A Study on Work Value s Perception of University Students using Q Methodology

Author(s):  
Suh-Yoon Choi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 427-451
Author(s):  
Ji-Yang Jeong ◽  
Yong-Hee Kim ◽  
Eun-Kyung Kim ◽  
Soon-Hwa Yoo

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seonhye Lee ◽  
Hyun Jin Kim ◽  
Chang Heon Cheong

Abstract Background International cooperation for infection control is important to prevent global pandemics. University students were difficult groups to manage of infection control measures. They often had overconfidence to their health, ineffective personal hygiene, and active social activities. Their misperceptions and inappropriate preventive behaviors increase the infection risks to university and community. Understanding university students’ perceptions of airborne infection management will contribute to the establishment of relevant policies and health education programs. Method This study explored subjective perceptions of airborne infection among university students in South Korea using Q-methodology. Forty university students representing different majors ranked a set of 33 statements reflecting their perceptions of airborne infection. They sorted the statements into a distribution on seven scales ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.” Collected data were analyzed by the PC-QUANL program. The subjective perception types were extracted by using the principal component analysis. Results Four type are derived regardingperception of airborne infection: Type I (Government responsibility), Type II (Personal responsibility in self-management), Type III (Strict external management) and Type IV (Comprehensive countermeasures management). Thesefour types accounted for 45.6% of the total variance, and the individual contributions of Types I, II, III, and IV were 27.7, 7.6, 6.2, and 4.1%, respectively. Conclusion The major contribution of this study is to clarify university students’ perceptions of airborne infection. These findings can be used in formulating effective strategies for health education, media reporting, and public health policy to improve airborne infection management.


1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Grosswiler

Abstract: This study explores the debate among communication theorists about whether dominant typographic and electronic media forms are accompanied by distinct worldviews. Using Q methodology to approach media and ideology orientations subjectively, the study suggests that electronic media are preferred within a typographic ideology. Two electronic media factors, two mixed factors, and one slightly typographic media factor emerged in the preferences of a group of university students. By contrast, two typographic ideology factors, a conflicted factor, and one underlying electronic factor emerged in the students' ideological orientations. Taken together, the electronic media factors tended to reflect the dominant ideology of typographic culture. Electronic ideology, on the other hand, was associated slightly more with typographic and mixed media factors. Résumé: Cette étude explore le débat parmi les théoriciens en communications sur la capacité des formes médiatiques dominantes typographique et électronique d'encourager des points de vue distincts sur le monde. Utilisant une méthodologie "Q" pour aborder les orientations médiatiques et idéologiques de manière subjective, l'étude suggère que les partisans d'une idéologie typographique préfèrent les médias électroniques. En effet, un groupe d'étudiants universitaires a montré une préférence pour deux facteurs médiatiques électroniques, deux facteurs mixtes, et un facteur médiatique légèrement typographique. En contraste, les orientations idéologiques des étudiants ont fait ressortir deux facteurs idéologiques typographiques, un facteur conflictuel, et un facteur électronique sous-jacent. Pris ensemble, les facteurs médiatiques électroniques tendaient à refléter l'idéologie dominante de la culture typographique. L'idéologie électronique, quant à elle, s'associait un peu plus aux facteurs typographiques et mixtes.


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