Nansook Park
Biographic Data
| ID | 189373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nansook Park |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nansook |
| FAMILY NAME | Park |
| SIGNATURE | PARK N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rhode Island |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3138-2630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 610 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
A Relationship Between Political Participation and Perception of Fairness: The Case of South Korea
In this study, we examine how citizens’ political participation influences perceptions of whether the government is fairly providing public services. We analyze offline, online, and hybrid participation forms using Korea Social Integration Survey data (2013–2019), offering practical insights for a healthier democracy. Our results indicate that adding online elements to political activities heightens perceived fairness, and this effect strengthens…
Wrong now, right then: Policy salience in the termination of the South Korean Shutdown Act
While existing studies acknowledge the political impact of policy termination, research on the dynamic political landscape and the bureaucracy’s strategic action in driving such termination remains limited, particularly in morality policies, where diverse values clash across political perspectives. To address this gap, this study examines South Korea’s Shutdown Act, a regulation on teenage gaming that epitomizes the tension between values relatin…
Does whistleblowing always compromise bureaucratic reputation? Exploring the role of accountability institutions through bureaucratic reputation theory
Organizational reputation is subject to losses when whistleblowing occurs. Based on ethics management and bureaucratic reputation theories, we examined whether the loss could vary depending on whistleblowing channels, such as official channels of accountability institutions (U.S. Office of Special Counsel and Office of Inspector General), and unofficial channels (media) and the existence of whistleblowing management from official channels. From s…
Substantive representation for and by women: Female-support and family-friendly bills in South Korea
Development of work-life/family policy and gendered division of childcare responsibility: The case of South Korea
Purpose This paper aims to overcome the limitations of studies on work-life balance, which have focused on Western countries without considering “mental” dimensions of gendered childcare. By concentrating on South Korea as a case study, this paper also aims to examine how the gendered division of childcare changed when Korea's work-life/family policy followed European work-family conciliation policy. Design/methodology/approach The Korean Time Us…
Examining cultural policy shifts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines the evolving role of governments in cultural policy implementation in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States before, during, and after the COVID-19 crisis. The findings reveal distinct cultural policy frameworks before the pandemic, influenced by the unique path dependency of each country. However, in response to the crisis, these countries have converged, experiencing increased government intervention to address na…
Analyzing determinants of whistleblowing intention with the gamification method
Whistleblowing plays a critical role in building healthy transparent and responsible organizations. Whistleblowing can be challenging, however, as it may result in significant costs for the whistleblower. Facilitating whistleblowing that resists illegal and unethical behaviors within organizations requires management to enhance behavior while protecting whistleblowers. From the perspective of risk-taking, the current research examines which facto…
Presidential agendas in statutory interpretation: A case study of the Ministry of Government Legislation of Korea (MGLK)
In this study, we examined how and whether a government organisation aligns with a presidential agenda. At all stages of the policy development process, the president interacts with government bodies, despite the principle of the separation of powers. Moreover, in any government organisation, policy implementation begins with interpreting the president's agenda and preferences, given that state administration policy is presented as the law only a…
Generation rent on the housing treadmill: A study on South Korea's housing allowance programmes and recurring precarity
Given the ongoing economic crisis and the increase in housing prices, many young adults —known as “generation rent”—use a large portion of their wages for rent and cannot buy a house. In South Korea, generation rent in lower income brackets are particularly vulnerable to overlapping precarities as housing inequality worsens. In response, South Korean local governments have offered housing allowance programmes since 2019, but studies on the impact…
Positive Youth Development Among Youth Living in Poverty: The Role of Psychological Needs Satisfaction
Positive developmental outcomes among youth living in poverty have rarely been studied. Despite numerous risk factors, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to positive developmental outcomes among youth in poverty. Using the Self-Determination Theory framework, this two-wave longitudinal study investigated the contribution of basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness to positive developmental outcomes…
Public Service Motivation and Morale: Exploratory Study of Former Agents of the National Security Intelligence of Korea
This article examines the relationship between public service motivation (PSM) and morale by surveying former bureaucrats from the National Security Intelligence (NIS) of Korea. Despite decades of research, there is still much room for exploring the effects of PSM and morale by extending the scope to government retirees. Our data demonstrate that the higher the level of PSM, the higher the level of morale both before and after retirement. We also…
Does public opinion shape public policy? Effect of citizen dissent on legislative outcomes
In South Korea, the Advance Notice Legislation (ANL) system requires by law that a public announcement be issued on any proposed bill that is likely to affect the fundamental rights, duties, and/or daily life of the general public. By investigating the effects of public dissent submitted via the online ANL system in South Korea, this study attempts to address the critical issue of how to increase citizen participation in the political process and…
Building a culture of innovation: How do agency leadership and management systems promote innovative activities within the government
