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Prof. Seoyong Kim
Department of Public Administration, Ajou University

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Published: 24 May 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The fourth industrial revolution has produced new information technology (IT) that is widely used in the healthcare industry. Although the nature of the institution affects IT adoption, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), a dominant theory, has dismissed its role and influence. Our research investigates how institutions influence the adoption of new IT by using the Institution-based Technology Acceptance Model (ITAM). We conducted an empirical test by using survey data collected from 300 employees in the public sector. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the proposed hypotheses. The results showed the total effect of institutions on the intention to use new IT is positive and significant. Second, IT adoption is not only affected by external institutions but also by type of institution; the external institution takes a greater role in inducing perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and intention to use than does the internal. Third, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness play mediating roles between institution and IT adoption. Fourth, an alternative expanded model to which more individual and organizational factors were added confirmed the results of the base model. We concluded that institutions have a strong impact on the level of intention for IT use through perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness.

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Youngcheoul Kang; Nakbum Choi; Seoyong Kim. Searching for New Model of Digital Informatics for Human–Computer Interaction: Testing the Institution-Based Technology Acceptance Model (ITAM). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 5593 .

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Youngcheoul Kang, Nakbum Choi, Seoyong Kim. Searching for New Model of Digital Informatics for Human–Computer Interaction: Testing the Institution-Based Technology Acceptance Model (ITAM). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (11):5593.

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Youngcheoul Kang; Nakbum Choi; Seoyong Kim. 2021. "Searching for New Model of Digital Informatics for Human–Computer Interaction: Testing the Institution-Based Technology Acceptance Model (ITAM)." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 5593.

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Published: 07 January 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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In recent years, awareness about the risk of particulate matter (PM) has increased both domestically and internationally; consequently, various policies have been implemented to reduce PM. Since citizens are both victim and cause of this risk, PM cannot be successfully decreased only through government policies. Therefore, citizens’ active participation is required to reduce PM and prevent its risks. However, a theoretical model about public behavior against PM has not been established. Therefore, we suggest the public behavior model about individuals’ response against PM, in which response actions are classified into four types based on the combinations of the public-personal domains and mitigation-adaptation actions: personal or public adaptations, and personal or public mitigations. We analyze how risk perception, risk communication, blame attribution factors influence the four types of responses against PM. The analysis results reveal that the receiver’s ability, negative emotion, trust in government, and age influence personal mitigation behavior, personal adaptation, public mitigation, and public adaptation, respectively. As this study demonstrates the differences in the factors influencing each type of response actions against PM, evidence-based policy is needed that considers the differences in these influencing factors.

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Geunsik Kim; Seoyong Kim; Eunjung Hwang. Searching for Evidence-Based Public Policy and Practice: Analysis of the Determinants of Personal/Public Adaptation and Mitigation Behavior against Particulate Matter by Focusing on the Roles of Risk Perception, Communication, and Attribution Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 428 .

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Geunsik Kim, Seoyong Kim, Eunjung Hwang. Searching for Evidence-Based Public Policy and Practice: Analysis of the Determinants of Personal/Public Adaptation and Mitigation Behavior against Particulate Matter by Focusing on the Roles of Risk Perception, Communication, and Attribution Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (2):428.

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Geunsik Kim; Seoyong Kim; Eunjung Hwang. 2021. "Searching for Evidence-Based Public Policy and Practice: Analysis of the Determinants of Personal/Public Adaptation and Mitigation Behavior against Particulate Matter by Focusing on the Roles of Risk Perception, Communication, and Attribution Factors." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2: 428.

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Published: 31 December 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Along with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, beliefs in conspiracy theories are spreading within and across countries. This study aims to analyze predictors of beliefs in conspiracy theories. Because previous studies have emphasized only specific political, psychological, or structural factors or variables, this study constructs an integrated analytical model that includes all three factors. We analyze data from a large-scale survey of Koreans (N = 1525) and find several results. First, political, psychological, and structural factors influence beliefs in conspiracy theories. Second, when we examine the specific influences of the variables, we find that authoritarianism, support for minority parties, religiosity, trust in SNS (social networking services), perceived risk, anxiety, negative emotions, blame attribution, the quantity of information, health status, and health after COVID-19, all positively influence beliefs in conspiracy theories. Conversely, support for President Moon Jae-In’s government, Christianity, trust in the government, perceived control, analytic thinking, knowledge, the quality of information, and gender, all negatively impact these beliefs. Among the predictors, the quality of information, health status, support for President Moon Jae-In’s government, perceived risk, and anxiety have the most decisive impacts on beliefs in conspiracy theories.

