• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.192-199
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• 2010

Purpose: Multi-cultural families are increasing highly in Korea. Health care professionals and students majoring in health and welfare need to develop their cultural competence for quality of life from multi-cultural families. This study was to be conducted by examining the level of culture knowledge, empathy, and cultural sensitivity of university students majoring in health and welfare. Methods: Convenience sampling method was used and 408 students from 3 universities were evaluated for final analysis. Data collection was conducted through the use of questionnaires. Results: The score of cultural knowledge of students was very low. Empathy and cultural sensitivity showed middle range. There was a significant correlation between cultural knowledge and empathy, empathy and cultural sensitivity. However, there was no significant correlations between cultural knowledge and cultural sensitivity. Conclusion: An understanding of multi-cultural enables health and welfare providers to specialize service in cross- cultural situations of multi-cultural families in Korea. Ways to improve cultural competence for students majoring in health care and welfare is needed.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.222-229
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the predictors of cultural sensitivity for nursing students in Korea. Methods: The participants in this study were 332 nursing students. Data collection was conducted through the use of questionnaires which were constructed to include a Cultural Sensitivity Scale, Knowledge of Culture, Interpersonal Reaction Index, and Self-efficacy Scale. Results: Results showed that cultural sensitivity of nursing students was middle range. Knowledge level of culture was very low. There was a significant positive correlation between cultural sensitivity and knowledge of culture, empathy, and self-efficacy. The significant factors influencing cultural sensitivity of nursing students were empathy, self-efficacy, experience of an overseas trip and awareness of cultural education. These four factors explained 23.8% of the variance in cultural sensitivity of nursing students. Conclusion: These results indicate that cultural sensitivity is an important link with empathy and self-efficacy in nursing students. For nursing students to enhance cultural sensitivity, a transcultural nursing curriculum needs to develop for appropriate and effective services in cross-cultural situations of the multicultural families in Korea.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1079-1089
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• 2021

The current study aims to examine the effect of Hofstede's dimensions of culture on the intention of sharing knowledge in higher education institutions (HEIs) in Jordan. In the literature, researchers have given limited attention to such an effect. Therefore, by adopting Hofstede's framework, the current study attempts to investigate how Jordan's cultural context impacts on the intentions to share knowledge in HEIs. This study applied quantitative research methods to investigate the effect of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on knowledge-sharing intentions. In total, 307 questionnaires were collected from employees in Jordanian universities and, then, tested using descriptive and regression analytical methods. The study results show that culture dimensions influence knowledge-sharing intention and that each dimension plays a different role in enhancing this knowledge-sharing intention. More specifically, it was found that long-term orientation, collectivism and high uncertainty avoidance had a positive effect on knowledge-sharing intention, while cultural masculinity and power distance had no negative effect. Based on these results, the study makes several recommendations, the most important of which is the promotion of cultural values that encourage intention to share knowledge. Also, more qualitative research is needed to explore in depth the effective means that encourage intentions to share different types of knowledge.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.109-136
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• 2009

This study investigates English medium instruction (EMI) in an institution of higher education in Seoul, Korea to see whether this course creates cultural correction (reproduction of inequitable relations of power in EMI settings) or cultural continuity (opportunities for transporting students into a third space and enabling them to explore cultural diversity and to create new knowledge for themselves). A single site where EMI is carried out, a class on fairy tales and child education taught by a native English speaking professor, was chosen because it was hypothesized that the professor would display some of her unconscious dominant cultural orientation. The results of the study show that there more cases of cultural correction than there were of cultural continuity. Cases of cultural correction included lack of knowledge about the local context, fixing Korean classroom discourse as if it were American classroom discourse, and reproducing orientalism in the local educational setting. Cases of cultural continuity included using comparison to consider the cultural reality of the milieu, creating new knowledge for the local milieu, and learning as a dynamic ongoing process. Implications of this research are discussed including the important realization that EMI should be managed by subject specialists who are trained in language education and have knowledge of the students' needs and discourse in the L1 and in the local context.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.945-965
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• 2010

The present study examined the cultural competence of university students on migrants and multicultural society in Korea. A total of 11 university students living in Seoul, Gyeonggido and Chungcheondo, were selected for the interview. The participants provided their cultural cognition, cultural knowledge and cultural skill on a variety of issues related to migrants and multicultural society in Korea. Interview results indicated that participants perceived negative and positive affects to Korean society and prejudice about immigrants, thaught economic support as a emergent policy, and didn't experience multicultural society. They wanted to take a trip and learning foreign language. On the cultural skill participants had progressive perspectives about immigrants' right, discrimination and evaluation and had a multiculturism based on assimilation. Implications of the study and directions for future research were discussed. It is needed to educations and programs for development of university students' cultural competence.

