• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.179-196
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• 2020

Despite the enormous success in Japan of Korean popular culture, including TV dramas and K-pop, over the past few decades, anti-Korean sentiment in the country has become increasingly visible and intense. In this article, we examine how young Japanese female fans of Korean popular culture engage with the Korean Wave discourse while also engaging with―or, rather, disengaging from―anti-Korean movements and hate speech. Whereas previous scholarship on the Korean Wave has emphasized the power of active fans' agency, this paper investigates how the fans who passionately and self-reflexively consume Korean popular culture understand and react to the growing anti-Korean sentiment in Japan. Through in-depth interviews with 15 of these fans in their 20s and 30s, we show how they have navigated the discursive space between appreciation for Korean culture and anti-Koreanism in Japan.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2022

This study examines the impacts of a mandatory lockup ratio and lockup period, together with voluntary lockup, on the initial public offering (IPO) subscription rate in Malaysia. A sample of 390 IPOs launched from 2000 to 2016 was collected for analysis. The findings show that firms that adopt a lower lockup ratio and a shorter lockup period signal uncertainty about their prospects. Issuers would then show the tendency to underprice to increase investors' intention to subscribe to firms' IPO shares. This study concludes that as long as investors are aware of pertinent information about IPO firms, they should continue participating in the IPO market rather than behaving irrationally. Finally, policymakers could use the findings to improve the existing lockup provisions regulation.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-32
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• 2022

Through the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) program, the government of the Republic of Korea annually invites over a thousand international students to learn the Korean language and obtain a higher education degree from Korean universities. One of the program's goals is positioned within the public diplomacy framework. Korea seeks to cultivate Korea-friendly networks and transform GKS students and alumni into ambassadors to contribute to Korea's promotion abroad. However, there is no clarity on whether this mechanism works as expected. This study examines GKS students' relationship-building experiences with South Koreans during and after the exchange program. Analysis of twenty in-depth interviews with the program's alumni reveals both what facilitates and what obstructs personal and professional relationship-building between scholarship recipients and South Koreans at different stages (language year and degree years) of the program and after graduation. The paper concludes with practical recommendations for universities, GKS administrators, and the South Korean government regarding their policies for scholarship holders.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2022

A good story persuades people to act. The mobilizing power of a story, however, does not necessarily rely on informational fidelity. During political unrests, word-of-mouth can intermix facts with unverified claims and emotional outrage, often transforming reality into convincing rumor stories. This rapid communication article discusses how rumor publics (dis)approve and participate in 2019 Hong Kong Protests. This survey study finds that police injustice and brutality were the predominant themes of the collected rumor stories, although some stories contained mixed views or anti-protest claims. Rumors of police injustice and brutality were associated with less negative attitudes toward the protests, especially when respondents believed the story. The relationship between rumor stories and protest participation was less obvious, except for rumors about an individual protester's whereabout. This study discusses the ways in which rumor is embedded in contentious political processes.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.26-48
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• 2023

While corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been considered an important philanthropic support for nonprofits worldwide, little is known about how perceptions of CSR are associated with actual CSR practices that may benefit nonprofit organizations in different institutional contexts. This study applies stakeholder theory to examine how South Korean firms perceive CSR outcomes, and how these perceptions lead to different CSR practices. We constructed a panel dataset using two waves of the Giving Korea survey of CSR and two additional sources. The results indicate that perceived CSR outcomes may play a critical role in CSR practices: 1) the more financial performance is perceived as an outcome, the more will be donated; 2) the more organizational culture is perceived as an outcome, the greater the engagement in employee volunteering; and 3) the more reputation is perceived as an outcome, the more nonprofit organizations are supported. From the findings, we discuss theoretical implications and provide suggestions for nonprofit organizations.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.49-81
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• 2023

South Korea is currently facing many changes and challenges. To make matters worse, society has struggled to function as it did before COVID-19. This study describes the past and current COVID-19 situation to offer lessons on management during and after COVID-19. We provide implications from COVID-19 and the foundation for future disasters by employing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis and indigenous administrative conceptual framework on culture, institution, and instrument to add a circumstance perspective. This study used secondary data from prior research and literature. Resolutions for these policy issues are presented using the strength-opportunity (SO), strength-threat (ST), weakness-opportunity (WO), and weakness-threat (WT) strategies. We suggest utilizing instruments that consider diverse societies and preventing the disease with climate change by collaborating with social institutions. We hope these implications and resolutions will provide insights for the future and other countries.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.39-58
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• 2023

