OBJECTIVES This paper aimed to employ subject matter experts (SMEs) to assess the extent to which the Korean version of the short-form of the OHIP (OHIP-14 K) is culturally valid and equivalent in Korean. METHODS We approached 17 bilingual Korean SMEs from which 10 independently rated the clarity, relevance, and cultural equivalence of the OHIP-14 K. SME's varied between 10 and 41 years of cl...

The first health impact assessment (HIA) performed on a high level local government policy in New Zealand was undertaken on the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy in 2005. This report describes its development and implementation and the results from the process evaluation including some recommendations made in the assessment. We concluded that HIA is a useful tool for local governm...

Organizational risk is often defined as a change in the flow of profit, or as a sys-tematic or non-systematic changes in the stock return flow. The risk taking of management is conceptualized as the actual investment decisions that are indictors due to uncertainty results. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of financial characteristics on future corporate risk taking behavio...

Within the article, the impact of modern digitalization processes on changing household credit behavior is considered. Much attention is paid to defining the essence of digitalization and exploring the features of its impact on the financial services market. Accordingly, the content of household credit behavior and its individual models are examined. This behavior is proposed to be considered a...

In the real world, exceptional behavior can be seen in many situations such as security-oriented fields. Such behavior is rare and dispersed, while some of them may be associated with significant impact on the society. A typical example is the event September 11. The key feature of the above rare but significant behavior is its high potential to be linked with some significant impact. Identifyi...

there is an inherently political activity in all transactions, therefore, it is considered as one of the constituent elements of the organizations and has attracted the attention of management researchers. although political behavior can have positive or negative consequences, much of the research focuses its dark side. this type of behavior creates a divisive and damaging work environment that...