Aiming for the Future: CEO future focus and corporate social performance

Seunghye Lee,Dokyun Kwon,Yangmin Kim People&Global Business Association 2023 Global Business and Finance Review Vol.28 No.7

Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether CEO future focus leads to improvements in the CSP. Although there has been extensive research on the antecedents of CSP, little has addressed the role of CEOs' subjective biases in determining how future time frames affect CSP. This study fills this gap by adopting the concept of CEO future focus and examines the relationship between CEO future focus and CSP. Design/methodology/approach: The sample of this study includes 933 (firm-year) observations from 178 publicly traded U.S. manufacturing firms between 2005 and 2011. This study conducts generalized estimating equations (GEE) model to test our hypotheses. Findings: The finding shows that a CEO's future focus is positively related to CSP. Given the long-term orientation of CSP, this result shows that a CEO with a strong future focus is more likely t o be l ooking ahead a t possible future gains by enhancing CSP. The results also show that various boundary conditions shape the positive relationship between CEO future focus and CSP. Specifically, this study finds that the positive relationship between CEO future focus and CSP is weakened when a CEO has longer tenure, when a CEO has a higher proportion of fixed pay in his/her pay packages, and when an organization confronts a shifting and challenging external environment. Research limitations/implications: This study extends both the strategic leadership and CSR literature in that a CEO's temporal foci, especially future focus, influence corporate social activities. However, this study has limitation related to the measurement of future focus. In addition, this study only considers CEO future focus rather than the past and present focus. Originality/value: This study extends the study of CEO characteristics by investigating how micro-foundations, in the form of CEO future focus, affect CSP. The study provides more in-depth understanding of CEO characteristics by adopting the concept of future focus and examine its impact on the CSP. In addition, the study provides a more precise understanding of the relationship between CEO future focus and CSP by investigating various boundary conditions such as CEO and industry characteristics.

Technological and non-technological innovations in B2B mobile services in Korea

Seunghye Hong,Kumiko Miyazaki 기술경영경제학회 2013 ASIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Vol.21 No.1

This article examines the characteristics of business-to-business (B2B) mobile services inKorea in order to identify technological and non-technological innovations. A statisticalanalysis of 242 services was done to characterize B2B mobile services in Korea. Subsequently, service products were grouped into seven types based on servicecharacteristics: mobile office/education solutions, network solutions, multimedia broadcastsolutions, business analytical solutions, security and safety solutions, payment processingsolutions and machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions for facility management. From acharacteristics-based approach, ‘new’ service characteristics after 2009–2010 are linkedwith radical innovation while service characteristics prior to 2009–2010 (but have been‘improved’) are linked with incremental innovation. A combination of ‘improved’ and ‘new’service characteristics are linked with semi-radical innovation. Subsequently, incremental,radical and semi-radical innovations were distinguished. From the perspective of nontechnologicalinnovation, recombinative and customized innovations were identified to focuson the direct competences of service providers and users.

Performing Feminism in Book Covers: A Multimodal Analysis of Reprint and Retranslation Cases in South Korea

Seunghye Mah,Ji-Sun Shin 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구원 2023 Asian Women Vol.39 No.4

The feminist movement, which includes certain radical elements, is gaining traction in South Korea. In South Korea’s publishing industry, feminism has demonstrated this evolution, with more visible and bold expressions. Against this background, this study analyzes how the book covers of translated feminist classics have evolved over time and what kinds of messages are transmitted to female readers with increasing exposure to feminism. The reprints and retranslations in the analysis are reflected in the book covers as a space for ideological appeal, sending specific messages derived from the multimodal analysis of the book covers. This study demonstrates how a multimodal analysis of the metafunctions of semiotic resources on book covers can be applied to derive messages for the target readership. Finally, a diachronic comparison of the book covers substantiates the claim that the book-cover design of translated works is closely associated with the social setting of the target culture and its ideological stance.

