필리핀 호남한상인의 향우회 활동과 공동체의식 분석

Abstract

This study attempted to investigate and analyze the actual status of hyangwoohoe activities and community consciousness for Honam businessmen living in the Philippines. To this end, a survey was conducted from July to September 2019, and a total of 97 answer sheets were used for analysis. The results of the study are as follows. First, it was confirmed that the Honam hyangwoohoe is the social organization in which Honam businessmen living in the Philippines participate the most. They were satisfied with the activities of Honam hyangwoohoe, and the sustainability of Honam hyangwoohoe was also highly evaluated. Third, the roots of Honam spirit and Honam symbol turned out to be the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. Fourth, they are actively participating in the World Honam People's Day celebration and consider visiting their hometown important. Fifth, the sense of community was classified into pure function, dysfunction, unity, and belonging, and Honam businessmen in the Philippines responded positively to pure function, unity, and belonging, while negatively responding to dysfunction, confirming that they are a healthy community. Sixth, as a result of regression analysis on satisfaction with Honam Hyangwoohoe activities, Honam Hyangwoohoe sustainability, and willingness to participate in the Honam Hansang Convention, pure function, unity, and belonging had a positive (+) effect, and dysfunction had a negative (-) effect. These findings provide practical implications and theoretical basis.