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Seoyong Kim; SunHee Kim. Searching for General Model of Conspiracy Theories and Its Implication for Public Health Policy: Analysis of the Impacts of Political, Psychological, Structural Factors on Conspiracy Beliefs about the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 18, 266 .

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Seoyong Kim, SunHee Kim. Searching for General Model of Conspiracy Theories and Its Implication for Public Health Policy: Analysis of the Impacts of Political, Psychological, Structural Factors on Conspiracy Beliefs about the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 18 (1):266.

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Seoyong Kim; SunHee Kim. 2020. "Searching for General Model of Conspiracy Theories and Its Implication for Public Health Policy: Analysis of the Impacts of Political, Psychological, Structural Factors on Conspiracy Beliefs about the COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 266.

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Published: 16 December 2020 in Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
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Seoyong Kim. World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Assessment. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research 2020, 1 -2.

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Seoyong Kim. World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Assessment. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 2020; ():1-2.

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Seoyong Kim. 2020. "World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Assessment." Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research , no. : 1-2.

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Published: 27 November 2020 in Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
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Seoyong Kim. Government Service Satisfaction. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research 2020, 1 -2.

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Seoyong Kim. Government Service Satisfaction. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 2020; ():1-2.

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Seoyong Kim. 2020. "Government Service Satisfaction." Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research , no. : 1-2.

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Published: 27 November 2020 in Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
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Seoyong Kim. Comparison Theory. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research 2020, 1 -2.

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Seoyong Kim. Comparison Theory. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 2020; ():1-2.

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Seoyong Kim. 2020. "Comparison Theory." Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research , no. : 1-2.

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Published: 26 November 2020 in Sustainability
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False information about COVID-19 is being produced and disseminated on a large scale, impeding efforts to rapidly impose quarantines. Thus, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic itself, an infodemic related with it is leading to social crises. This study therefore investigates who believes the misinformation that is being produced in the context of COVID-19. We choose two main factors—risk perception factor, so called psychometric paradigm, and communication factor—as independent variables that can affect belief in misinformation related to COVID-19. The results show that, among psychometric variables, perceived risk and stigma positively impact belief in fake news, whereas perceived benefit and trust have negative effects. Among communication factors, source credibility and the quantity of information reduce belief in fake news, whereas the credibility of information sources increases these beliefs. Stigma has the greatest explanatory power among the variables, followed by health status, heuristic information processing, trust, and subjective social class.

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Seoyong Kim; SunHee Kim. The Crisis of Public Health and Infodemic: Analyzing Belief Structure of Fake News about COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9904 .

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Seoyong Kim, SunHee Kim. The Crisis of Public Health and Infodemic: Analyzing Belief Structure of Fake News about COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9904.

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Seoyong Kim; SunHee Kim. 2020. "The Crisis of Public Health and Infodemic: Analyzing Belief Structure of Fake News about COVID-19 Pandemic." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9904.

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Published: 22 November 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The global spread of COVID-19 requires not only national-level responses but also active compliance with individual-level prevention measures. Because COVID-19 is an infectious disease that spreads through human contact, it is impossible to end its spread without individuals’ active cooperation and preventive behavior. This study analyzes the effects of health beliefs and resource factors on behaviors to prevent COVID-19. In particular, it analyzes how resource factors moderate the impact of health beliefs on preventive behavior. A regression analysis showed that gender (female), age, number of elderly people in one’s family, perceived severity, perceived benefit, self-efficacy, poor family health, media exposure, knowledge, personal health status, and social support positively affected preventive actions, whereas perceived susceptibility negatively affected them. In explaining preventive actions, self-efficacy had the greatest explanatory power, followed by gender (female), knowledge, personal health status, perceived severity, and social support. In addition, an analysis of moderating effects shows that resource variables, such as education level, personal health status, and social support, play moderating roles in inducing preventive actions.