Public organisations have strived to initiate and consolidate innovation by reforming their structures, processes, and outcomes. Despite their numerous attempts, successful innovation has not been achieved in every organisation in the public sector. Analysing survey data acquired from the Korean government, we find that a leader's support for innovative action, and the development of a self‐learning organisation that discarded old‐fashioned custo…
Administrative reorganization as a signal: Bounded rationality, agency merger, and salience of policy issues
Although administrative reorganization has been a major political instrument in many democracies, there has been limited research on its effects. Aiming to address this gap, this study examines the reorganization of Korean government ministries, specifically, the impact of reorganization in the form of a merger of ministries performing interrelated but dissimilar functions. Examining the salience of policy issues expressed in official government …
Life Satisfaction and Frequency of Doctor Visits
OBJECTIVE: Identifying positive psychological factors that reduce health care use may lead to innovative efforts that help build a more sustainable and high-quality health care system. Prospective studies indicate that life satisfaction is associated with good health behaviors, enhanced health, and longer life, but little information about the association between life satisfaction and health care use is available. We tested whether higher life sa…
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and stroke
Character strengths predict subjective well-being during adolescence
Previous research indicates that several character strengths (e.g., gratitude, optimism, persistence, and self-regulation) correlate positively with measures of subjective well-being in adolescents. We examined whether character strengths predict future well-being. Adolescent high school students (N = 149) completed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth and measures of subjective well-being (depression, happiness, life satisfactio…
Assessment for the U.S. Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program: The Global Assessment Tool
Psychology and the U.S. military have a long history of collaboration. The U.S. Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program aims to measure the psychosocial strengths and assets of soldiers as well as their problems, to identify those in need of basic training in a given domain as well as those who would benefit from advanced training, and then to provide that training. The goals of the CSF program include the promotion of well-being as well…
Military children and families: Strengths and challenges during peace and war
Throughout history, military children and families have shown great capacity for adaptation and resilience. However, in recent years, unprecedented lengthy and multiple combat deployments of service members have posed multiple challenges for U.S. military children and families. Despite needs to better understand the impact of deployment on military children and families and to provide proper support for them, rigorous research is lacking. Program…
When is the Search for Meaning Related to Life Satisfaction?
Life meaning is important for psychological and physical health and well‐being. Researchers have only recently looked at the presence of life meaning and the search for life meaning as separate constructs. In the current study, 731 adult respondents from the United States completed the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, which separately assesses the presence of meaning and the search for meaning, and measures of well‐being. Presence and search for li…
Is optimal functioning a distinct state
Many languages and cultures have labels for individuals who have achieved a superior state of functioning, sometimes referred to as enlightenment or wisdom. This conceptualization of optimal functioning as a distinct state is implicit to several well-known psychological models, as well. This study evaluated whether self-reported strengths of character revealed evidence of such a state. A sample of 83,576 US residents completed the Values in Actio…
Does it matter where we live: The urban psychology of character strengths
Psychology has neglected the study of variation across cities. An urban psychology is needed that takes seriously such variation and focuses on strengths and assets contributing to the good life as much as on problems of urbanization. To illustrate the value of an urban psychology, we describe studies of character strengths among residents in the 50 largest U.S. cities (N = 47,369). Differences in character strengths were found to exist across ci…
Zest and work
Zest is a positive trait reflecting a person's approach to life with anticipation, energy, and excitement. In the present study, 9803 currently employed adult respondents to an Internet site completed measures of dispositional zest, orientation to work as a calling, and satisfaction with work and life in general. Across all occupations, zest predicted the stance that work was a calling ( r = .39), as well as work satisfaction ( r = .46) and gener…
Three Ways to Be Happy: Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning-Findings from Australian and US Samples
Validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth (VIA-Youth) Among South African learners
This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Values in Action Inventory for Youth (VIA-Youth) of Park and Peterson (2006) in a total multi-cultural group of South African learners aged 13 to 17 years (N=1691: male = 703, female = 988). Descriptive statistics, reliability coefficients and correlations were calculated, and confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were performed. Acceptable reliability coefficients were obtained f…
Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions
Positive psychology has flourished in the last 5 years. The authors review recent developments in the field, including books, meetings, courses, and conferences. They also discuss the newly created classification of character strengths and virtues, a positive complement to the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (e. g., American Psychiatric Association, 1994), and present some cross-cultural findings that…
The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Positive Youth Development
Comprehensive perspectives on well-being that include positive aspects of human life such as subjective wellbeing have recently been proposed. Life satisfaction is the cognitive component of subjective well-being and plays an important role in positive development as an indicator, a predictor, a mediator/moderator, and an out-come. Whereas low life satisfaction is associated with psychological, social, and behavior problems, high life satisfactio…
