Frontline employees (hereinafter FLEs) act as boundary spanners, primary representatives, and intermediaries between consumers and service organizations. They are often directly responsible for service delivery and are the customers’ first impression of service organizations. Therefore, maximizing FLE performance is vital for service organizations. Leaders have been argued to play a critical role in fostering FLE performance for a variety of reasons, one of which is to achieve goal-related results. To achieve those results, they often feel a pressing need to discipline their subordinates’ actions. Consequently, leaders may take corrective measures that display controlling behaviors to press subordinates’ best performance. This type of leadership style is known as Authoritarian Leadership (hereinafter AL), which refers to leaders with paternal attributes who utilize absolute authority and control over their subordinates with the expectation of unquestionable obedience. The literature, however, has reported mixed findings of the performance benefits of AL.

1998년 발표되어 전 세계적인 흥행과 더불어 많은 비평가들의 찬사를 받았 던 피터 위어(Peter Weir) 감독의 영화 <트루먼 쇼>(The Truman Show)는 미디 어가 일상이 되어버린 현대사회에서 실재와 가상세계의 대조를 통해 실재가 점 점 허구적인 세계를 닮아가고 있음을 매우 풍자적으로 그리고 있다. 영화는 광 고와 자본주의로 야기된 삶의 이중성을 풍자함으로써 자본주의의 전 지구적인 확산에 대한 냉소적인 견해를 직, 간접적으로 드러낸다. <트루먼 쇼>는 현대사 회의 구조 속에서 개인의 자유의지를 통해 미디어의 기만성으로부터 자신을 해 방시키는 과정을 자유의지를 통한 구원의 형식으로 보여주고 있다. <트루먼 쇼>는 등장인물의 이름, 트루먼(Truman)과 크리스토프(Christof)에서 유추할 수 있는 것처럼 일종의 종교적 알레고리를 통해 인간의 자유의지와 구원의 문제, 특히 전지전능해진 현대미디어를 극복해가는 개인의 여정을 보여준다. 미디어 에 종속되어 거기서 벗어나지 못하는 맹목적인 시청자들과 달리 시스템의 통제 와 억압적인 미디어 세계를 탈출하려 하는 트루먼의 각성과 행동은 크리스토프 로 상징되는 미디어의 신적인 권위를 거부하고 저항하며 극복하는 내적성찰과 그것을 통한 개인의 구원을 보여준다.

그동안 북한선교는 통일 담론에 휘둘려 제대로 된 선교전략을 세울 수 없었고, 혼재된 대북 관계와 북미 관계로 인해 이행할 수도 없었다. 북한선교는 자체의 정체성(일명: 상수)을 재정립하고 정치적 과제(일명: 변수)와 연관되지 않아야 가능하다. 북한선교의 변하지 않는 상수의 선교정체성과 변하는 변수의 배경을 분리해야 하는 것이 다. 그러면 비로소 통일 이전과 이후의 북한선교의 전략적 정책이 수립될 수 있을 것이다. 북한선교의 통일 이전의 전략은 복음의 직접 사역과 비즈니스 선교전략이다. 통일 이후에는 관계성을 중심으로 한 민족복음화 선교전략으로 이어져야 한다. 통일 이전과 이후에도 북한선교는 여전히 양 교회 간의 갈등과 대립, 오해와 비난 등으로 상당한 문제가 야기될 것이다. 통일 이후 북한선교는 민족복음화를 변곡점으로 해서 시작될 것이다.

The purpose of this study is to identify methods for attracting more students into maritime colleges, for making sure they remain happy, satisfied with their decision and finally for enabling them to have job security. At International Maritime College Oman (IMCO), the Deck Officer program is a field of study that incorporates the ancient knowledge and techniques in navigation with the latest information and technology in the maritime industry. The industry requires officers who are well trained and capable of working as professionals on board vessels. The goal is to attract more students into the maritime industry, to ensure their achievement in future and to make sure they are happy with their choice to join the maritime industry. For the purposes of this research, a questionnaire about deck cadets’ experiences of work and life at sea, with thirty-one questions, was prepared, based on the authors’ experiences, and distributed to deck cadets studying in International Maritime College of Oman (IMCO). It was answered by sixty deck students in years two, three and four. The students were of both genders and from various countries including Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Egypt. The age ranges varied between eighteen to twenty-five. The main problems adversely affecting the students’ happiness and satisfaction were found to be related to loneliness and emotional insecurity at sea, resulting from inadequate opportunities for communication with family and friends, as well as uncertainty about employment prospects. Colleges need to focus more on supporting cadets’ emotional well-being. Shipping companies also need to play a greater role in reducing cadets’ uncertainty by sponsoring them, by providing guarantees of employment and by looking after them well at sea, especially by ensuring availability of cheap internet.

