Kwangho Jung

Exploring competing perspectives on government-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems: lessons from Centres for Creative Economy and Innovation (CCEI) of South Korea

ABSTRACT Recent research suggests competing aspects of how to promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem for sustainable economic growth from a linear entrepreneurial ecosystem to non-linear ones involving diverse stakeholders beyond the dichotomy between state and market. Competing views and interests embedded in these multiple stakeholders can contribute to understanding how an entrepreneurial ecosystem can emerge, flourish and vanish. However, little systematic research has explored what aspects multiple stakeholders have for a new rising entrepreneurial ecosystem. This paper, relying on Q-methodology, explores different perspectives of stakeholders surrounding the Centres for a Creative Economy and Innovation (CCEIs) in South Korea. Application of Q-methodology with a qualitative and statistical approach allows us to clarify various competing stakeholder perspectives on entrepreneurial ecosystems embodied by the 17 government driven CCEIs. We found six different views on how to evaluate the role and function of the CCEIs deeply connected with strong state intervention and big conglomerate companies (BCCs): (1) the BCC-led CCEI ecosystem, (2) the CCEI own ecosystem, (3) a strong critic of the state-led CCEI ecosystem, (4) a negative viewpoint on the politics-led CCEI ecosystem, (5) the state-led CCEI ecosystem and (6) a strong critic of the current Korean venture capital system.

The influence of need for touch and gender on Internet shopping attitudes among Korean consumers

ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were to examine how need for touch is related to gender and Internet shopping attitudes among a sample of adult Korean consumers (160 men; 160 women; mean age = 43.7) and to confirm if Peck and Childers’ Need For Touch (NFT) scale can be validated with adult Korean consumers. Out of nine hypotheses, seven hypotheses were fully or partially supported. Women had higher NFT than men, respectively the (a) total NFT, (b) autotelic NFT, and (c) instrumental NFT. Men had a higher instrumental NFT than autotelic NFT. Women did not differ from men in Internet shopping attitudes. Finally, Korean consumers higher (vs. lower) in total NFT and instrumental NFT (but not autotelic NFT) differed in Internet shopping attitudes related to security. Results supported propositions of consumer motivation theory and provided both academic and practical implications.

Exploring a relationship between creativity and public service motivation

ABSTRACT This study, relying on seemingly unrelated regression(SUR) model, tests whether or how public service motivation(PSM) is related to creativity. Creativity may be related to public motivations including attraction to public interest, civic duty, and sacrifice. These PSM subfactors involve the propensity for risk-taking to solve common problems and public issues. This study compares how male and female Korean and US college students differ in PSM and creativity and shows that PSM significantly affects creativity. Country differences rather than gender differences had a more significant effect on the relationship between PSM and creativity. A systematic investigation is needed of the relationship between PSM and creativity considering cultural differences and educational systems across various countries. Further study is also required to collect panel data to identify a causal impact of PSM on creativity.