A Cross-Cultural Study of the Levels and Correlates of Life Satisfaction among Adolescents
Cross-cultural differences in the perceived levels and correlates of life satisfaction were investigated with 472 Korean and 543 U.S. adolescents. Korean adolescents reported lower global life satisfaction than U.S. adolescents, as well as lower satisfaction with family, friends, school, self, and living environment. Although satisfaction with family, self, and living environment contributed significant and unique variance to the global life sati…
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and stroke
Three Ways to Be Happy: Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning-Findings from Australian and US Samples
Military children and families: Strengths and challenges during peace and war
Throughout history, military children and families have shown great capacity for adaptation and resilience. However, in recent years, unprecedented lengthy and multiple combat deployments of service members have posed multiple challenges for U.S. military children and families. Despite needs to better understand the impact of deployment on military children and families and to provide proper support for them, rigorous research is lacking. Program…
Zest and work
Zest is a positive trait reflecting a person's approach to life with anticipation, energy, and excitement. In the present study, 9803 currently employed adult respondents to an Internet site completed measures of dispositional zest, orientation to work as a calling, and satisfaction with work and life in general. Across all occupations, zest predicted the stance that work was a calling ( r = .39), as well as work satisfaction ( r = .46) and gener…
Does it matter where we live: The urban psychology of character strengths
Psychology has neglected the study of variation across cities. An urban psychology is needed that takes seriously such variation and focuses on strengths and assets contributing to the good life as much as on problems of urbanization. To illustrate the value of an urban psychology, we describe studies of character strengths among residents in the 50 largest U.S. cities (N = 47,369). Differences in character strengths were found to exist across ci…
Character Strengths and Positive Youth Development
The goal of positive youth development is to build and strengthen assets that enable youth to grow and flourish throughout life. In this article, the definition, origins, and assessment of character strengths and ways of fostering them are discussed. Character strengths are here defined as a family of positive traits reflected in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Character strengths are important in their own right, but they additionally promote…
Character strengths in organizations
Character refers to qualities within individuals that lead them to desire and to pursue the good. We propose that strengths of character are a neglected but critically important resource for organizations. Character matters because it leads people to do the right thing, and the right thing can be productive and profitable. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Cross-National Adolescent Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Reports: Analyses of Mean Scores and Response Style Differences
A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Dimensions of Child and Adolescent Life Satisfaction Reports
Administrative reorganization as a signal: Bounded rationality, agency merger, and salience of policy issues
Although administrative reorganization has been a major political instrument in many democracies, there has been limited research on its effects. Aiming to address this gap, this study examines the reorganization of Korean government ministries, specifically, the impact of reorganization in the form of a merger of ministries performing interrelated but dissimilar functions. Examining the salience of policy issues expressed in official government …
Building a culture of innovation: How do agency leadership and management systems promote innovative activities within the government
Public organisations have strived to initiate and consolidate innovation by reforming their structures, processes, and outcomes. Despite their numerous attempts, successful innovation has not been achieved in every organisation in the public sector. Analysing survey data acquired from the Korean government, we find that a leader's support for innovative action, and the development of a self‐learning organisation that discarded old‐fashioned custo…
Wrong now, right then: Policy salience in the termination of the South Korean Shutdown Act
While existing studies acknowledge the political impact of policy termination, research on the dynamic political landscape and the bureaucracy’s strategic action in driving such termination remains limited, particularly in morality policies, where diverse values clash across political perspectives. To address this gap, this study examines South Korea’s Shutdown Act, a regulation on teenage gaming that epitomizes the tension between values relatin…
Development of work-life/family policy and gendered division of childcare responsibility: The case of South Korea
Purpose This paper aims to overcome the limitations of studies on work-life balance, which have focused on Western countries without considering “mental” dimensions of gendered childcare. By concentrating on South Korea as a case study, this paper also aims to examine how the gendered division of childcare changed when Korea's work-life/family policy followed European work-family conciliation policy. Design/methodology/approach The Korean Time Us…
Generation rent on the housing treadmill: A study on South Korea's housing allowance programmes and recurring precarity
Given the ongoing economic crisis and the increase in housing prices, many young adults —known as “generation rent”—use a large portion of their wages for rent and cannot buy a house. In South Korea, generation rent in lower income brackets are particularly vulnerable to overlapping precarities as housing inequality worsens. In response, South Korean local governments have offered housing allowance programmes since 2019, but studies on the impact…
Positive Youth Development Among Youth Living in Poverty: The Role of Psychological Needs Satisfaction
Positive developmental outcomes among youth living in poverty have rarely been studied. Despite numerous risk factors, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to positive developmental outcomes among youth in poverty. Using the Self-Determination Theory framework, this two-wave longitudinal study investigated the contribution of basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness to positive developmental outcomes…
