The purpose of this study is to investigate how Taekwondo events are related to sense of community and local residents' cooperative intention
The first 500 subjects selected using convenient sampling method were among the local residents residing i...
The purpose of this study is to investigate how Taekwondo events are related to sense of community and local residents' cooperative intention
The first 500 subjects selected using convenient sampling method were among the local residents residing in Chuncheon during "2007 Chuncheon Open International Taekwondo Competition" held from June 29 to July 4 , 2007 in Kwangwondo Chuncheon. And 460 were used for data analysis except for 40 poor and insincere answers. For data process, frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA were employed using the SPSS V13.0 program, and after confirmatory factor analysis was made to verify the construct validity of each measurement model using the AMOS 5.0 program, the validity of the theory model was verified by covariance structure analysis.
Results are as follows.
First, there was partial difference in Taekwondo events according to individual characteristics. There showed significant difference in the environmental variable, but no significant difference in the economic and industrial variable, the sociocultural variable
Second, there was significant difference in sense of community according to individual characteristics. Emotion showed significant difference in sex, age, income level, and resident period, participation desires showed difference in age, resident period, cognition of integration showed difference in sex, educational level, and evaluation showed difference in sex, resident period.
Third, there was partial difference in sense of community according to individual characteristics. Volunteer participation intension showed significant difference in age, direct participation intention showed difference in sex, resident period, and recommendation intention showed difference in sex. But no difference was shown in cooperative intention, and in the participation intention of public hearing.
Fourth, the effect recognition of Taekwondo events had an significant effect on the sense of community.
Fifth, the sense of community had an significant effect on cooperation intention
Sixth, the direct effect that the effect recognition of Taekwondo events influenced the sense of community was .793, the direct effect that the sense of community had an effect on cooperation intention was .730 and the indirect effect that the effect recognition of Taekwondo events influenced cooperation intention through the sense of community was . 579.
In sum, these results implie that Taekwondo events being held in local communities contribute to elevate the sense of community and based on this sense of community, leading residents' participation and cooperation to event related activities can help Taekwondo events settle down in local communities.