Browsing by Author "Song, Ji Hoon"

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    Developing an Effective Model of Students' Communities of Practice in a Higher Education Context
    (Wiley, 2018) Kim, Ji Hyun; So, Byung Han; Song, Ji Hoon; Lim, Doo Hun; Kim, Junhee; Technology and Leadership Communication, School of Engineering and Technology
    The purpose of this research is to build an effective model for communities of practice (CoPs) in higher education. This research was designed to a) investigate core factors facilitating organizational learning process among CoP members and b) propose a systematic CoP model for higher education from a learning organization standpoint. A thematic analysis approach was used based on the open‐ended responses of 212 CoP program participants at a South Korean university. The results showed that self‐regulated learning activities, positive learning perception, and self‐participation were found to be core elements for successful CoP activities at the individual level. At the group level, problem‐based learning, facilitator, and collaborative learning environments were revealed as key factors for effective organizational learning. Administrative support, systematic learning support, and overall learning culture were found to be the most important influential environmental factors at the organizational level. The study findings imply that the goals, learning processes, and evaluation systems at the higher education level are fundamentally different from those in industrial settings, and conclude that more customized approaches and supporting efforts should be considered in facilitating CoP activities. Research limitations and future research suggestions are proposed based on the study findings.
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    Job Performance in the Learning Organization: The Mediating Impacts of Self‐Efficacy and Work Engagement
    (Wiley, 2018) Song, Ji Hoon; Chai, Dae Seok; Kim, Junhee; Bae, Sang Hoon; Engineering Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
    This study examines the structural relationships among learning‐organization culture, self‐efficacy, work engagement, and job performance in Korean workforce institutions. The authors also investigated the mediating roles of teachers’ self‐efficacy and work engagement on the relationship between the learning‐organization culture and teachers’ job performance. Working with a total of 481 valid surveys from workforce‐education teachers at 21 Korean workforce‐education schools, structural equation modeling (SEM) and the Sobel test were primarily implemented to examine the hypothesized model and research hypotheses. The results showed the positive impacts of learning‐organization culture in Korean workforce institutions on teachers’ self‐efficacy and work engagement. Teachers’ self‐efficacy positively affected their work engagement and job performance, and the relationship between work engagement and job performance was statistically significant. Also identified were the mediating roles of self‐efficacy and work engagement on the relationships between the learning‐organization culture of workforce‐education schools and the teachers’ job performance.