Soogwan Doh

Through examining the news coverage of the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry, this article investigates the inclinations of Korean newspapers toward...

This study seeks insight into the social structure of Antarctic research from 1998 to 2015 by examining peer-reviewed journal articles listed in the Science Citation Index of the Web of Science database. This study identifies leading countries in peer-reviewed journal article output and applies social network analysis methods to identify countries where authors are collaborating with those affiliated with organizations in different countries. The results show that the number of publications on Antarctica and the proportion of international research collaboration increased from 23.0 to 33.2% during the period of time being considered. The number of articles published by authors affiliated with institutions in emerging countries such as China, Turkey, Brazil and South Korea rose, whereas the proportion of articles published by authors affiliated with institutions in the United States decreased. The largest proportion of academic publications pertaining to Antarctic research was within the natural sciences. Within this broad field, the majority of publications fell within Earth and related environmental sciences and the biological sciences. Social network analysis shows that Antarctic research moved towards a network, in which researchers are internationally more connected than ever before, with countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia in central positions. Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands did not account for a high percentage of academic contributions but were still notable for their multinational collaborative research.

Analysis of Biotechnology Companies' Needs Related to Supporting Their Entry into the Marine Biotechnology Industry marine biotechnology;company's needs;marine bio-resource;goods share;company survey;base expansion; This study seeks to analyze the needs of biotechnology companies in relation to their entry into the marine biotechnology industry and to discuss the policy implications associated with empirical tasks based on issues raised from empirical results gathered from a survey data of 200 biotechnology companies in Korea. This study made a comparison between marine and non-marine biotechnology companies and analyzed non-marine biotechnology companies' needs related to their entry into the marine biotechnology companies by using Social Network Analysis (SNA). Empirical results indicate that 23.5% of biotechnology companies produce goods using marine bio-resources. Once the utility of marine bio-resources is established, 58.8% of non-marine biotechnology companies intend to enter the marine biotechnology industry. This study also shows that non-marine biotechnology companies need technical support, information sharing, and the acquisition of raw materials to enter the marine biotechnology industry. The findings in this study provide important pointers for the direction of policies and future research in the area of marine biotechnology industry.

본 연구는 유럽, 아메리카, 아프리카, 아시아 지역의 다양한 국가들을 대상으로 사회자본 수준과 사회적 기업가정신 발휘 수준의 관계를 유형화하고, 각 유형에 따라 개별 국가들의 경제발전 수준이 어떻게 다른지를 실증적으로 분석함으로써 사회자본과 경제발전의 관계를 좀 더 심도 있게 논의하고 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 먼저 사회자본, 사회적 기업가정신 그리고 경제발전에 관한 이론적 논의를 검토하여 사회자본과 사회적 기업가정신의 관계 유형과 경제발전의 관계 분석을 위한 연구모형을 개발한 다음 이를 본 연구의 분석에 활용하였다. 주요 분석결과를 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 사회자본론자들이 주장하는 바와 같이 사회자본 개념은 기존의 경제발전을 설명하는 다양한 개념들과 마찬가지로 경제발전에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 본 연구의 분석결과는 사회자본과 사회적 기업가정신의 관계 유형에 따라 사회자본이 경제발전에 미치는 영향이 달라질 수 있음을 보여주기 때문에 향후 사회자본과 경제발전의 관계를 좀 더 심도 있게 논의하기 위해서는 사회적 기업가정신 개념을 고려할 필요가 있다. 셋째, 사회자본 수준과 사회적 기업가정신 발휘 수준이 모두 높은 유형에 속하는 국가들은 경제발전 수준도 높은 것으로 나타나고 있어 향후 사회자본과 경제발전의 관계를 규명하는 과정에서 사회자본과 사회적 기업가정신이 어떤 상호작용을 통해 경제발전에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있는지를 고려할 필요성이 있다. 결론적으로 본 연구의 이와 같은 분석결과들이 의미하는 바는 사회자본과 경제발전의 관계를 보다 명확하게 규명하기 위해서는 사회자본과 사회적 기업가정신의 관계를 고려할 필요성이 있다는 것이다.

This study seeks to examine the impact of alumni connections between the evaluators and evaluatees on the results of peer review ratings for the Korean national R&D project and selection success rate. Specifically, this study analyzed the evaluation results of 8,402 research proposal entries submitted between 2007 and 2011 for the “general researchers support project,” all in the Natural Science and Engineering areas and sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea. Each proposal entry was evaluated by three evaluators, and approximately 39 percent of the proposals had at least one evaluator from the same university. The results of this study showed that evaluators have a tendency to give relatively high scores to research proposals submitted by the alumni of the same universities as their alma mater. Also, when an evaluator from the same university as an evaluatee was included in the evaluator group, the results of this study showed that the percentage of entry submissions was higher compared to the contrary. Such results show that in the process of peer review–based research proposal evaluations for national R&D projects, alumni connections have significant influence on evaluation results in South Korea.

This study seeks to explore the role of the appeal system in the police officer discipline process and to analyse the impact of the appeal on disciplinary decision or corrective action at the individual level. We conducted this investigation by using empirical models with approximately 5500 samples collected in South Korea. Before exploring the role of the appeal system and empirically analysing its impact on disciplinary decisions, this study reviews the literature on public official discipline and appeal procedures, provides an overview of the recent police officer discipline and appeal process and describes the distribution of the number of discipline and appeals, by breach type and year, in South Korea. To analyse the impact of appeal on disciplinary decisions, this study accounts for various characteristics which are believed to affect disciplinary decisions. Results from the logistic regression and ordinary least squares regression model indicate that a higher level of disciplinary action is related to the likelihood of an individual taking an appeal which is subsequently attenuated. The results also show that suspension and dismissal for the misconduct of police officers are more attenuated than other disciplinary decisions. Findings reveal strong support for the hypothesised impact of the appeal system on the disciplinary decision at the individual level. These findings have important implications for the direction of reform for the current appeal system and police officer disciplinary system in South Korea as well as for future research.

This study investigates the relationship between social capital and governmental quality by considering the relationship between social capital and economic development in a cross‐section of countries. It is shown that countries with both high levels of social capital and economic development exhibit higher quality of government as measured by government effectiveness, rule of law, impartiality, professionalism, and a governmental quality index. It is also shown that countries with both high levels of social capital and low levels of economic development are associated with higher governmental quality as measured by professionalism. These findings question the use of heterogeneous indicators for governmental quality and show that the relationship between social capital and the quality of government depends on the level of economic development. Thus, the importance of the level of economic development in explaining the variation in the quality of government sheds light on the social capital theories of governmental qualities.

This study seeks to examine the relationship between race and the uninsured rate, and to show racial disparities in health insurance at the state level by using regression models with cross-sectional time-series (panel) data. Before empirically testing the relationship between race and the uninsured rate, this study reviews the literature and describes the distribution of the uninsured rate by state in the United States. To analyze the impact of ethnicity on the uninsured rate, this study accounts for various characteristics which are believed to affect the uninsured rate at the state level, such as the state economy, sociodemographics, and state ideology. Results from the cross-sectional time-series feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) regression model indicate that a relationship exists between the Hispanic population and the uninsured rate across the fifty states in the United States. Findings also reveal strong support for the hypothesized impact of the state economy, sociodemographics, and state ideology on the uninsured rate at the state level. These findings have important implications for policy direction and future research.