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SunHee Kim; Seoyong Kim. Analysis of the Impact of Health Beliefs and Resource Factors on Preventive Behaviors against the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 8666 .

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SunHee Kim, Seoyong Kim. Analysis of the Impact of Health Beliefs and Resource Factors on Preventive Behaviors against the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (22):8666.

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SunHee Kim; Seoyong Kim. 2020. "Analysis of the Impact of Health Beliefs and Resource Factors on Preventive Behaviors against the COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22: 8666.

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Published: 09 November 2020 in Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
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Seoyong Kim. Individualism, an Overview. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research 2020, 1 -2.

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Seoyong Kim. Individualism, an Overview. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 2020; ():1-2.

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Seoyong Kim. 2020. "Individualism, an Overview." Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research , no. : 1-2.

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Published: 12 October 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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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., satisfaction), and behavior (i.e., support for policy). This study checks these relationships in the context of nuclear energy policy. Using a hierarchical regression model, this study tests three different models between the three components: (1) Model 1 (a high-involvement model), (2) Model 2 (a low-involvement model), and (3) Model 3 (a hedonic model). First, in the high-involvement model, behavior is affected by perceptions and attitudes. In particular, attitudes mediate the relationship between risk perceptions and satisfaction. Second, in the low-involvement model, attitudes indirectly affect perceptions through behaviors. Third, in the hedonic model, behaviors affect attitudes, and risk perceptions do not mediate that relationship. This causal model does not depend on perceptions of the benefits and drawbacks of nuclear power. Our analysis shows that Model 1 is fully significant, and Model 2 and 3 are only partially significant.

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Byoung Joon Kim; Seoyong Kim; SunHee Kim. Searching for New Directions for Energy Policy: Testing Three Causal Models of Risk Perception, Attitude, and Behavior in Nuclear Energy Context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 7403 .

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Byoung Joon Kim, Seoyong Kim, SunHee Kim. Searching for New Directions for Energy Policy: Testing Three Causal Models of Risk Perception, Attitude, and Behavior in Nuclear Energy Context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (20):7403.

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Byoung Joon Kim; Seoyong Kim; SunHee Kim. 2020. "Searching for New Directions for Energy Policy: Testing Three Causal Models of Risk Perception, Attitude, and Behavior in Nuclear Energy Context." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20: 7403.

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Published: 21 April 2020 in Sustainability
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This study aimed to analyze how resource variables (health status, economic affordability, social network, social capital, and neighborhood environment) influence citizens’ intention to pay for and participate in disaster management and safety activities. We compared four psychometric paradigm variables with five resource variables and analyzed how the latter moderate the relationships of the perception variables with intention to pay and to participate. A regression analysis revealed that willingness to pay was mainly explained by trust, followed by social capital, economic affordability, perceived risk, and experience, respectively. Participation was explained by knowledge, social capital, age, trust, and social network, respectively. Gender, trust, and social capital had an influence both on willingness to pay and to participate. Perceived risk, knowledge, and trust had a moderating effect on willingness to pay, but this effect depended on the quality of the neighborhood environment. Trust, knowledge, and stigma had a moderating effect on participation intention, but this effect depended on social capital and the neighborhood environment.

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Seoyong Kim; Seol A. Kwon; Jae Eun Lee; Byeong-Cheol Ahn; Ju Ho Lee; Chen An; Keiko Kitagawa; Dohyeong Kim; Jaesun Wang. Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3377 .

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Seoyong Kim, Seol A. Kwon, Jae Eun Lee, Byeong-Cheol Ahn, Ju Ho Lee, Chen An, Keiko Kitagawa, Dohyeong Kim, Jaesun Wang. Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3377.

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Seoyong Kim; Seol A. Kwon; Jae Eun Lee; Byeong-Cheol Ahn; Ju Ho Lee; Chen An; Keiko Kitagawa; Dohyeong Kim; Jaesun Wang. 2020. "Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3377.

