2024, Vol.8, No.1

The Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.22

pISSN : 2586-5439 / eISSN : 2713-7457
https://journal.kci.go.kr/jts

This study aimed to investigate the effect of safety training measures to reduce the fatality rate from accidents among foreign construction workers and to provide a safer work environment, in conjunction with the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. A face to face interviews survey was completed by 171 foreign workers in the construction sector in Korea. Workers’ safety culture, safety consciousness, safety participation behaviors, and human-based safety training were measured. In the multi ple regression, the most significant revealed, first, that safety culture has a positive impact on safety consciousness, clearly demonstrating the relationship between workers’ safety culture and their safety consciousness. Second, in terms of the relationship between safety culture and safety behavior, it was found that safety culture, especially communi cation and work environment, significantly positively affects safety par ticipation behaviors. Third, regarding the relationship between safety consciousness and safety behavior, safety consciousness was found to have a very high positive impact on safety participation behaviors. This study marks an important milestone in the research on safety culture among foreign workers in the construction industry. It confirmed that strengthening workers’ safety culture leads to an improvement in safety consciousness and a direct increase in safety participation behaviors, highlighting the role of safety consciousness and the importance of human-based safety training in this process. Construction industry stake holders and policymakers should base their strategies for more effective safety management on these findings.

This study aimed to create and implement a Facilitating-chatbot to enhance synchronous online discussions using the Six Thinking Hats method. Slack, a popular collaboration tool, served as the messenger platform. Leveraging Slack’s plug-ins, the researchers developed a chatbot utilizing the RTMClient (Real-Time Messaging) API, specifi cally version 2.9.3 of the Python slackclient module. The system database utilized Excel, managed through the Python openpyxl module version 3.0.7, with each chat group allocated its own Excel sheet. The usability of the Facilitating-chatbot was evaluated with 58 college students, yielding an average score of 4.52. Qualitative analysis of user experiences revealed that features such as guided learning using Six Thinking Hats, task tracking, and participation monitoring facili tated effective discussions and enhanced user engagement. Future im provements include enhancing command input and providing in telligent feedback to users.

This study conducted the quantitative analysis and FGI to determine priorities through the survey of 12 education staff at welfare centers in Seoul and Daejeon from December 2023 to February 2024 on the need for and utilization of meaningful activity programs for the older adults and to suggest effective operation plans for well-aging education programs. The research results are as follows: First, in the ranking of the need for and utilization of meaningful activity programs for the older adults, the highest priority was given to programs related to activities performed alone, followed by social activities, activities with friends or acquaintances, and activities with family. In particular, the need to develop programs for the physical and mental effects of health care activities was emphasized. Second, the appropriate timing for well-aging education was identified as middle age, and an education form that combines lectures and experi ences is preferred. Third, in order to effectively operate well-aging education programs, the quality and accessibility of the education program must be improved. To this end, the network and cooperation system between institutions must be strengthened. Budget constraints in the instructor recruitment process and difficulties in recruiting instructors for new programs had a significant impact on the quality and diversity of education programs. As a result, the development of participant-centered opera tional strategies, and diverse and new activity opportunities are important for the successful operation of education and well-aging education pro grams for meaningful activities of the older adults, which are expected to contribute to efficient approaches to improving the quality of life of the older adults.