Deep Learning-based Stomach Cancer Segmentation on Abdominal CT Scans

Seunghye Chae(채승혜),Ehwa Yang(양이화),Woo Kyoung Jeong(정우경),Jae-Hun Kim(김재훈) 한국통신학회 2023 한국통신학회 인공지능 학술대회 논문집 Vol.2023 No.9

신라 불사리장엄의 전통에 대하여 ― 주요 유물과 연구 쟁점을 중심으로

( Seunghye Lee ) 동국대학교 전자불전문화콘텐츠연구소 2021 전자불전 Vol.23 No.-

신라에 불사리가 전래된 것은 6세기 중반에 중국 남조의 양나라와의 교류를 통해서였다. 이후 사리의 예경은 불교를 공인한 신라 군주들에게 있어서 무력이 아니라 정법으로 통치하는 전륜성왕으로서 자처할 수 있는 주요한 정치적 수단으로 자리잡았다. 첨단의 기술력이 요구되는 장대한 규모의 불탑 건설은 대내외에 군주의 권위를 시각적으로 천명하는 방법이기도 했다. 사리장엄구는 사리를 담고 보호하는 동시에, 불탑의 내부에 안치돼 이미 시야에서 사라진 사리를 붓다의 현존으로서 제시하는 기능을 담당했다. 또한, 사리장엄구는 형태와 도상 등의 시각 요소를 통해 그 출처, 진위, 가치를 둘러싸고 의심의 대상이 되었던 사리라는 존재에 정당성을 부여하기도 했다. 여기에서는 이와 같은 미술 매체로서 사리장엄구의 특수성에 초점을 맞추어 신라시대 불사리장엄의 형성과 변천에 대해 살펴보고자 한다. 특히 고고학적 발굴을 통해 세간에 알려지고, 그 예술적·역사적 가치로 인해 선행연구에서 주목받았던 신라 중대(674-780) 불사리장엄의 실례에 초점을 맞출 것이다. 이와 같은 작업을 통해 신라 중대의 불탑건축과 사리신앙에 관한 고고학, 미술사 방면의 새로운 자료들을 구미학계에 소개하고, 이에 관한 주요 연구 쟁점을 일목요연하게 짚어보고자 한다. The kingdom of Silla accepted the Buddhist relic cult for the first time from the middle part of the sixth century through exchanges with Liang dynasty (502-557) of China. Veneration of relics was one of the effective means for Silla rulers, who officially adopted Buddhism, to pose as a wheel-turning king. The construction of a monumental Buddhist pagoda applying the most advanced technology was a way of visually clarifying the power of the ruler as skill and cost were a necessity for building anything of grandeur and prestige. Containers of various types, often made of precious materials and decorated splendidly, functioned to frame those enshrined inside such pagodas as the sacred remains and, by extension, the presence of the Buddha. This article reviews the formation and changes in the reliquary practice developed during the Silla period while paying special attention to the peculiarities of reliquary as an art medium. It concentrates on the mid-Silla (654-780) since many examples from the period have come to light through archaeological excavations and they have received focused scholarly attention for their artistic and religious significance. By doing so, it aims to introduce recent archaeological and art historical research on Buddhist pagodas and relic deposits from the mid-Silla period to a wider community of scholars.

Iron Superoxide Dismutase(Fe-SOD) in Marine Algae, Dunaliella

Seunghye Park(박승혜),EonSeon Jin(진언선) 한국생물공학회 2004 한국생물공학회 학술대회 Vol.2004 No.10

Korea's First Museum and the Categorization of “Buddhist Statues”

Seunghye Lee 성균관대학교 동아시아학술원 2021 Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies Vol.21 No.1

The establishment of a museum in the precinct of Ch'anggyŏnggung Palace in 1909 marked an important moment in the historiography of Korean art. Although recent studies have examined the founding, organization, and financing of the first Korean museum, the formation of its Buddhist art collection and its historical implications remain unexamined. Given that not a single Buddhist temple was allowed to exist within the capital city, the entry of these objects into the palace demonstrates a radical paradigm shift in the royal court's relation to Buddhist icons. The museum's Buddhist art collection reveals what was available in the art market of the time and what was considered worthy of being collected in a royal museum. Through close examination of Korea's first museum and its collection, this study traces the recontextualization of religious icons into art objects and the historical implications behind the category of “Buddhist statues.”

