Browsing by Author "Lee, Chun-Chia"

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A cross-cultural study of organizational factors on safety: Japanese vs. Taiwanese oil refinery plants
(2008-01-01)
Hsu, Shang Hwa
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Lee, Chun-Chia
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Wu, Muh-Cherng
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Takano, Kenichi
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工業工程與管理學系
This study attempts to identify idiosyncrasies of organizational factors on safety and their influence mechanisms in Taiwan and Japan. Data were collected from employees of Taiwanese and Japanese oil refinery plants. Results show that organizational factors on safety differ in the two countries. Organizational characteristics in Taiwanese plants are highlighted as: higher level of management commitment to safety, harmonious interpersonal relationship, more emphasis on safety activities, higher devotion to supervision, and higher safety self-efficacy, as we] I as high quality of safety performance. Organizational characteristics in Japanese plants are highlighted as: higher level of employee empowerment and attitude towards continuous improvement, more emphasis on systematic safety management approach, efficient reporting system and teamwork, and high quality of safety performance. The casual relationships between organizational factors and workers' safety performance were investigated using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results indicate that the influence mechanisms of organizational factors in Taiwan and Japan are different. These findings provide insights into areas of safety improvement in emerging countries and developed countries respectively. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AIMED - A personalized TV recommendation system
(2007)
Hsu, Shang H.
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Wen, Ming-Hui
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Lin, Hsin-Chieh
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Lee, Chun-Chia
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Lee, Chia-Hoang
Previous personalized DTV recommendation systems focus only on viewers' historical viewing records or demographic data. This study proposes a new recommending mechanism from a user oriented perspective. The recommending mechanism is based on user properties such as Activities, Interests, Moods, Experiences, and Demographic information-AIMED. The AIMED data is fed into a neural network model to predict TV viewers' program preferences. Evaluation results indicate that the AIMED model significantly increases recommendation accuracy and decreases prediction errors compared to the conventional model.
Designing Attractive Gamification Features for Collaborative Storytelling Websites
(2013-06-01)
Hsu, Shang Hwa
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Chang, Jen-Wei
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Lee, Chun-Chia
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工業工程與管理學系
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Gamification design is considered as the predictor of collaborative storytelling websites' success. Although aforementioned studies have mentioned a broad range of factors that may influence gamification, they neither depicted the actual design features nor relative attractiveness among them. This study aims to identify attractive gamification features for collaborative storytelling websites. We first constructed a hierarchical system structure of gamification design of collaborative storytelling websites and conducted a focus group interview with eighteen frequent users to identify 35gamification features. After that, this study determined the relative attractiveness of these gamification features by administrating an online survey to 6333 collaborative storytelling websites users. The results indicated that the top 10 most attractive gamification features could account for more than 50% of attractiveness among these 35 gamification features. The feature of unpredictable time pressure is important to website users, yet not revealed in previous relevant studies. Implications of the findings were discussed.
Does Trust Promote More Teamwork? Modeling Online Game Players' Teamwork Using Team Experience as a Moderator
(2013-11-01)
Lee, Chun-Chia
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Chang, Jen-Wei
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工業工程與管理學系
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
The need for teamwork has grown significantly in today's organizations. Especially for online game communities, teamwork is an important means of online game players' engagement. This study aims to investigate the impacts of trust on players' teamwork with affective commitment and normative commitment as mediators. Furthermore, this research includes team experience as a moderator to compare the difference between different player groups. A model was proposed and tested on 296 online game players' data using structural equation modeling. Findings revealed that team experience moderated the relationship between trust and teamwork. The results indicated that trust promotes more teamwork only for players with high experience through affective commitment than those who with low experience. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Factors influencing sociability in educational MMORPGs - a fuzzy AHP approach
(2013)
Lee, Chun-Chia
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Hsu, Shang Hwa
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Chang, Jen-Wei
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交大名義發表
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工業工程與管理學系
Purpose - Sociability is considered to be important to the success of educational MMORPGs. The purpose of this study was to access the relative weights of these sociability factors which the authors garnered from the literature on educational MMORPGs. Design/methodology/approach - The authors used fuzzy-AHP approach to access the relative weights of these sociability factors they garnered from the literature on educational MMORPGs. To do this, a questionnaire using a pair-wise comparison data input format was administered to 242 school teachers to gather assessments for the factors. Findings - The authors found five most important factors affecting sociability - cooperation, team-based reward, discussion of strategy, reputation, and social navigation. Originality/value - Although prior studies have identified various factors that facilitate sociability in educational MMORPGs, the relative importance of these factors has not been determined. The results can not only be used to help educational MMORPG developers focus on the most important sociability factors and propose specific guidelines for designing educational MMORPGs, but can also identify the best design strategy for promoting sociability of educational MMORPGs.
Safety Management in a Relationship-Oriented Culture
(2012)
Hsu, Shang Hwa
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Lee, Chun-Chia
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工業工程與管理學系
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
A relationship-oriented culture predominates in the Greater China region, where it is more important than in Western countries. Some characteristics of this culture influence strongly the organizational structure and interactions among members in an organization. This study aimed to explore the possible influence of relationships on safety management in relationship-oriented cultures. We hypothesized that organizational factors (management involvement and harmonious relationships) within a relationship-oriented culture would influence supervisory work (ongoing monitoring and task instructions), the reporting system (selective reporting), and teamwork (team communication and co-ordination) in safety management at a group level, which would in turn influence individual reliance complacency, risk awareness, and practices. We distributed a safety climate questionnaire to the employees of Taiwanese high-risk industries. The results of structural equation modeling supported the hypothesis. This article also discusses the findings and implications for safety improvement in countries with a relationship-oriented culture.
The influence of organizational factors on safety in Taiwanese high-risk industries
(2010-09-01)
Hsu, Shang Hwa
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Lee, Chun-Chia
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Wu, Muh-Cherng
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Takano, Kenichi
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工業工程與管理學系
Organizational theorists have recently begun to pay research attention to the workforces of emerging countries in Asia, especially the greater China regions. However, little research has focused on the influence of organizational factors on safety in these countries. This study hypothesized that organizational factors, characterized as safety leadership perspective (management commitment, blame culture) and safety climate perspective (harmonious relationships), would influence group-level safety management, which would in turn influence individual level safety awareness and practices. To test this hypothesis, a safety climate questionnaire was distributed to ten Taiwanese plants in high-risk industries. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the linkages among organizational level factors, work-group-level factors, and workers' safety awareness and practices. We found that safety leadership style and organizational harmony in Taiwanese high-risk industries can exert significant influences on work-group processes, which in turn have greater effects on individual safety awareness and practices. These findings and implications can serve as a basis for safety improvement in areas of the greater China region. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.