• 보건의료생명과학 논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2020

본 연구는 인문학적 소양과 공감능력이 간호학생의 문화적 역량에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 조사연구이다. 본 연구의 대상자는 G시의 간호대학생 250명으로 편의표집하였다. 연구대상자의 일반적 특성, 인문학적 소양, 공감능력, 문화적 역량의 정도를 측정하였고, 일반적 특성에 따른 인문학적 소양, 공감능력, 문화적 역량 정도를 측정하였다. 평균 인문학적 소양 정도는 2.50점, 공감능력 평균 3.40점, 문화적 역량 평균 3.33점으로 나타났다. 인문학적 소양과 공감능력, 인문학적 소양과 문화적 역량, 공감능력과 문화적 역량도 약한 양의 상관관계로 나타났다. 학업성적, 인문학적 소양, 공감능력은 문화적 역량에 영향을 미치는 유의한 예측인자로, 예측인자는 문화적 역량 변인을 40.0% 설명하였다. 본 연구는 인문학적 소양과 공감능력을 강화하는 교육 프로그램을 통해 문화적 역량을 증진시키려는 노력이 필요하며 교육과정 개선 및 간호의 질 향상을 위한 기초자료로 제공할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영정보학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

Organizations are increasingly adopting Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) to effectively manage knowledge within the organization and realize firm and operational level benefits. However, many KMS implementations fail to yield desired outcomes due to the lack of understanding of the antecedent of successful knowledge management. Prior studies have established that organizational cultural values are one of the key enablers of knowledge management. We develop a computational model of organizational knowledge processes and employ simulations to examine the impact of KMS in different organizational cultural settings. We find that cultural values that govern the employees' predisposition towards seeking knowledge from others have a greater influence on KMS effectiveness than those that govern the employees' attitudes towards sharing their knowledge with others. We also find that organizations with cultures that foster high levels knowledge sharing behaviors can expect performance gains if KMS implementations incorporate knowledge seeking activities into the employees' work processes.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.281-290
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• 2018

본 연구는 병원 간호사를 대상으로 결혼이민여성에 대한 태도, 다문화 지식, 문화적 간호행위 정도를 조사하고, 이들의 관계를 파악한 후 문화적 간호행위에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하고자 실시하였다. 연구방법은 S시 지역의 2개 종합병원에 근무하는 간호사를 대상으로 2017년 4월 1일부터 4월 30일까지 설문조사한 자료 161부를 SPSS/WIN 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 병원 간호사의 결혼이민 여성에 대한 태도는 평균 2.70점(4점 만점), 다문화 지식은 0.51점(1점 만점), 문화적 간호행위는 3.04점(5점 만점)이었다. 문화적 간호행위는 다문화 지식과 유의한 정적 상관관계가 있었으며, 다문화 지식, 종교, 직위가 문화적 간호행위에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 파악되었으며, 이러한 영향요인들이 문화적 간호행위를 20.9% 설명하였다. 따라서 병원 간호사의 문화적 간호행위를 향상시키기 위해 지속적인 다문화 교육을 통한 지식 향상과 다양한 융합적 프로그램을 통한 다문화 대상자와의 접촉기회를 제공하는 방안이 모색되어야 한다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2018

This study investigated the effects of critical thinking and empathy on the cultural competence of dental hygienists and students. A total of 529 dental hygiene students were randomly sampled and included as subjects. PASW Statistics for Windows ver. 18.0 was used to obtain the following results. Among the critical thinking sub-domains, cognitive integration was the highest and the lowest. Empathic ability had the highest acceptance factor among the sub-domains. Cultural competence was the highest among the sub-domains, while cultural knowledge was the lowest. According to their general characteristics, subject age, grade, religion, and economic level influenced the cultural capacity. Cultural awareness and sensitivity were high when there were foreign visiting experiences. Cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, and knowledge were high when subjects had experienced multicultural education (p<0.05). Cultural awareness, sensitivity, skill, experience, and knowledge were correlated with critical thinking and cultural competence, among which cultural sensitivity showed the highest correlation (p<0.001). There was a correlation between cultural awareness and sensitivity, skill, and experience among the empathy and cultural competency sub-domains (p<0.001). The factors influencing cultural awareness included intellectual integration, openness, prudence, and perspective-taking (p<0.001). The factors influencing cultural sensitivity included intellectual integration, openness, and empathic concern (p<0.001). The factors influencing cultural skill included intellectual integration, creativity, and conductivity (p<0.001). The factors influencing cultural experience included prudence, objectivity, perspective-taking, and personal distress (p<0.001). Finally, the factors influencing cultural knowledge included creativity and conductivity (p<0.001). The results indicate that dental hygiene students should be equipped with cultural competence to enhance critical thinking and empathy required by the modern society and optimized dental hygiene courses should be provided for multicultural subjects.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.240-257
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• 2012

혁신클러스터는 산, 학, 연 기능 간 그리고 입주기업 간 지식공유와 교류활동을 통한 기업의 혁신추구와 밀접하게 관련된 개념이다. 그러나 개인간 기업간 지식 공유와 교류활동은 그 주체가 소속된 조직 또는 지역의 문화적 특성과 밀접하게 관련돼 있다. 따라서 지식경영을 위한 관리활동은 조직, 또는 지역의 문화적 특성에 따라 다르게 적용될 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 혁신 클러스터에서 지역, 산업의 문화적 특성과 지식교류촉진활동 성과 간의 관계를 연구해 본다. 연구를 위해 지역, 산업의 문화적 특성을 반영한 요인을 추출해 내고 이들 요인과 지식교류촉진활동 성과 간의 관계를 통계적 분석기법을 이용해 파악해 본다.