본 연구목적은 문화산업 창업자의 능력이 창업의지에 미치는 영향을 연구하기 위한 것이다. 작자의 의도는 문화산업 창업자의 능력 발 전과 함께 창업의지를 높이는데 가치 있는 건의를 제공하고 있다. 본 연구는 중국 강서성의 문화산업계 창업자를 대상으로 설문조사 를 실시하여 얻은 결과로 창업자의 특성을 평가하였고, 주로 사용된 요소는 성취경향, 혁신경향, 진취경향, 모험적경향이다. 자기 효능감 의 구성 요소는 자기 효능감, 자아조절 효능, 임무 난이도 구별 능력 과 사회적 효능감이다. 분석방법은 주파수분석, 서술성 통계 분석, 신뢰성분석, 관련성분석과 다원성 귀납분석이다. 모든 통계 분석은 현저성수준 p<0.05에서 검증하고 SPS19 프로그램을 사용하여 분석 하였다. 본 논문의 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 문화산업 창업자의 능력 이 자기효능감에 적극적인 영향을 미친다. 둘째, 문화산업 창업자의 능력이 창업의지에도 적극적인 영향을 미친다. 셋째, 문화산업 창업 자의 능력은 창업의지에도 적극적인 영향을 미친다. 연구결과의 기초 하에, 작자는 문화산업의 발전을 위하여 업계와 정부에 건의를 다음 과 같이 제출한다. 첫째, 문화산업계 창업자의 자기효능감을 높이기 위해서 모든 창업자들은 훈련을 통하여 자신의 특성을 개선해야 한 다. 자신감, 자아조절효능, 임무 난이도 분별능력과 사회자기효능감으 로 구성된 창업자의 능력 제고교육을 제정할 필요가 있다. 둘째, 일 련의 조치를 통하여 문화산업 창업자의 교육을 증가시켜 5가지 특성 의 경향을 높이여 자신의 창업의지를 높인다. 셋째, 각종 교육훈련과 문화산업정책을 통해 문화산업 창업자의 늘력을 제고시켜 높은 창업 의지의 유지를 보장한다.

President Trump has, for the first time in the US trade history, aggressively redefined the US trade policy as a supporting actor in the US national security policy. His presidential actions have involved a broad array of legislation, such as trade sanctions and export controls. Most astonishing is that President Trump has imposed trade restrictions by relying upon unilateral findings of national security risks or the existence of national emergencies. We are now at a point where federal courts in the US have been asked to review the validity of presidential trade actions, specifically the central legality of the broad delegation of congressional trade authority over the last 75 years. I predict that the federal courts will uphold the separation of powers in the face of the outrageous and unprecedented onslaught of presidential tariff and trade actions by a president relying upon dubious claims of national security and national emergency.

“In the future, 80% of doctors will be replaced by advanced technology.” It has been talked about for a long time. When I first heard this story, people said it was ridiculous. But now that AlphaGo has won the Go match against Lee Se-dol, and many global companies have come up with a variety of services and products based on artificial intelligence, the story has become no more than ridiculous. In other words, it is beginning to come true. Artificial intelligence technology is already widely used in manufacturing and service industries. This spread of artificial intelligence is sure to usher in an era of great change in our future. And it is safe to say that it is the "medical world" where the biggest changes will be made. So how on earth does artificial intelligence replace medical personnel? If replaced, where would you stand out? In order to understand this, we must first be familiar with deep learning, which is the basis of medical artificial intelligence. And as the fourth industrial revolution gradually approaches reality, various occupational groups are becoming meaningless, as in the preceding industrial revolution, and in this paper we will learn about the impact of this situation on the medical community.

본 연구는 한국 시인 백석과 아일랜드 시인 셰이머스 히니(Seamus Heaney)의 작품에서 드러나는 다양한 기억과 망각의 의미를 살펴보고 비교 분석한다. 기억과 망각이라는 주제는 독일 문화학자인 알라이다 아스만과 얀 아스만의 기억 이론을 토대로 하며, 두 시인의 작품이 각각 한국과 아일랜드 역사 속에서 어떠한 문학적 의미를 추구하고 시학을 드러내는지 짚어보며 역사적 사실, 정치적 상황 그리고 문화적 기억이 회상 그리고 망각의 틀에서 어떻게 작동하는지 비교 분석한다.

