• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.84-92
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• 2020

In order to analyze the organizational performance of government-funded research institutes, four independent variables (organization size, organization age, evaluation system, organization location) and goal ambiguity were empirically analyzed. Although there are existing studies on institutional evaluation, which is the organizational performance of government-funded research institutes, there are differences in research in that it is an empirical analysis analyzed from the perspective of goal ambiguity and that the evaluation system, which is the specificity of institutional evaluation, is included in the analysis. As a result of the analysis, organizational location was the only independent variable that had a direct significant effect on organizational performance, and goal ambiguity showed a significant mediating effect for all independent variables. This indicates that goal ambiguity plays an important role in the organizational performance of government-funded research institutes, and to reduce this, increase the size of the organization, pay attention to establishment of the organization for organizational age, and that it is desirable to have an independent research group in the government department for the organization location. In addition, it was supported that the improvement effect of the evaluation system is proceeding in a desirable direction in terms of goal ambiguity.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.81-106
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• 2008

By analyzing a nation-wide survey, this article examines research related norms and values of 684 scientists in 16 universities and 7 government supported research institutes. The survey shows that Korean scientific community tends to reject communality and disinterestedness while it accepts universalism as a norm. Organized skepticism is received a lukewarm support. In contrast, Korean scientific community tends to perceive the intellectual property and secrecy as legitimate and believe that scientists should consider the applicability of scientific research outcome and its social impacts when they choose research topics. When other variables are controlled for, the more basic research a scientist conducts the scientist is more likely to support communality and reject secrecy. The younger scientists are less likely to accept disinterestedness and the claim that the scientists should keep distance from social issues than the older. Scientists who work in the government-supported research institutes are more likely to view secrecy for more than 6 months as legitimate and reject the claim that science should not be affected by society than university scientists. The implications of these findings are discussed.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.580-603
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• 2007

This paper examines accountability trend for government supported research institutes through the analysis of what aspects of accountability have been emphasized in the institute evaluation from 1991 to 2005. We divided research period into pre-research council period(1991-1998) and post-research council period(1999-2005). In pre-research council period, we find four kinds of accountability for government supported research institutes, that is, compliance accountability for regulation, managerial accountability, performance accountability and social accountability and great emphasis has been put on compliance accountability for regulation and managerial accountability. In post-research council period, financial accountability for soundness has been added to the above four kinds of accountability and great emphasis has been put on performance accountability and managerial accountability, especially performance accountability. The concrete contents of an accountability has been also changed between pre-research council period(1991-1998) and post-research council period(1999-2005). Regulation accountability in the pre-research council period are related to conforming to government rules for institute operation and regulation defining institute function for reformulation, but in post-research council period, it has been focused on rules for the rationalization of management. Managerial accountability has been changed from emphasizing on management efficiency approximately to focusing on more specific management efficiency like the appropriateness of personnel management, the efficiency of budget management and project management, reasonableness of evaluation and compensation. Performance accountability has been changed in methods for measuring performance, in the pre-research council period, it has been taken quantitative method for measuring productivity, but, in post-research council period, qualitative approach like objective management has been complemented. Finally, accountability for government supported research institutes has been changed towards being concrete in many sided accountabilities and focusing on performance accountability.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.289-305
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• 2005

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.85-118
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• 2019

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the moderating effects of organizational justice, on the relationship between job characteristics and organizational performance of researchers in government-supported research institutes. For this purpose, a regression analysis was conducted based on a survey on 459 researchers in government-supported research institutes. As a result, first, autonomy, importance, identity, and feedback, excluding diversity, have positive effects on job satisfaction. Second, autonomy, identity, and feedback among job characteristics have positive effects on organizational commitment. Finally, as a result of verifying the moderating effects of organizational fairness on the relationship between job characteristics and organizational performance, it turned out that autonomy and diversity among job characteristics showed statistically significant effect on job satisfaction, and autonomy, importance, and feedback on organizational commitment.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.37-50
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• 2013

Typical areas of recent changes in IT field is the progress of the Green & Smart IT. The primary purpose of this study is to establish information strategic planning for Green & Smart IT of government-supported research institutes. To this purpose, we developed the information strategic planning for Green & Smart IT environment based on the comprehensive analysis about the status of the related policy trends and relevant organizations' business. In particular, the establishment of information strategic planning was to target K research institute, a representative institute in the field of information analysis and distribution in Korea. And we developed implementation projects and long-term road-map for its effective and efficient promotion. Through the evaluation of priority testing based on their importance and viability of business to targe derived implementation projects, 12 critical implementation projects were selected. Then the target system and concrete action plan for each critical implementation project were presented. Based on the results of this study, we provide government-supported research institutes with useful implications for establishing a correct orientation for the introduction and promotion of Green & Smart IT in the future.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.313-325
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• 1998

Government-Supported Research Institutes(GSRI) have done complex product(CP) development with national needs. The products to be developed have very limited demand. The most important things at CP development are technology innovation through knowledge creation and acquisition. Then, this paper suggests the technology innovation system for CP development. In CP development like satellite, government must do strategic management at national level and technology management at program level. Two managements are tools to achieve the strategic goals. The key points in CP are integration and interface among subsystems and person. From these factors and innovation system, R&D planning and practice are based on sharing and creation of knowledge. CP development projects ought to overlap and parallel for sustainable acquisition and creation of knowledge.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.563-583
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• 2014

We classified collaboration types of Government-supported Research Institutes (GRIs) in Korea to make a creation knowledge with the openness and the diversity. The openness is described to collaboration dependence and leading intensity, and the diversity is expressed to collaboration diversity and collaboration concentration. We suggest four taxonomy models explained in terms of the openness and the diversity with country level and institute level. This study uses 39,507 papers in SCOUPS DB that include author(s) affiliated to 26 GRIs. It concludes that many GRIs is classified to the type of multilateral collaboration follower in institute level and to the type of global network player in country level from the perspective of openness. In the aspect of diversity, many GRIs is concentrated to the collaboration type of picky eater or monophagous in institute level and to the multinatioal asymmetry type or non-multinational asymmetry type in country level. It is necessary for GRIs to lead collaboration and to transfer inhouse R&D institutes with high performance to be competitive institutes which make high quality knowledge.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.59-78
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• 2004

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.325-333
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• 2016

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) introduced its new Mission Oriented Evaluation System (MOES) for government affiliated research institutes and Government Supported Research Institutes (GSRI) on science and technology in 2013. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) is the first MOES applied Science and Technology (S&T) GSRI, that has research divisions focusing on geoscience and geological surveys, mineral resources extraction and utilization, petroleum extraction and marine mineral research, and geological applied and environment research. In appling the final evaluation of MOES on KIGAM, we found difficulty classifing the concepts of research excellence and risk (innovativeness) in guidelines of Research Evaluation Indicators (REIs) of MSIP. We have developed quantitative and qualitative indicators that can present research excellence and risk (innovativeness) through the KIGAM World Class Laboratory (WCL) strategy and related studies, innovative research and development guidelines of MSIP (2013a) and honorable R&D failure guidelines of MSIP (2013b). We have applied our developed REIs in KIGAM which handles basic research, applied and development research and public services. Therefore, our developed REIs can be effectively applied in every S&T GSRI.