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Published: 05 April 2019 in Sustainability
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This study compares the impacts of economic incentives on attitudes related to the acceptance of fossil fuels, renewable, and nuclear energies. Linear and nonlinear regression models are applied for the robust estimation results. Empirical findings based upon these regression models are summarized as follows: First, when people belong to the upper social class, reside in metropolitan area, and have more trust in the government’s energy policy, they tend to accept the construction of specific energy-related facilities in a neighborhood and raise the probability of attitude change and stability. Second, those who have more perceived risk and negative image are less likely to accept any types of energies and tend to lower the probability of attitude change toward positive direction or stability. Third, those who have more knowledge are less likely to accept some energy sources such as fossil fuels and there exists a trade-off relationship between knowledge and trust. Finally, the structural changes between acceptance of all energy sources with and without economic incentives imply that economic incentives play a significant role in determining acceptance of energies.

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Seoyong Kim; Jae Eun Lee; Donggeun Kim. Searching for the Next New Energy in Energy Transition: Comparing the Impacts of Economic Incentives on Local Acceptance of Fossil Fuels, Renewable, and Nuclear Energies. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2037 .

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Seoyong Kim, Jae Eun Lee, Donggeun Kim. Searching for the Next New Energy in Energy Transition: Comparing the Impacts of Economic Incentives on Local Acceptance of Fossil Fuels, Renewable, and Nuclear Energies. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):2037.

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Seoyong Kim; Jae Eun Lee; Donggeun Kim. 2019. "Searching for the Next New Energy in Energy Transition: Comparing the Impacts of Economic Incentives on Local Acceptance of Fossil Fuels, Renewable, and Nuclear Energies." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2037.

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Published: 27 March 2019 in Sustainability
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The serious problems stemming from climate change require an active response it. This study focuses on the role of value factors in action on climate change. Individuals’ values systematically influence the fundamental orientation of their attitudes and behaviors. Therefore, this study analyzes whether six values, namely: ideology, environmental justice, religiosity, personal norms, scientific optimism, and environmentalism, influence action on climate change directly or indirectly, and compares their effects with perception factors’ impact. The results indicate that religiosity decreased action on climate change, whereas personal norms, science and technology (S&T) optimism, and environmentalism increased such action. Among the perception factors, perceived risks and benefits, trust, and knowledge increased action on climate change. Furthermore, perception factors explained action on climate change more than value factors did. Moreover, value factors (i.e., S&T optimism and environmentalism) moderated the impacts of perceived risks, perceived benefits, and negative emotions on action against climate change.

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Seol-A Kwon; Seoyong Kim; Jae Eun Lee. Analyzing the Determinants of Individual Action on Climate Change by Specifying the Roles of Six Values in South Korea. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1834 .

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Seol-A Kwon, Seoyong Kim, Jae Eun Lee. Analyzing the Determinants of Individual Action on Climate Change by Specifying the Roles of Six Values in South Korea. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):1834.

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Seol-A Kwon; Seoyong Kim; Jae Eun Lee. 2019. "Analyzing the Determinants of Individual Action on Climate Change by Specifying the Roles of Six Values in South Korea." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 1834.

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Published: 05 March 2019 in Sustainability
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In the internet age, a considerable amount of information about risk events and objects is shared in cyberspace. Since online and offline spaces are not discrete, there is a cross-effect in which perceptual or attitudinal factors in cyberspace influence offline actions, while offline attitudes affect online actions. However, few studies have examined this cross-effect. In the present study, the intention to engage in online or offline behaviors opposing nuclear energy was the dependent variable. The independent variables included risk perception factors (i.e., perceived risk, perceived benefit, trust, knowledge, and stigma) in the risk perception paradigm, and cyber factors (i.e., self-efficacy in cyberspace, involvement on the internet, trust in cyberspace, conformity to online opinion, and belief in online rumors) in the cyberpsychology paradigm. Our findings offer evidence for the cross-effect of online or offline predictors on online/offline behaviors opposing nuclear energy. All the variables in the cyberspace paradigm influenced offline opposition, while those in the risk perception paradigm affected online opposition. Moreover, the five online-related risk perception variables played a significant role in moderating the relationships of predictors in the risk perception paradigm with offline opposition.

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Jaesun Wang; Seoyong Kim. Searching for New Directions for Energy Policy: Testing the Cross-Effect of Risk Perception and Cyberspace Factors on Online/Offline Opposition to Nuclear Energy in South Korea. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1368 .