CEO Duality and Corporate Social Performance : The Moderating Role of CEO Regulatory Focus

Seunghye Lee(이승혜),Yangmin Kim(김양민) 한국전략경영학회 2020 전략경영연구 Vol.23 No.1

CEO가 이사회 의장직을 겸임하는 리더십 구조에 대한 선행 연구들은 그것이 기업의 재무성과에 미치는 영향에 주로 주목해 왔고, 엇갈린 실증 연구 결과들을 보고해 왔다. CEO의 이사회의장 겸직은 기업지배구조 측면에서 CEO의 이사회에 대한 상대적 권력을 나타내는 변수로, 본 연구는 이러한 리더십 구조가 기업의 사회적 책임성과(corporate social performance)에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보았다. 기업의 사회적 책임성과는 기업의 지속가능경영을 나타낼 수 있는 지표로서 재무적 성과 못지않게 최근 전략경영연구에서 주목받는 변수이다. 본 연구는 CEO의 이사회의장 겸직이 갖는 기업지배구조상의 약점 때문에 그것과 기업의 사회적 책임성과 간에 부(-)의 관계가 있을 것으로 예측하였다. 또한 최고경영자가 성취지향형인지 또는 안정지향형인지에 따라서 CEO의 이사회의장 겸직 구조와 기업의 사회적 책임성과 간의 관계가 달라질 것으로 예측하였다. 즉, 최고경영자가 성취지향형인 경우 CEO의 이사회의장 겸직과 기업의 사회적 책임성과 간 부정적 관계가 약화될 것으로, 반면에 안정지향형인 경우에는 CEO의 이사회의장 겸직과 기업의 사회적 책임성과 간 부정적인 관계가 오히려 강화될 것이라 예측하였다. 이러한 가설을 검증하기 위해, 본 연구는 2006년부터 2011년까지 미국 167개 대기업을 대상으로 분석을 진행하였다. 그 결과, 최고경영자와 이사회의장직을 분리하는 기업이 그렇지 않은 기업에 비해 기업의 사회적 책임성과가 높은 것을 발견하였다. 즉, CEO의 이사회의장 겸직과 기업의 사회적 책임성과 간에는 부정적 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 성취지향적 성향이 강한 최고경영자/이사회 의장인 경우 CEO의 이사회의장 겸직과 기업 사회적 책임성과 간 부정적 관계를 약화시키는 것으로, 즉 기업의 사회적 활동에 보다 적극적으로 임하는 것으로 해석되는 결과가 나왔다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 그 시사점과 한계점에 대해서 논의하였다. Empirical evidence regarding the impacts of CEO duality on organizational outcomes is very limited. An extensive body of research that examined CEO duality and firm financial performance relationship produced only mixed results. We extend this area of inquiry by examining CEO duality-corporate social performance (CSP) relationship while focusing on CEO regulatory focus as the moderators. CSP is an important indicator of sustainable management and regarded as a vital part of sustainable development of corporations. Drawing from agency theory, dual leadership theory, and regulatory focus theory, we hypothesize that firms with CEO duality demonstrate lower levels of CSP, while the negative impacts of CEO duality on CSP will be moderated by CEO’s regulatory focus. Specifically, the level of promotion focus of CEO-chairperson attenuates the negative relationship between CEO duality and CSP while such relationship will be strengthened by the level of CEO-chairperson’s prevention focus. Using a sample of large 167 U.S. firms from 2006 to 2011 with their KLD ratings, we found strong support for two of our three hypotheses. Our findings suggest that firms interested in enhanced corporate social performance might consider splitting the titles of the CEO and the chairperson of the board. Also, we find that promotion focused CEOs are more willing to engage in CSR practices even when they hold both CEO and chairperson titles. Based on the results, theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed.

