, teachers required repeat of practically available first-aid education programs with improved educational conditions. Conclusion: This study offered crucial examination of current status and key problems of infant healthcare at infant daycare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi areas, and identified educational demands for infant healthcare among infant teachers.

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A Study on the Projected Workforce of Home Health Care Specialists in Korea (가정전문간호사 인력 수요추계에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Pok-Ja
    • Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2002
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to suggest the projected workforce of home health care specialists in Korea. Method: Need model. ratio methods and expert opinion were used for projecting the number of home health care specialists. Result: 1) In 2002. there are 13 programs which offer one year home health specialist training. From those programs. they produced 3860 registered home health care specialists. 2) In 2002. there are 89 hospitalbased home health service units and 220 active home health care specialists. 3) In case of hospital- based home health service. average of 4 services per month for average of 3 months was assumed as workforce standard. 4) In case of community-based home health service. average of 4 services per month for 12 months was assumed as workforce standard. 5) The number of home health care specialists required to meet the demands for home health care population in 2000 and 2005 was estimated at minimum of 20.361 to maximum of 31.360 and 21.989 to 34.080. respectively. Conclusion: Community home health care agencies are needed to meet the demands of home health care.

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