Abstract: This study examined the factors of the elderly’s job retention, and it focused on the job retention rather than the reemployment itself which is widely studied before. The data of the study were drawn from Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing complied by the Korea Employment Information Service from the year 2006 to 2014, and this study analyzed 1,466 people who were over 65 years when conducted in the year 2006. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22.0, and binary logistic regression was conducted to test research model. Analyzed by population sociological, health, economic and institutional factors, the elderly’s job retention was affected by gender, age, academic background, period of the partner’s existence, depression, gross income of household, total assets of household, period of receiving national basic livelihood guarantees, period of receiving national pension. Based on the results, this study suggests practical and political implication for the elderly’s job retention after retirement

• Publication Date: 19-Aug-2016
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-103-0-69
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Abstract: The objective of this pilot study was to apply the hard laddering technique [1], [2], embedded in means-end chain (MEC) theory [3], to understand why users utilize the various features and functionalities of social networking sites (SNSs). A convenience sample of 72 SNSs users in Brazil took part in the study. The study focused on Facebook as it is one of the primary means of social networking in this developing country. MEC theory has been developed in order to understand how consumers link attributes (A) of products with particular consequences (C), and how these consequences satisfy their personal values (V). The associations in the mind of the consumer between A’s, C’s, and V’s are labeled means-end chains. They are often seen as a representation of the basic drive that motivates consumer behaviour, for they link attributes of a product (such as Facebook), through the consequences (e.g., to Facebook users) stemming from these attributes, and, ultimately, to the personal values (e.g

• Publication Date: 19-Aug-2016
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-103-0-73
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