Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Special Forces in the ROK Army

The unconventional nature of the working environments and tasks of the ROK Army Special Forces (“Special Forces”), as compared to regular army forces, means that Special Forces’ organizational performance is largely influenced by their behavioral patterns and mindset. This study examines the organizational citizenship behavior of Special Forces to enhance their organizational performance. Specifically, this study seeks to investigate the causal path of organizational citizenship behavior and its factors, self-leadership, and trust in the supervisor. Data was collected from Special Forces based in the Seoul metropolitan area during a two-month period, from June to July 2013. A total of 650 questionnaires were distributed, of which 647 were returned. Using 638 questionnaires, excluding those that were unresponsive or filled out incompletely, frequency analysis, reliability and factor analysis, correlation analysis, and path analysis were performed using the SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 19.0 software packages. The results showed that Special Forces’ self-leadership had a significant effect on trust in the supervisor and organizational citizenship behavior, and trust in the supervisor had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between self-leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. Accordingly, this study posits that to enhance Special Forces’ organizational citizenship behavior, it is important to strengthen their self-leadership and trust in the supervisor

A Study on South Korea’s Public Confidence Regarding Its Police Authority

This paper explores the serious issue of a low public confidence in South Korea’s police authority. A low public confidence hinders legitimate law-enforcement activities and weakens the organizational capacity for the maintenance of security. Through a cross-national analysis, this paper reveals an exceptionally low level of public confidence regarding South Korea’s police authority and the problematic nature of the public’s legal cynicism; furthermore, it is suggested that these factors contribute to the citizens’ overall lack of compliance with regulations. Since the country’s transition to democracy, South Korea’s police authority has implemented different reformative measures and has strived to earn the public’s confidence; however, despite this effort, its goal has not been fully accomplished. This paper examines the recent police-governance reform of England and Wales as a reference point and explores the applicable policies

Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources

The biological effects of atmospheric cold plasma generated reactive species are mediated through and at a liquid interface. The diversity of antimicrobial efficacy or intensity of effects may differ with respect to the plasma device or set up, and it is important to understand how these differences occur to advance understanding and successful applications. Thus, plasma treated water (PTW) from a microwave driven plasma source (PTW-MW) and plasma treated water from a di-electric barrier discharge system (PTW-DBD) were compared in terms of long lived reactive species chemical composition and antimicrobial activity. The influence of a post-treatment storage time (PTST), where reactive species in the gas phase were maintained in contact with the liquid was investigated. Nitrogen-based chemistry dominated in PTW-MW, with high concentrations of nitrous acid decomposing to nitrite and nitrate, while H2O2 and nitrate were predominant in PTW-DBD. PTST could enhance H2O2 concentrations in di-electric barrier PTW over time while nitrous acid, the main oxidative species in microwave driven PTW, decreased. This work highlights that plasma treated water presents a resource comprising a range of different compounds, stabilities and reactivities which may be tunable to specific applications

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