2022, Vol.31, No.3

Journal of Regional Studies and Development 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.4

pISSN : 1738-3846 / eISSN : 2765-4028
https://journal.kci.go.kr/jrsd_ipaid

This article studies how the emotional labors of workers in public institutes influence their commitment to the organization and job satisfaction. As the importance of providing high-quality service in public institutes increases, the burden of emotional labor has grown for the employees in the institutes. According to the survey collected from workers in public institutes, emotional labor lowered the organizational commitment and job satisfaction of employees in public institutes. Notably, personal job fitness mediated the influences of emotional labor on organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Emotional labor decreased the perceived personal job fitness, leading to low organizational commitment. Also, emotional labor lowered the perceived personal job fitness, resulting in low job satisfaction.

After 1992, bold decentralization of local governance took place in Uganda. Uganda was one of Africa’s fastest-decentralizing countries, and community participation was at the center of reform. As participation-based local governance is considered important throughout decentralization reform, it is necessary to identify the determinants of community participation by examining the social relations among residents, local government, and community organizations. This study defines the types of social capital, validates the measurement scales, and analyzes the effect of the types on participation in Uganda. For empirical analysis, Afrobarometer Round 8 data are used. Regression analysis and Structural Equation Model estimation are conducted on a total of 964 samples of Ugandan residents. The results show that network capital was predictive of both types of community participation and contact with institutions is a mediator of institutional trust. Based on the results, theoretical and practical implications for improving Uganda’s local community participation are derived.

This study explores how a profit-maximizing firm can make a decision that benefits both the firm and the consumer, just like a social company would. Using the behavioral game theoretical approach for the model that a monopolistic firm sells a good to a consumer, it is mainly studied that the firm can cut an asking price for the consumer. The significant finding is that even a corporation that seeks to maximize profits can cut its asking price if a reciprocal consumer can boycott it. Additionally, a business that operates in a sector where it is important to pay attention to customer experience and sentiment may decide to cut its asking price. Hence, it theoretically shows that the firm in these situations can pretend to act as a social firm.