Happiness and Government’s Role: A Study on the Mediating Effect of Quality of Life between Public Services and Happiness

Kim, ByongSeob; Choi, Samjin; Choi, Eun-Mi

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“…Overall leisure resources refer to universal social services provided by the central or local governments to meet the basic needs and rights of citizens for participation in leisure activities. Social services provided by the central or local governments have a profound effect on the quality of life of residents [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. In Korea, the Framework Act on Social Security guarantees that all citizens lead a happy life worthy of human dignity.…”

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Effects of Relative Leisure Deprivation between Regions on Life Satisfaction in Koreans: Focusing on Baby Boomers

Hwang

Lee

Kim

2021

IJERPH

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Regional disparities in leisure facilities deprive residents of opportunities to participate in leisure. This study aimed to provide basic data for establishing public leisure welfare policies to reduce the leisure gap among different regions and to verify the effects of relative leisure deprivation (RLD) on the life satisfaction of Koreans, with a focus on the baby boomer generation. For this purpose, 7 items of demographic characteristics related to gender, age, marital status, job status, residence area, monthly income, and educational background, 18 items of relative leisure deprivation consisting of egoistical, resourceful, cognitive, and emotional leisure deprivation, and 5 items of life satisfaction were investigated. The questionnaire consisted of a total of 30 questions and a mobile survey was conducted in October 2020, and a total of 412 copies were used for the final analysis. The results showed that there were differences in RLD and life satisfaction depending on where the participants lived; RLD (M = 3.21, M = 2.95) was higher and life satisfaction (M = 3.36, M = 3.72) was lower in rural areas, as compared with urban areas. Second, baby boomers’ RLD had a negative effect (β = −0.5391, p < 0.001) on life satisfaction. Third, the place of residence moderated (β = 0.5240, p < 0.001) the relationship between RLD and life satisfaction; a higher RLD led to a lower level of life satisfaction for baby boomers living in rural areas (95% CI: −0.7369~−0.3413), whereas the RLD of those in urban areas did not affect their life satisfaction. Therefore, central or local governments must effectively narrow the regional gap through a balanced distribution of leisure resources to remote and underdeveloped environments, thereby minimizing the RLD of citizens and seeking improvement in life satisfaction. Finally, the part that the psychological aspect of the individual study was not considered due to the limitations of quantitative research suggests the direction of subsequent research.

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Effects of Relative Leisure Deprivation between Regions on Life Satisfaction in Koreans: Focusing on Baby Boomers

Hwang

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Kim

2021

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“…Allen (2001) (Griffeth et al, 2000). 한편, 직무만족과 이직의도의 관계에 있어서 근속기간이 조절효과를 갖는다는 연구도 있었는데, 근속기간이 증가함에 따라 직무만족과 이직의도 간의 부적 관계는 더욱 강화되는 것으로 나타났다 (Dicker et al, 1996;Hom & Griffeth, 1991) (Felce & Perry, 1995;Ko & Choi, 2012;Lim, 1996;Liu, 1974;Min & Park, 2013;Park & Kim, 2014). 다만, 삶의 질에 대한 개념 정의가 다양한 만큼 이를 측정하는 변수도 다양하게 제시되고 있는데 (Felce & Perry, 1995;Kim & Park, 2014;Lim, 1996)…”

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Examining the Antecedents and Consequences of Public Officials’ Satisfaction with the Flexible Work System

Kim,

Son

2023

Hum. Ecol. Res

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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the antecedent and consequential factors of satisfaction with the flexible working system. Organizational culture was examined as an antecedent factor, while job satisfaction, work performance, organizational commitment, turnover intention, and quality of life were examined as outcome factors. The data of 2,785 public officials who used the flexible work system in the Korea Institute of Public Administration (2022) data set were analyzed using SPSS 28.0. and PROCESS macro's Model 4. The main research findings are as follows. First, organizational cultures that respect individuality and cooperation, supports management, and aims for work autonomy all positively and significantly affect satisfaction with the flexible working system. When ranking the size of influence by the type of organizational culture, work autonomy, respect for individuality, and a cooperative organizational culture had a positive impact in that order, with work autonomy being the most influential factor. In addition, the public officials' age, job preparation period, self-evaluation of workload, and overtime working hours are significant antecedents of satisfaction with the flexible work system. Second, when examining consequential factors, a high level of satisfaction with the flexible working system affects job satisfaction (+), work performance (+), organizational commitment (+), turnover intention (-), and quality of life (+). Job satisfaction was an especially valid mediator between satisfaction with the flexible working system and other consequential factors, including work performance, organizational commitment, turnover intention, and quality of life.

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Determinants of Happiness

Lee¹

2021

Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being

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There are various explanatory models for factors influencing happiness. Broadly speaking, there are two theoretical models: adaptation theory which emphasizes individual personality traits and reactivity theory which emphasizes objective external circumstances (Sirgy, 2001). Adaptation theory is primarily a psychologist's approach, with individual personality traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness rather than objective conditions as key influencing variables (Maggino, 2015;Yeh et al., 2015). This theory posits that satisfaction with life experiences or public services affects happiness through a filtering process by pre-determined personality traits, and improvement of objective conditions or increasing positive experiences does not increase happiness. Rather, personality traits influence the emotions and evaluations of various objective situations. In contrast, reactivity theory is the main approach of various social scientists including economics and sociology and posits that objective external conditions at individual and social levels such as income, age, gender, marriage, occupation, family, region, and government. Conditions and so on are linked to happiness. In the process, individual experiences and evaluations are determined by passive reactions to objective conditions, so objective conditions become an important influencing variable of happiness (Diener, 1984;Ko, 2013).Adaptation and response theories are each called by various names. Adaptation theory, which focuses on internal traits of individuals, is also referred to as personal trait or disposition theory, internal factor theory, set point theory, top-down spillover theory, etc. Reactivity theory, which focuses on objective external conditions, is also called in various ways such as situation theory, external factor theory, needs satisfaction theory, and bottom-up spillover theory. Among these various names, some additional explanation is needed for the distinction between the top-down spillover approach and the bottom-up spillover approach. Both approaches focus on the spillover process of happiness. A spillover is a phenomenon in which satisfaction in one domain of life affects satisfaction in another domain and can be divided into

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Happiness and Government’s Role: A Study on the Mediating Effect of Quality of Life between Public Services and Happiness

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Effects of Relative Leisure Deprivation between Regions on Life Satisfaction in Koreans: Focusing on Baby Boomers

Effects of Relative Leisure Deprivation between Regions on Life Satisfaction in Koreans: Focusing on Baby Boomers

Examining the Antecedents and Consequences of Public Officials’ Satisfaction with the Flexible Work System

Determinants of Happiness

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