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The influence of culture on Koreans' risk perception

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  • Jungeun Yang

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Since the candlelight protest against US beef imports in 2008, Korea has been considered to have entered the risk society. However, little is known about Koreans' risk perception, much less about how the cultural characteristics influence the risk perception of Koreans. The purpose of the study was to find out the Koreans' risk structure and to examine the influence of culture on risk perception. Exploratory factor analysis revealed seven risk factors including crimes, economic risks, uncontrollable risks, accidents, environmental risks, natural disasters, and future risks. The mean scores of each risk factors showed that Koreans were more concerned of environmental risks, crimes, and economic risks. Hierarchical regression analyses followed, employing both etic and emic cultural variables. Results found that the emic cultural variables significantly increased the explained variance for 'social risks' (crimes, economic risks, uncontrollable risks, and environmental risks). Findings suggested that the unique cultural characteristics of Koreans were closely related to the perception of social risks, that is, the kind of risks that were caused and considered to be managed on a societal level. The study contributes to the understanding of Koreans' risk perception from cultural perspective. Limitation and future research direction is discussed.

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  • Jungeun Yang, 2015. "The influence of culture on Koreans' risk perception," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(1), pages 69-92, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:18:y:2015:i:1:p:69-92
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2013.879490
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    1. Hye Kyung Kim & Yungwook Kim, 2019. "Risk Information Seeking and Processing About Particulate Air Pollution in South Korea: The Roles of Cultural Worldview," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 39(5), pages 1071-1087, May.
    2. Brielle Lillywhite & Gregor Wolbring, 2022. "Risk Narrative of Emergency and Disaster Management, Preparedness, and Planning (EDMPP): The Importance of the ‘Social’," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-36, December.
    3. Qi Guo & Palizhati Muhetaer & Ping Hu, 2023. "Cultural worldviews and support for governmental management of COVID-19," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-16, December.

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