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Jaesun Wang, Seoyong Kim. Searching for New Directions for Energy Policy: Testing the Cross-Effect of Risk Perception and Cyberspace Factors on Online/Offline Opposition to Nuclear Energy in South Korea. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (5):1368.

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Jaesun Wang; Seoyong Kim. 2019. "Searching for New Directions for Energy Policy: Testing the Cross-Effect of Risk Perception and Cyberspace Factors on Online/Offline Opposition to Nuclear Energy in South Korea." Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1368.

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Published: 14 December 2018 in Climate
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Climate change is an unprecedented risk that humans have not previously experienced. It is accepted that people are generally worried about global warming. However, it is also a fact that there is a small but increasing number of climate change skeptics. These skeptics do not believe that there is any risk, nor are they concerned with other worrisome facts related to climate change. Skeptics regard the present scientific findings supporting climate change as false artefacts. Our study aimed to explore the factors that influence climate skepticism. In this work, to make a regression model, we established environmental skepticism as a dependent variable and included sociodemographic factors, values, and perception factors as the three independent variables. Also, to examine their roles indirectly, we regarded values as moderators. The results show that, in terms of values, ideology, environmentalism, religiosity, two kinds of cultural biases, and science and technology (S&T) optimism influence skepticism at the individual level, whereas, in terms of perception factors, perceived risk, perceived benefit, and negative affect have an impact. Also, values such as ideology, religiosity, environmentalism, and cultural biases play a moderating role that facilitates, buffers, or changes the effect of psychometric variables on an individual’s skepticism.

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Jaesun Wang; Seoyong Kim. Analysis of the Impact of Values and Perception on Climate Change Skepticism and Its Implication for Public Policy. Climate 2018, 6, 99 .

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Jaesun Wang, Seoyong Kim. Analysis of the Impact of Values and Perception on Climate Change Skepticism and Its Implication for Public Policy. Climate. 2018; 6 (4):99.

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Jaesun Wang; Seoyong Kim. 2018. "Analysis of the Impact of Values and Perception on Climate Change Skepticism and Its Implication for Public Policy." Climate 6, no. 4: 99.

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Published: 04 June 2018 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The world is turning into a risky society. Although modernization based on the developments in science and technology has increased individuals’ well-being and wealth, the perceived risk toward the complex technological system has increased. In a risky society, social accidents amplify the existing fear among individuals. It is generally assumed that each value, perception, and resource influences the fear of risk. However, very few studies have tested these three factors together within an integrated causal model. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the determinants that influence the perceived risk in cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a deadly epidemic disease, in Korea. Based on the theoretical model, we analyzed the survey data collected from respondents (N = 814) in Korea. After controlling for variables such as sociodemographic characteristics, we examined how three competing factors, i.e., value, perception, and resource, influence the perceived risk of MERS. The analysis showed that trust and vulnerability variables in the perception factor, health state, and perceived knowledge in the resource factor had a significant impact on the perceived risk of MERS.

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SunHee Kim; Seoyong Kim. Exploring the Determinants of Perceived Risk of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15, 1168 .

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SunHee Kim, Seoyong Kim. Exploring the Determinants of Perceived Risk of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15 (6):1168.

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SunHee Kim; Seoyong Kim. 2018. "Exploring the Determinants of Perceived Risk of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 6: 1168.

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Published: 10 May 2018 in Sustainability
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Despite its potential risks, nuclear power energy offers some economic benefits including cheap electricity. This benefit clarifies part of the reason why people support nuclear energy. Our research examined whether there was a difference in the acceptance of nuclear energy across 27 European countries in 2009, before the Fukushima accident. In particular, we analyzed how each factor at the individual and contextual level influences the acceptance. To answer this question, we set up the acceptance of nuclear energy as a dependent variable, and 5 perception variables at the individual level and 11 structural ones at the contextual level as independent variables. We executed multilevel modeling by using a Eurobarometer survey, which covered 27 European countries. The analysis results showed that at the individual level, the perceived benefit explained the largest variance of the acceptance, followed by perceived risk and trust. At the contextual level, the share of the energy supply by nuclear power, environmentalism and ideology influenced the acceptance of nuclear energy. This study shows that individuals’ acceptance of nuclear energy is based on individual beliefs and perceptions, but it is also influenced by the institutional and socio-cultural context which each country faces.

