Towards a Flexible Learning Ecosystem in Philippine Tertiary Education

The Philippines has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing a lockdown in an effort to suppress the spread of the disease. This measure has led to unprecedented disruption in many sectors of the economy. Educational institutions have similarly been affected. As schools are the ideal breeding ground for “super spreader” events, the suspension of face-to-face instruction is an important control measure from a public health perspective. Physical closures may need to be maintained even after the lockdown is eased. This situation poses a challenge on how to maintain the continuity of the Philippines’ human capital development during the pandemic

Preparing for Shortages of Future COVID-19 Drugs: A Data-Based Model for Optimal Allocation

Drugs for the treatment of Covid-19 are currently beign tested, and those that are apporved for use are likely to be in short supply due to the global scale of the pandemic. This policy brief proposes a model for optimally allocating future Covid-19 drugs to patients to minimize deaths under conditions of resource scarcity. A linear programming model is developed that estimates the potential number of deaths that may result from Covid-19 under two scenarios: with antivirals and without antivirals. It takes into account patient risk level, the severity of their symptoms, resource availability in hospitals (i.e. hospital beds, critical care units, ventilators), observed mortality rates, and share of the Philippine population. Based on simulations, the model can make actionable recommendations on how to prioritize the allocation of the drugs

Immigration policies and the factors of migration from developing countries to South Korea: An empirical analysis

This study examines the impacts of immigration policies adopted by the Korean government, vis-a-vis other economic, social, demographic, and political factors, on labour migration from developing countries to South Korea using a modified gravity model. The model is extended to marriage-related migrants to gain insights on marriage migration. The positive results in three out of the five immigration policies examined affirm that liberal policies are associated with increased migration, especially for preferred groups like ethnic Koreans, marriage migrants, and professionals. The positive effects of “push” factors such as population, unemployment, and inflation are generally similar to their effects on migration to the US, Canada, Germany, and the UK despite its more rapid transition from a migrant-sending into a migrant-receiving country. Political terror\u27s non-significance may be due to South Korea\u27s limited asylum policy. Finally, the results of the extended model imply that marriage migration share plenty of similarities with labour migration. © 2016 The Author. International Migration © 2016 IO

Hypergamy and cross border marriages in south Korea: An examination of factors influencing flows of migrant brides and grooms from developing countries

© 2020. This study investigates whether cross-border marriages in South Korea follow the logic of hypergamy. It examines whether the factors that affect the number of brides from developing countries also hold true for grooms using a panel regression analysis based on a modified gravity model and macro-national data from 1999-2012. Results show the model accounting for 54% of the variation in the number of foreign brides and 42% of the variation in the number of foreign grooms. In the case of foreign brides, five (5) out of seven (7) variables were statistically significant. The share of women in the population and gender inequality were found to be significant and positive predictors. In the case of foreign grooms, only three (3) out of seven (7) variables were statistically significant. There is limited evidence that marriages involving brides from developing countries are consistent with expectations of hypergamy. There is very limited and weak evidence that marriages involving foreign grooms also follow this trend

Public administration education in the Philippines 1951-2020: History, challenges, and prospects

© 2020, © 2020 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. The Philippines was the first country to offer Public Administration (PA) degree programs in Asia beginning in 1952. PA programs were offered by the newly established Institute of Public Administration at the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1951, in line with the Bell Mission’s recommendations to rebuild the civil service and facilitate recovery from World War 2. Since then, Philippine PA education has evolved with the changing political, administrative, and economic landscape. PA programs have expanded across the country, and PA professional and educational associations have grown. Despite these, obstacles limit their development and challenge their relevance. The general environment of PA education in the Philippines remains, in my view, fragmented, impeded by regulatory issues, dependent on imported theories, ideas, and frameworks due to centralized and limited indigenous scholarship. PA programs face questions on the suitability of its curricula to the needs of students and the public sector. Finally, it must deal with the question of whether PA, as it is taught and practiced, is responsive to the needs of the Philippine bureaucracy and society. Several options in dealing with these challenges are proposed and explored in this article

Policy dissonance and the challenges of managing the impacts of South Korea\u27s industrial and demographic transition through immigration

Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This paper discusses how South Korea is increasingly, albeit reluctantly, relying on immigration to address the consequences of its industrial transformation which include, among others, low birth rate, a rapidly ageing population and labour shortages. It discusses how policy dissonance, the contradictions in government policies and the realities on the ground, produces mixed results which sometimes deviate from policy intentions. Specifically, the insistence on a restrictive anti-immigration regime in the face of increasing labour demands and unwillingness of domestic workers to take up low-paying jobs result in the twin problems of persistent undocumented immigration and increasing labour shortages. Likewise, the contradicting policy orientations of liberalisation and ethnicisation are also simultaneously being adopted into policies. Unless contradictions in policy intent and policy dissonance are addressed, policies will likely keep producing mixed results

The roles of strategic human resource management and person–environment fit on nonprofit public service motivation\u3csup\u3e*\u3c/sup\u3e

This study examines the relationship between public service motivation (i.e., intrinsically and voluntarily driven attitudes and dispositions), strategic human resource management, and person–environment fit in Korean nonprofit organizations in order to determine the ways by which both the motivation of employees and the performance of these organizations can be enhanced. This was done using data from a survey on Korean nonprofit organizations employees conducted in 2013. The results show a direct, positive, and significant association between strategic human resource management and person–environment fit, a direct and positive association between person–environment fit and the affective and normative nonprofit public service motivation aspects of nonprofit public service motivation, and a mediating role of person–environment fit in the relationship between strategic human resource management and affective and normative nonprofit public service motivation. © 2020, © 2020 American Society for Public Administration

The Congruence Effects of Confucian and Western Management Values on Individual and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Korean Public Sector

This study examines the effect on Korean public employees’ in-role performance and organizational performance of Confucian values and of two organizational management values developed in the West, specifically collective public service motivation-oriented (PSMO) management values and entrepreneurship- oriented (EO) management values.Using data from the Public Sector Entrepreneurship Survey the study finds that some Confucian values can enhance in-role and organizational performance in the Korean public sector, but others can have negative or no effects. The mixed results suggest that the relationship may be more complex than assumed and that some variables may mediate the effects. This has implications on how the positive effects of Confucian values on performance can be maximized while minimizing the negative effects. The collective PSMO and EO management values developed in the Western context both enhance in role performance but only EO management values positive effects extend to organizational performance.Lastly, the study finds that the data does not support the hypothesized positive interaction effects between Confucian values and PSMO and EO management values and both in-role and organizational performance. More investigation is required to fully understand these interaction effects.</p