Does public opinion shape public policy? Effect of citizen dissent on legislative outcomes
In South Korea, the Advance Notice Legislation (ANL) system requires by law that a public announcement be issued on any proposed bill that is likely to affect the fundamental rights, duties, and/or daily life of the general public. By investigating the effects of public dissent submitted via the online ANL system in South Korea, this study attempts to address the critical issue of how to increase citizen participation in the political process and…
Strengths of Character and Well-Being
We investigated the relationship between various character strengths and life satisfaction among 5,299 adults from three Internet samples using the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths. Consistently and robustly associated with life satisfaction were hope, zest, gratitude, love, and curiosity. Only weakly associated with life satisfaction, in contrast, were modesty and the intellectual strengths of appreciation of beauty, creativity, judgment,…
Character Strengths and Positive Youth Development
The goal of positive youth development is to build and strengthen assets that enable youth to grow and flourish throughout life. In this article, the definition, origins, and assessment of character strengths and ways of fostering them are discussed. Character strengths are here defined as a family of positive traits reflected in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Character strengths are important in their own right, but they additionally promote…
The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Positive Youth Development
Comprehensive perspectives on well-being that include positive aspects of human life such as subjective wellbeing have recently been proposed. Life satisfaction is the cognitive component of subjective well-being and plays an important role in positive development as an indicator, a predictor, a mediator/moderator, and an out-come. Whereas low life satisfaction is associated with psychological, social, and behavior problems, high life satisfactio…
A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Dimensions of Child and Adolescent Life Satisfaction Reports
Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life
Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions
Positive psychology has flourished in the last 5 years. The authors review recent developments in the field, including books, meetings, courses, and conferences. They also discuss the newly created classification of character strengths and virtues, a positive complement to the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (e. g., American Psychiatric Association, 1994), and present some cross-cultural findings that…
A Cross-Cultural Study of the Levels and Correlates of Life Satisfaction among Adolescents
Cross-cultural differences in the perceived levels and correlates of life satisfaction were investigated with 472 Korean and 543 U.S. adolescents. Korean adolescents reported lower global life satisfaction than U.S. adolescents, as well as lower satisfaction with family, friends, school, self, and living environment. Although satisfaction with family, self, and living environment contributed significant and unique variance to the global life sati…
Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents: The development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth
Moral competence among adolescents can be approached in terms of good character. Character is a multidimensional construct comprised of a family of positive traits manifest in an individual's thoughts, emotions and behaviours. The Values in Action Inventory for Youth (VIA‐Youth) is a self‐report questionnaire suitable for adolescents that measures 24 widely valued strength of character. Data from several samples bearing on the internal consistenc…
Character strengths in fifty-four nations and the fifty US states
In a web-based study of 117,676 adults from 54 nations and all 50 US states, we investigated the relative prevalence of 24 different strengths of character. The most commonly-endorsed strengths in the USA were kindness, fairness, honesty, gratitude, and judgment, and the lesser strengths included prudence, modesty, and self-regulation. The profile of character strengths in the USA converged with profiles based on respondents from each of the othe…
Character strengths in organizations
Character refers to qualities within individuals that lead them to desire and to pursue the good. We propose that strengths of character are a neglected but critically important resource for organizations. Character matters because it leads people to do the right thing, and the right thing can be productive and profitable. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Strengths of character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction
Why are certain character strengths more associated with life satisfaction than others? A sample of US adults (N = 12,439) completed online surveys in English measuring character strengths, orientations to happiness (engagement, pleasure, and meaning), and life satisfaction, and a sample of Swiss adults (N = 445) completed paper-and-pencil versions of the same surveys in German. In both samples, the character strengths most highly linked to life …
Validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth (VIA-Youth) Among South African learners
This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Values in Action Inventory for Youth (VIA-Youth) of Park and Peterson (2006) in a total multi-cultural group of South African learners aged 13 to 17 years (N=1691: male = 703, female = 988). Descriptive statistics, reliability coefficients and correlations were calculated, and confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were performed. Acceptable reliability coefficients were obtained f…
Cross-National Adolescent Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Reports: Analyses of Mean Scores and Response Style Differences
Zest and work
Zest is a positive trait reflecting a person's approach to life with anticipation, energy, and excitement. In the present study, 9803 currently employed adult respondents to an Internet site completed measures of dispositional zest, orientation to work as a calling, and satisfaction with work and life in general. Across all occupations, zest predicted the stance that work was a calling ( r = .39), as well as work satisfaction ( r = .46) and gener…
Three Ways to Be Happy: Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning-Findings from Australian and US Samples
When is the Search for Meaning Related to Life Satisfaction?