This study examined China's public and government agenda setting in response to the Shanghai lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It employed content analysis, correlation, and Granger's causality tests to analyze 1,717 Weibo posts published by the public and the Shanghai Municipal Government from March 12 to June 1, 2022. The results showed that (1) pandemic statistics were the central attribute in the government agenda, while civil life, community management, and government and policies were the central attributes in the public agenda; (2) the government's agenda unidirectionally influenced the public agenda in terms of government policy attributes; and (3) the government and public agendas reciprocally influenced each other in terms of economic attributes. This study contributed to the existing literature by examining agenda-setting dynamics in a city closure event during the COVID-19 epidemic. It also extended existing methods by modeling implicit relationships between attributes in the public and government agendas.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2024

The vast majority of people value humanity's ability to live in peace and stability. However, there are disparities between the concept of peace and what people experience daily within their community. As a result, before any society can begin to address the difficulties at hand, it must first have a thorough awareness of the socio-cultural-historical identities, ways of life, and value systems that have produced them. When a social community's culture, traditions, and ideals are ignored, members of the society become distrustful of one another. As this mistrust grows, various unfavorable societal occurrences can result. In this study, we will provide a model that has been successful in harmonizing these challenging issues in Gwangju Goryeoin Village in South Korea.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.489-502
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• 2015

실리콘펜 또는 케임브리지 현상으로도 알려져 있는 케임브리지 클러스터는 생명공학 산업 및 정보통신 산업에 특화되어 있는 혁신 클러스터로 잘 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 케임브리지 클러스터의 진화구조를 트리플힐릭스 관점을 중심으로 고찰한 것이다. 케임브리지 클러스터는 케임브리지대학을 중심축으로 형성된 자연발생적 클러스터로 간주할 수 있으나, 오늘날 케임브리지가 세계적인 첨단산업 클러스터의 기반을 갖추게 된 밑바탕에는 1960년대 후반에 결성된 산-학-관 협력체인 '케임브리지지역발전위원회'의 활동과 그 결과로 만들어진 모트보고서가 중요한 영향을 미쳤다. 그 후 1970년대부터 본격화된 클러스터의 성장과정에는 케임브리지대학의 칼리지들이 조성하기 시작한 사이언스 파크와 케임브리지대학의 스핀오프(스핀아웃) 활동이 활발하게 나타났다. 클러스터 진화의 역동성을 주도하는 지역 내 스핀오프 활성화의 기저에는 케임브리지 지역에 오랜 세월 누적되어 온 기업가주의 문화와 창업 및 기업 활동을 촉진하는 기업가 네트워크와 사회자본의 영향이 중요하게 작용했다. 그러나 2000년대 들어 대학의 재정 지원을 축소하고 기업가적 대학으로의 전환을 유도하는 정부의 정책기조가 심화됨에 따라 케임브리지대학의 스핀오프 활동은 크게 위축되었고, 이것이 케임브리지 클러스터의 역동적 진화를 위협하는 요소로 작용하고 있다.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.820-844
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• 2014

혁신체제론, 혁신클러스터론, 트리플 힐릭스 모형 등 이론의 차별성에도 불구하고 혁신주체들의 상호작용과 지식관련 학습이 기술혁신의 중요한 요소로 강조하는 점에서는 차이가 없다. 본 연구는 연구개발특구 지정 등 혁신클러스터 정책으로의 전환 이후에 대덕연구개발특구 내 혁신주체 간 상호작용이 어떻게 변화하고 있는지 분석하였다. 입주기관 수의 변화, 연구개발특구 통계 및 특허 공동출원 데이터 등을 활용하여 분석한 결과, 대덕연구개발특구는 혁신시스템 상에서 혁신클러스터, 지역혁신체제와 국가혁신체제가 직접적이고 중첩적으로 작동하는 다층적 거버넌스 구조의 특징을 가지고 있으며, 연구개발견인형 혁신클러스터로써 발전단계상 성장기에 완전히 진입하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 트리플힐릭스 모형 측면에서는 각 주체간 상호작용의 영역(중첩영역; tri-lateral network)이 지속적으로 증가하고 있어 방임주의 모형(laissez-faire model)에서 새로운 네트워크와 조직을 창출하는 규범적 모형(normative model)으로 진화 중에 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 대덕연구개발특구가 세계적 혁신클러스터로 성장하기 위해 필요한 혁신주체 간의 상호작용 강화 방안으로 지리적 접근성을 탈피한 네트워크 활성화, 민간 중간조직의 육성, 기업가적 대학의 육성과 특구내 대학의 역할 강화, 그리고 지역혁신의 역설을 극복할 수 있는 정책적 차원의 관심과 지원 등을 제시하였다.