B. Joon Kim

• Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs at Virginia Tech
• Professor at Kookmin University

This study investigated how, through knowledge calibration and a causal path model, psychological distance can explain the level of satisfaction with nuclear energy policy. The investigation used multiple regression analysis and path analysis to explore relationships among variables. Data from 1056 adults revealed that more knowledge-calibrated ind...

It has generally been well-established, by a number of studies, that the rapid advance and global diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT) is impacting the milieu of governance along with a socio-technical transformation of society at all levels. With a growing interest in digital government, the inquiry concerning a common digit...

Although many risk studies investigate perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors, the causal relationships among them have not yet been verified. Thus, further investigations of these relationships are necessary. This study analyzes three causal models consisting of three components: perceptions (i.e., perceived risk in this study), attitudes (i.e., sa...

This study aims to analyze the forward/reverse causal relationships between belief (risk perception), attitude (judgment), and behavior (acceptance). A traditional view stresses forward causal relationships between the three variables. However, recently, several studies have reported the possibility of reverse causal relationships between them. Bas...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review historical progress and current picture of decentralization in Korea from political, administrative and fiscal perspectives. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on economic as well as political theories regarding decentralization and describes historical development of the local autonomy syste...

This study is to examine markets and policies of sectoral Information Communication & Technology (ICT) convergence, focusing on a case study of policy coordination with ICT convergence from the perspective of building a digital platform and ecosystem to enhance synergy effects in the industrial sector. Based on general, theoretical studies on digit...

The purpose of this research is to develop a new model beyond e-Government in Korea where has been accomplish rank number one in the UN e-Government Survey three times consecutively. Even though there are astonishing achievements of Korean government in e-Government initiatives, the next or the future competency of Korean Government seems not to be...

A number of prior studies found that the level of an individual's political efficacy is highly correlated with civic engagement, mainly offline civic and political activities such as signing petitions, donating money to political campaigns, or doing volunteer work in local communities. However, a few studies have focused on online civic and politic...

Ceding a portion of one’s right to free speech has long been an expectation of public service, but social media has facilitated new forms of conflict, testing the bounds of acceptable private behavior. Though technological innovation has far outpaced slowly evolving legal doctrines, a number of precedents may be used as general guidelines as to acc...

Ceding a portion of one’s right to free speech has long been an expectation of public service, but social media has facilitated new forms of conflict, testing the bounds of acceptable private behavior. Though technological innovation has far outpaced slowly evolving legal doctrines, a number of precedents may be used as general guidelines as to acc...

Who are the customers in public administration (PA) education? Many scholars have criticized the tendency of educators to misidentify students as customers. At the same time, a multitude of PA education programs have utilized the Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) as a means to gauge consumer satisfaction. However, there is lack of knowledge abou...

Prior research has demonstrated that a citizens' socioeconomic status is a significant determinant of the extent of citizen involvement via ICT [18]. Others have focused on its impact on civic engagement in terms of community group impacts, finding that such groups play an important role in increasing citizen involvement within democratic processes...

The present study examined the impact of 13 aspects involved in student evaluation of teaching (SET). The study used student course evaluations of 1,410 university students in the Division of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne. These evaluations were collected in Fall 2009, Spring 2010, and Summer 2010...

This article presents the rationale for using multilevel analysis to address the broad environmental contexts in patient satisfaction research. This study utilized patient satisfaction data and the American Hospital Association Hospital Guide Book (2004). This study found significant contributions of individual patient attribute reactions (nursing...

The present study examined the impact of 13 aspects involved in student evaluation of teaching (SET). The study used student course evaluations of 1,410 university students in the Division of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University—Purdue University Fort Wayne. These evaluations were collected in Fall 2009, Spring 2010, and Summer 2010...

The concept of governance can enhance the future of public administration through emphasizing the role of civil society, and allowing the discursive democratic voices to find original democratic values in public administration situations. That is to say, governance can be of help for the movement toward transcending public administration. If we liv...

Multi-disciplinary, international collaborative research is not an easy task. A number of doctoral students interested in the field of digital government research got together in New York City for the Annual Institute on International Digital Government Research (iGov Research Institute) and had a week-long experience in international and multi-dis...