Life meaning is important for psychological and physical health and well‐being. Researchers have only recently looked at the presence of life meaning and the search for life meaning as separate constructs. In the current study, 731 adult respondents from the United States completed the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, which separately assesses the presence of meaning and the search for meaning, and measures of well‐being. Presence and search for li…
Is optimal functioning a distinct state
Many languages and cultures have labels for individuals who have achieved a superior state of functioning, sometimes referred to as enlightenment or wisdom. This conceptualization of optimal functioning as a distinct state is implicit to several well-known psychological models, as well. This study evaluated whether self-reported strengths of character revealed evidence of such a state. A sample of 83,576 US residents completed the Values in Actio…
Does it matter where we live: The urban psychology of character strengths
Psychology has neglected the study of variation across cities. An urban psychology is needed that takes seriously such variation and focuses on strengths and assets contributing to the good life as much as on problems of urbanization. To illustrate the value of an urban psychology, we describe studies of character strengths among residents in the 50 largest U.S. cities (N = 47,369). Differences in character strengths were found to exist across ci…
Character strengths predict subjective well-being during adolescence
Previous research indicates that several character strengths (e.g., gratitude, optimism, persistence, and self-regulation) correlate positively with measures of subjective well-being in adolescents. We examined whether character strengths predict future well-being. Adolescent high school students (N = 149) completed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth and measures of subjective well-being (depression, happiness, life satisfactio…
Assessment for the U.S. Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program: The Global Assessment Tool
Psychology and the U.S. military have a long history of collaboration. The U.S. Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program aims to measure the psychosocial strengths and assets of soldiers as well as their problems, to identify those in need of basic training in a given domain as well as those who would benefit from advanced training, and then to provide that training. The goals of the CSF program include the promotion of well-being as well…
Military children and families: Strengths and challenges during peace and war
Throughout history, military children and families have shown great capacity for adaptation and resilience. However, in recent years, unprecedented lengthy and multiple combat deployments of service members have posed multiple challenges for U.S. military children and families. Despite needs to better understand the impact of deployment on military children and families and to provide proper support for them, rigorous research is lacking. Program…
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and stroke
Life Satisfaction and Frequency of Doctor Visits
OBJECTIVE: Identifying positive psychological factors that reduce health care use may lead to innovative efforts that help build a more sustainable and high-quality health care system. Prospective studies indicate that life satisfaction is associated with good health behaviors, enhanced health, and longer life, but little information about the association between life satisfaction and health care use is available. We tested whether higher life sa…
Administrative reorganization as a signal: Bounded rationality, agency merger, and salience of policy issues
Although administrative reorganization has been a major political instrument in many democracies, there has been limited research on its effects. Aiming to address this gap, this study examines the reorganization of Korean government ministries, specifically, the impact of reorganization in the form of a merger of ministries performing interrelated but dissimilar functions. Examining the salience of policy issues expressed in official government …
Building a culture of innovation: How do agency leadership and management systems promote innovative activities within the government
Public organisations have strived to initiate and consolidate innovation by reforming their structures, processes, and outcomes. Despite their numerous attempts, successful innovation has not been achieved in every organisation in the public sector. Analysing survey data acquired from the Korean government, we find that a leader's support for innovative action, and the development of a self‐learning organisation that discarded old‐fashioned custo…
Psychology (28 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Political science (16 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (16 works) · Life satisfaction (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works)