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Research Trends on Burnout among Social Workers in South Korea

국내 사회복지사 소진 관련 연구 동향

  • Received : 2018.09.13
  • Accepted : 2018.11.20
  • Published : 2018.11.28
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Abstract

This study aim to identify the trends of existing scholarly research on the issue of burnout among social workers in South Korea. For this purpose, 50 domestic articles that are registered(or nominated to be) in the National Research Foundation of Korea between 1995 and November 2016 were reviewed. Content analysis was conducted with regard to the subjects of research, research themes, and the methodologies used. The findings showed that the subjects were mainly social workers providing services in private than in public settings. Major themes of the research included examining risk or protective factors, consequences of burnout, mechanisms of burnout, mediating effects of burnout on certain relationships, and subjective experience of social workers' burnout. As for methodologies used, quantitative approach was predominant. Findings of this study suggested research effort to extend scope of research subjects and methodology. Testifying more burnout-related factors would contribute to the future research as well. The results of the study will provide academic implications for future research in this field.

본 연구는 국내 사회복지사의 소진에 관한 연구 동향을 살펴보고 추후 이 분야의 연구 방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 1996년에서 2016년 사이에 국내학술 DB에 게재된 사회복지사의 소진에 관한 연구 50편을 대상으로 연구 대상, 연구 주제, 연구방법론의 측면에서 내용분석을 시도하였다. 연구 결과, 공적 기관보다는 민간 사회복지기관에 종사하는 사회복지사를 대상으로 한 연구가 주를 이루었다. 연구의 주제로는 소진관련 위험 및 보호 요인, 소진의 결과, 소진의 기제, 소진의 매개효과 탐색 등이 있었고, 사회복지사의 주관적인 소진경험에 관한 연구도 있었다. 연구방법론 측면에서는 양적연구가 대부분을 차지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 사회복지사의 소진에 관한 연구의 주제나 연구방법론이 보다 다양화되어야 할 필요를 시사한다. 본 연구 결과는 국내 사회복지사 소진 관련 연구의 추후 연구 방향을 제시하는 학문적 함의를 가질 것이다.

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Table 1. Research subjects by period

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Table 2. Research themes by period

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Table 3. Research methodology by period

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