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Jaesun Wang; Seoyong Kim. Comparative Analysis of Public Attitudes toward Nuclear Power Energy across 27 European Countries by Applying the Multilevel Model. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1518 .

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Jaesun Wang, Seoyong Kim. Comparative Analysis of Public Attitudes toward Nuclear Power Energy across 27 European Countries by Applying the Multilevel Model. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (5):1518.

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Jaesun Wang; Seoyong Kim. 2018. "Comparative Analysis of Public Attitudes toward Nuclear Power Energy across 27 European Countries by Applying the Multilevel Model." Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1518.

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Published: 25 March 2018 in Sustainability
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University dropout is a serious problem. It affects not only the individual who drops out but also the university and society. However, most previous studies have focused only on the subjective/individual level. University dropout is a very important issue in South Korea, but it has not received much research attention so far. This study examined the possible causes of university dropout in South Korea at the aggregate level, focusing on four fundamental categories: students, resources, faculty, and university characteristics. Three-year balanced panel data from 2013 to 2015 were constructed and estimated by using nonlinear panel data models. The findings show that cost and burden for students, financial resources, qualitative and quantitative features of faculty, and type/size of the university have significant effects on university dropout.

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Donggeun Kim; Seoyong Kim. Sustainable Education: Analyzing the Determinants of University Student Dropout by Nonlinear Panel Data Models. Sustainability 2018, 10, 954 .

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Donggeun Kim, Seoyong Kim. Sustainable Education: Analyzing the Determinants of University Student Dropout by Nonlinear Panel Data Models. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):954.

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Donggeun Kim; Seoyong Kim. 2018. "Sustainable Education: Analyzing the Determinants of University Student Dropout by Nonlinear Panel Data Models." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 954.

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Published: 09 March 2018 in Sustainability
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Recently, trust has been in vogue in the social sciences. However, in risk studies, there have been few causal models of trust. This study proposes and tests a causal model of trust in which (1) source credibility influences trust and (2) two kinds of trust—i.e., trust in government and trust in regulation—affect the perceived risk and acceptance of nuclear energy. Based on survey data with a sample of 1014 local residents living near a nuclear power station, we tested a causal model using structural equation modeling. As for the results of the analysis: first, we confirmed the validity of the proposed causal model of trust. Second, on the causal path, credibility directly influenced trust in government and trust in regulation and indirectly affected the perceived risk and acceptance of nuclear power. Third, the two kinds of trust had (in)direct impacts on perceived risk and acceptance. Trust in regulation had more power to explain perceived risks and acceptance than trust in government. Trust is important, but the kind of trust is more important.

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Yeonjae Ryu; SunHee Kim; Seoyong Kim. Does Trust Matter? Analyzing the Impact of Trust on the Perceived Risk and Acceptance of Nuclear Power Energy. Sustainability 2018, 10, 758 .

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Yeonjae Ryu, SunHee Kim, Seoyong Kim. Does Trust Matter? Analyzing the Impact of Trust on the Perceived Risk and Acceptance of Nuclear Power Energy. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (3):758.

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Yeonjae Ryu; SunHee Kim; Seoyong Kim. 2018. "Does Trust Matter? Analyzing the Impact of Trust on the Perceived Risk and Acceptance of Nuclear Power Energy." Sustainability 10, no. 3: 758.

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Published: 01 December 2017 in Public Policy Review
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Kim Seoyong; SunHee Kim. Analyzing the Moderation Effect of Local Residents’ Perceived Benefit on the Acceptance of Nuclear Power Energy. Public Policy Review 2017, 31, 215 -242.

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Kim Seoyong, SunHee Kim. Analyzing the Moderation Effect of Local Residents’ Perceived Benefit on the Acceptance of Nuclear Power Energy. Public Policy Review. 2017; 31 (4):215-242.

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Kim Seoyong; SunHee Kim. 2017. "Analyzing the Moderation Effect of Local Residents’ Perceived Benefit on the Acceptance of Nuclear Power Energy." Public Policy Review 31, no. 4: 215-242.