Analysis of Discourse about a Homeland Disaster and Ethnic Identity at a Korean-American Digital Diaspora

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-387
Author(s):  
Chang Sup Park ◽  
Barbara K. Kaye
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Korean American

The Antecedents and Consequences of Subjective Well-Being among Sport Participants: The Case of Korean American Sports Festival

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyu-soo Chung
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Korean American ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

The purpose of this study is to reveal the role of ethnic sport participants' subjective well-being as it interacts with its antecedents and consequences. The antecedents are participants' perceived benefits of sport participation and their satisfaction with an event. The consequences are participants' organizational commitment and their ethnic identity. The dynamics of subjective well-being and those constructs were tested at the 2015 Korean American Sports Festival where 283 Korean American participants reported on self-administered questionnaires. The collected data were first analyzed via confirmatory factor analysis; structural equation modeling was then used to secure the magnitude and significance of each path designed in the model. The social, psychological, and health benefits of sport participation positively affected satisfaction with the event, and satisfaction in turn affected subjective well-being. Subjective well-being positively influenced organizational commitment. Ethnic identity had a mediating effect on the relation between subjective well-being and organizational commitment. This study highlights the importance of ethnic sport participants' subjective well-being in understanding how the quality of their experience makes them committed to an ethnic sport organization. Ethnic sporting events can implement the findings to facilitate an increase in the subjective well-being of their events' participants.

scholarly journals Heritage Language and Ethnic Identity: A Case Study of Korean-American College Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Lee Brown
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Korean American ◽  
Heritage Languages ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
High Level ◽  
Heritage Language Speakers

The current study explores how heritage language proficiency affects the ethnic identity of four Korean-American college students who have maintained a high level of heritage language proficiency. Findings from in-depth interviews are consistent with previous studies which show close relationships between heritage languages and ethnic identity, yet the study reveals that a high level of heritage language proficiency is not necessarily associated with a heightened sense of ethnic identity for the selected students. Interview data suggest that participants’ perceived expectations from society in general contribute to identity conflicts. A path to maintaining heritage language should start from creating a safe environment, especially in schools where heritage language speakers are protected from negative stereotypes.

Exploring ethnic identity perceptions of Hyun-Jin Ryu’s Korean American fans

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 855-872
Author(s):  
Na Ri Shin ◽  
Jon Welty Peachey ◽  
Doo Jae Park
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Korean American ◽  
The Us ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of Korean American fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu. Two research questions were developed to guide the study: (a) How are participants’ ethnic identity perceptions as Korean Americans intertwined with their fanship to Hyun-Jin Ryu? and (b) How are participants’ lived experiences intertwined with their fanship to Ryu? The study focused on the details of how fans perceived their ethnic identity in relation to Ryu’s performance and presence in Major League Baseball. Findings revealed that fans initially became involved due to their ethnic ties to Ryu and remained as fans because they felt connected to the motherland of Korea. Fans individually identified with Ryu through the perceived minority status of being Korean American in the US. Fans experienced vicarious satisfaction as they felt Ryu broke racial, ethnic, and gender stereotypes through his body image and physical performance. Consequently, they developed Korean pride when Ryu performed well. This study extends Tajfel and Turner’s social identity theory and Phinney’s concept of ethnic identity to examine fanship to a specific player rather than a team.

scholarly journals The Acculturation Process and Philanthropic Giving: Evaluating the Effect of Sociocultural Adaptation and Ethnic Identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-74
Author(s):  
Moon Seong-gin
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Korean American ◽  
Sociocultural Adaptation ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Acculturation Process ◽  
Korean Identity

Although literature on the field of philanthropy has examined why and how individual give, there is a lack of attention paid to the acculturation process that occurs after immigrants’ arrival to a host country. This study focuses on two salient parts of the acculturation process―sociocultural adaptation and ethnic identity―and empirically examines their respective effects on giving. Based on data from the Korean-American Philanthropic Survey, regression models are constructed to estimate such effects. The empirical results show that immigrants with a higher level of sociocultural adaptation are more likely to give than their counterparts in terms of both participation and the amount. In addition, immigrants with a stronger Korean identity are more likely to give more than their counterparts. Finally, some resources that immigrants possess are positively related to giving, including education, religiosity, age, and household income.

scholarly journals Fluid identity play: A case study of a bilingual child’s ethnic identity construction across multiple contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-213
Author(s):  
Hyonsuk Cho ◽  
X. Christine Wang
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Korean American ◽  
Positioning Theory ◽  
Bilingual Students ◽  
Ethnic Identity Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Peer Dynamics

Informed by positioning theory as well as a nexus of multimembership, the year-long case study examined how a 7-year-old Korean American bilingual child, Meeso, constructed her ethnic identity across different educational contexts. Data were collected through observations of Meeso’s interactions with her monolingual and bilingual peers and teachers. Discourse analysis revealed that Meeso constructed fluid ethnic identity positionings depending upon how she desired to position herself and to be positioned by others. We also identified that the social context, language proficiency, and peer dynamics were related to the process. Based on the findings, we discuss the roles of context, language, and peer interaction for bilingual students’ ethnic identity development.

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