Effects of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stromal Cells from Permanent and Deciduous Teeth

Seunghye Kim,Mijeong Jeon,Dong Min Shin,Jae Ho Lee,Je Seon Song 大韓小兒齒科學會 2013 大韓小兒齒科學會誌 Vol.40 No.3

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) has recently been used as a pulpotomy medicament for primary molars. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the proliferation and differentiation potential of dental pulp stromal cells of permanent teeth and deciduous teeth cultured on MTA-coated surface. Human dental pulp stromal cells were obtained from human permanent premolars and deciduous teeth and cultured on MTA-coated culture plates. The cells were subjected to proliferation assay and cell cycle analysis. Their differentiation potential was evaluated by analysing changes in the mRNA expressions of runt-related transcriptional factor 2 (Runx2) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Morphological changes of cells in direct contact with MTA were observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The proliferation rates, distribution of cell cycles and mRNA expression patterns of Runx2 and ALP were similar in both types of pulpal cells. SEM observations revealed that both types changed into more dendrite-like cells. On the surface of MTA, human dental pulp stromal cells from deciduous and permanent teeth were able to both proliferate and differentiate into cells that induce mineralization. MTA is suitable as a biocompatible pulpotomy medicament for primary teeth. 최근 유구치의 치수절단술 약제로 MTA의 임상 적용이 문헌들에서 보고된 바 있으나 MTA 표면에서 일어나는 유치 치수세포의 반응에 대한 시험관내 연구는 많이 보고되지 않았다. 이번 연구의 목적은 유치 및 영구치에서 유래한 치수기질세포가경화된 MTA 표면에서 나타내는 증식 및 분화 능력을 비교 평가하는 것이었다. 사람 영구치와 유치 치수 조직에서 분리된 치수기질세포를 경화된 MTA 표면에서 배양 후 세포증식율과 세포주기를 검사하였으며, 정량적 역전사 중합효소 연쇄반응(RT-PCR)을 사용하여 분화양상을 분석하였다. Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2)와 alkaline phosphatase (ALP)가 정량적 RT-PCR의 표지자로 사용되었고, MTA 표면에서 증식된 치수기질세포의 형태학적 변화를 주사전자현미경 하에서 관찰하였다. 영구치와 유치의 치수기질세포군은 세포증식률, 세포주기 분포 및 mRNA 발현 양상에 있어서 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 주사전자현미경 상에서 두 군 모두 수지상 형태를 나타내었다. MTA 상에서 관찰된 유치와 영구치의 치수기질세포의 비슷한 증식력 및 광화를 유도하는 세포로의 분화능은 유치의 치수절단술 제재로 MTA가 생체친화적으로 적합함을 보여준다.

Varieties of Politically Moderate Groups in South Korea

Seunghye Seok,Ansik Chang,Doohwan Kim 서울대학교 사회발전연구소 2019 Journal of Asian Sociology Vol.48 No.1

Morality is an appraisal of what is right and what is not. Sociological perspective sees such morality as a product of group identity. In this regard, morality is a useful tool for identifying groups that share different beliefs about right and wrong. Recent studies have found that the root cause of social conflict is based on moral differences related to political attitudes and behaviors. This study focuses on the political moderates that previous studies regarded as lacking ideological or political orientation. However, we found that they are multiple groups composed of groups based on different moral values. We also clarified the differences in political positions according to morality. First, we classified the morality groups in South Korea into five latent groups. In addition to traditional liberals (altruistic individuals) and conservatives (paternalistic), moderates are divided into three moral groups: moral idealists, selfish individuals, and amoral individuals. The moral idealists group emphasizes both moral values that are important to conservatives and liberals. The selfish individuals group is weak in most moral values, and the amoral individuals group does not care about any moral value. In contrast to liberals and conservatives who are consistently aligned left and right in their political positions, the moral qualities of moderates have been found to be complex and dualistic. The fact that moderates are pluralistic in terms of grouping and moral values complicates the conflicts of social and political issues rather than the mere confrontation between conservatism and liberalism.