2017, Vol.13, No.11

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

pISSN : 2466-1198 / eISSN : 2466-1201
https://journal.kci.go.kr/cemtp

This study aims to explore technical and organizational failure during the rolling blackout in Korea on September 15th, 2011. It used the framework of High Reliability Organizations (HROs) Theory to diagnose the status of the organizations controlling the power system and propose behavioral principles of a reliability-seeking organization. The identified problems include: deficiencies of technical control with Energy Management System(EMS), lack of care, caution & sense-making, incomplete and confused decision-making procedure during emergency, failure of analysis at the central level and of action at the local level. The results suggest that the organization that operates the power system should take such principles as increasing organizational transparency for electricity reliability, becoming a learning organization through trial-and-error and simulations, improving communication skills between organizations, and securing substantial institutionalization of electricity reliability.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the commemoration responses to a social loss after a collective traumatic event using the case of commemoration services for the Sewol ferry disaster in Korea. In particular, this study compared the commemoration responses to the accident between its first and second anniversary. For this purpose, newspaper articles regarding the memorial services for the Sewol ferry disaster were collected to draw 25 most frequent topics through topic modeling method. The most crucial topic was found to be “shared collective memories about loss”. The major topics on its first anniversary were related to the memory of the victims, while the topics on the discovery of the truth about the accident increased relatively more during the second anniversary. These results demonstrated that the social environment in which one can feel free to share loss-related stories with others is critical for fast recovery from social losses.

The mass turnover of air force pilots is the national problem that has a negative influence on the operational ability and the morale of air force. Although various policies have been executed in Korea, many skilled pilots tend to move to commercial airlines. Focusing on positive psychological factors, this study examined the influence of calling and subjective well-being on turnover intention of air force pilots using the data collected from 239 pilots. We found that calling among air force pilots was positively associated with their subjective well-being but negatively associated with their turnover intention. The relationship between calling and turnover intention was partially mediated by subjective well-being. This finding suggested that calling had a direct effect on turnover intention but an indirect effect on turnover intention through subjective well-being. Finally, we discussed the implications and limitations of the present study along with suggestions for further research.