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There are few studies on parents' perspectives on multicultural literature. Most studies on Korean American children's literature have relied on the researchers' content analysis of the books, rather than readers' responses to them. To fill this gap, this study sought to understand the Korean/Korean American parents' perspectives on Korean American children's literature by examining their responses to seven picture books on Korean American children. Data were collected for this qualitative study by interviewing ten Koreans/Korean Americans, twice. The first interview focused on stories about their immigration to the U.S., involvement with their children's reading, and experiences reading books related to Korea or Koreans published in the U.S. The second interview focused on their responses to seven Korean American children's literature books. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed. The parents' responses, which were infused with their personal, social, and cultural marks, focused on five themes: (a) use of Korean names without specific cultural description, (b) misrepresentation of Korean/Korean American experiences, (c) undesirable illustrations, (d) criteria for good Korean American children's literature, and (e) use of Korean words in English books. The parents' stories about their involvement with their children's reading suggest that to promote multicultural literature, libraries or schools should offer lists of multicultural literature. The parents' responses showed concern about stereotypical images of Korea or Korean American in the U.S. media that often get transferred to stories about Korean Americans in Korean American children's literature. This study confirms the importance of editors and reviewers, who are knowledgeable about the Korean culture and Korean American experience. It also suggests that more books with varied images of Korean Americans, and more stories about Korean Americans children's authentic experiences are necessary in order to represent the complexity and divergence within Korean people and the Korean American culture.
ContributorsKim, Hye-jong (Author) / Smith, Karen (Thesis advisor) / Marsh, Josephine (Thesis advisor) / Edelsky, Carole (Committee member) / Hudelson, Sarah (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
Description企业并购是经济管理领域长盛不衰的研究话题，也是企业高投资与高风险并行的战略举措。并购后对品牌进行有效整合是实现并购价值的重要过程，只有对并购后的品牌进行整合，才能使并购取得应有的并购协同效应。在消费者导向意识不断深化，服务导向逐渐成为服务行业的主流导向的背景下，研究品牌并购中消费者感知及其忠诚显得尤为重要。企业并购过程中面临的风险与挑战之一就是消费者未必对商家的品牌并购行为买账，消费者忠诚受到影响。尽管已有学者提出品牌并购的企业更应关注消费者及其忠诚，但目前从消费者感知角度研究企业或品牌并购行为的研究较少。为了揭示消费者感知品牌并购的过程，探究品牌并购是否及如何影响消费者感知及忠诚，本文基于深度访谈法与情境下问卷调查法分析了消费者对品牌并购的感知及结果，并设计两项研究：研究一在理论分析与前人研究基础上，通过对消费者的深度访谈，确立了消费者感知的品牌并购价值的四个维度，分别为品牌联想、产品联想、组织联想与人员服务品质，并在借鉴前人研究结合本研究的具体背景，得出消费者感知的品牌并购价值的测量条目。研究二通过情境模拟下的问卷调查法，检验了消费者感知品牌并购价值、感知质量、感知价值、品牌忠诚、产品涉入以及品牌知名度之间的关系。在此基础上，本文对L教育集团在实践运营过程中的品牌并购案例进行详细分析，发现了L教育集团发起品牌并购的原因以及并购过程中存在的问题和改进建议。
研究结果显示：（1）消费者感知的品牌并购价值的四个维度分别为品牌联想、产品联想、组织联想与人员服务品质；（2）消费者感知品牌并购价值与感知质量有显著正相关关系，表明消费者感知品牌并购价值能够提高消费者的感知质量；（3）消费者感知质量对其感知价值有显著的正向影响，表明感知质量正向预测消费者的感知价值水平；（4）消费者感知质量对其品牌忠诚有显著的积极作用；（5）消费者感知品牌并购价值与消费者感知价值存在显著的正相关关系；（6）消费者感知品牌并购价值对消费者品牌忠诚的路径系数达到显著性水平；（7）消费者感知质量在感知并购价值与感知价值、品牌忠诚之间起部分中介作用；（8）产品涉入与品牌知名度在消费者感知并购价值与感知质量的关系之间起调节作用。
研究结果显示：（1）消费者感知的品牌并购价值的四个维度分别为品牌联想、产品联想、组织联想与人员服务品质；（2）消费者感知品牌并购价值与感知质量有显著正相关关系，表明消费者感知品牌并购价值能够提高消费者的感知质量；（3）消费者感知质量对其感知价值有显著的正向影响，表明感知质量正向预测消费者的感知价值水平；（4）消费者感知质量对其品牌忠诚有显著的积极作用；（5）消费者感知品牌并购价值与消费者感知价值存在显著的正相关关系；（6）消费者感知品牌并购价值对消费者品牌忠诚的路径系数达到显著性水平；（7）消费者感知质量在感知并购价值与感知价值、品牌忠诚之间起部分中介作用；（8）产品涉入与品牌知名度在消费者感知并购价值与感知质量的关系之间起调节作用。
ContributorsHan, Liqing (Author) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Anmin (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Qigui (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2019