Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the function of social interaction within the korean sports community in the United States. Results of this study are following: First, the social interaction within the Korean sports community was defined by three interactions: cooperational interaction, exchange interaction, and conflictive interaction. Cooperational interaction includes the characteristics specific to a group, such as nationality or ethnicity, and it is reflected in the meaning of help, volunteer service, and active participation. Exchange interaction was reported as tacit and invisible order. Conflictive interaction can be formed during arguments within a group or when a retribution relationship is formed. Second, social interaction was defined by three aspects of the functional approach within the Korean sports community: explicit proper function, latent proper function, and latent adverse function. Explicit proper function included several functions such as expansion of social network. health center, improved athletic performance, and Korean societal norms such as making good use of spare time. Capitalization of community, interchange of information among community members, and arousal of ethnic identity were all aspects of the construct of latent proper function. Latent adverse function was explained by examples such as exercise addiction, intergroup conflict, and so on.
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