The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is an invasive pest affecting urban and rural communities, agricultural production and wildlife. Its complex biology and genetics is reflected in the existence of two different colony forms: monogyne and polygyne. We focus our studies on the polygyne form more abundant in Texas, characterized by the presence of multiple queens that co-operate for colony success. Our conceptual framework resides in the hypothesis that understanding gene networks linking nutrition and reproduction may reveal critical signaling pathways that could be disrupted to manage fire ants. In the pre-omics era we began by systematically cloning and characterizing the expression of genes and proteins important for reproduction and signaling and that we believe participate in the fire ant ‘genetic tool kit’. Our earlier studies focused on the vitellogenin receptor (VgR) and in the application of RNAi to reduce VgR gene expression as proof of principle that gene silencing in queens could lead to impaired egg production. Signaling systems related to reproduction and nutrition were also studied, such as the insulin receptors and the sNPF receptor, a G protein-coupled receptor. We have immunolocalized the sNPF receptor in the brain of queens and workers and found correlations in its neuronal gene expression in both castes with respect to the presence or absence of brood in the colony. We have generated and compared transcriptomes of mated and virgin queen brains and ovaries and identified a few differentially expressed genes. Most recently, with the release of the new fire ant genome in the Fall of 2018, we mined the genome to compile and curate the annotation of G protein-coupled receptors. The lecture will summarize key aspects of the biology of fire ants and morphological and functional differences among colony members. Experimental approaches utilized to begin to understand regulation of colony growth at the molecular level will be presented. It is our goal to unravel the endocrinological control of the fire ant colony with the hope of identifying novel targets to impair queen maturation, ovarian development, colony nutrition and brood production.

The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of international telecom giant Huawei Technologies, have fired up political and diplomatic commotions around the world. Meng’s arrest in Vancouver based on several indictment charges accused by the US government against Meng particularly situated Canada in a precarious position of standing strong as an ally of the US, but also avoiding needless enragement of China. Because the US filed a formal extradition request to Canada, Canada’s federal Minister of Justice has to determine whether Meng’s extradition hearing will take place, by examining legal prongs under the US-Canada Extradition Treaty. The international communities will be watching closely of this contentious extradition case that will certainly have huge implications on diplomatic, economic and political relationships between the Western world and China.

This article discusses American Institute for International Steel v. the United States, which is pending in the little-known United States Court of International Trade in New York. It involves an attempt to declare that the US legislation delegating authority to the president to impose trade restrictions is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority. A loss would legally curtail the president’s discretionary power to use national security as a reason to impose punitive measures against trading partners. The article identifies legal trends, where this case fits into the trade policy debates, and why it is so important. The article concludes that domestic US litigation in 2019 may well have a tremendous impact on US law and the global trading system. Many in the domestic and international trading communities (as well as those in the foreign policy and national security communities) are waiting for the results of this little-known steel litigation.

Background: Round shoulder posture, results from excessive flexed posture of the thorax, is defined as a position of scapular protraction, anterior tipping, and downward rotation. However, previous studies have focused on only passive position of the thorax during scapular posterior tilting (SPT) and have not reported on SPT combined with correction of flexed posture. Objects: The aim of this study was to compare effects of SPT and SPT with prone trunk extension (SPT + PTE) on activities of the lower trapezius, serratus anterior, and thoracic erector spinae and degree of posture in subjects with round shoulder and flexed posture. Methods: Fifteen subjects with round shoulder and flexed posture were recruited. The caliper was used to measure the degree of round shoulder and flexed posture. Electromyography was performed to collect data of muscle activities. Paired t-test was used to compare two exercise (α=.05). Results: When SPT + PTE was applied, the degree of round shoulder posture (p=.001) and flexed posture (p=.039) significantly decreased compared with that when SPT was applied. The lower trapezius activity significantly increased in the SPT + PTE condition compared with that in the SPT condition (p=.026). There were no significant differences in serratus anterior activity between SPT + PTE and SPT. The thoracic erector spinae activity significantly increased in the SPT + PTE condition compared with that in the SPT condition (p=.014). Conclusion: SPT + PTE might be one of the effective methods to enhance activities of lower trapezius and thoracic erector spinae, and to reduce round shoulder posture and flexed posture in subjects with round shoulder and flexed posture.

The trade war between the US and China in the Trump era has become a momentous event in the world economy. It is necessary to see how trade relations between them have played out within the WTO from a historical perspective. Since the Opium Wars, both economic and political concerns have changed the relationship between these two countries. The escalation from a trade conflict to trade war shows the rivalry between the US and China for hegemony in the twenty-first century’s regional and world politics. The economic, technological, and manufacturing competition that is a part of hegemonic rivalry is not totally new; this is borne out by the history of the US-China economic relations. The escalation of this ‘trade war’ now has spill-over effects on other countries, being beyond the normative framework of the WTO. There is an impasse in this ongoing saga, but the silver lining is that there will be a re-construction of the multilateral trading system.