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Analyzing the Requirements for Improving Construction Managers' Work-life Balance

건축공사 현장관리자의 근로실태 및 워라밸 분석

  • Kim, Jae-Yeob (Department of Architectural Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation) ;
  • Lim, Hyeong-Eun (Department of Architectural Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
  • Received : 2018.10.17
  • Accepted : 2018.11.20
  • Published : 2018.12.20
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Abstract

It has been widely-reported that the quality of life in Korea is lower than that of the economic growth. In particular, construction managers are reported to have a lower quality of life compared to people in other job types due to the specific nature of the tasks they have to carry out. These include early work attendance time and fewer holidays. In this respect, the aim of this study is to analyse construction managers' requirements on work-life balance. The results showed that the working hours of construction managers were long and their leisure hours were shorter. The requirements for work-life balance were in the order of non-working time, working time, salary, and job security. The requirements by group showed a statistically significant difference in work hours. The requirements on the shortening of work hours were highest in the group of "section chiefs and deputy heads" and lowest in the group of "department heads" and up. It is hoped that the results of this study will be used as basic data for future government-level policy making and construction companies' business directions in relation to the improvement of workers' work-life balance.

우리나라의 경제성장 수준에 비하여 삶의 질 수준은 낮은 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히, 건축공사 현장관리자들은 건설업의 특성상 이른 출근시간과 적은 휴일로 인하여 타 직종과 비교하였을 때 삶의 질 수준이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 건축공사 현장관리자의 워라밸 향상에 대한 요구사항을 분석하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 설문조사를 통해 현장관리자의 근로실태와 워라밸을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 건축공사 현장관리자들의 근로시간은 길고, 여가시간은 짧은 것으로 나타났다. 워라밸 향상에 대한 요구사항은 여가시간, 근로시간, 임금, 직업안정성 순으로 높게 나타났다. 집단별 요구사항의 차이는 '과장, 차장' 직급에서 근로시간 단축에 대한 요구가 가장 높게 나타났고, '부장 이상' 에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 건설현장관리자들의 워라밸 향상을 위한 정부나 건설회사의 정책방향 설정을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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Figure 1. Working hours by industry

Table 1. Previous studies on work-life balance

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Table 2. Working time of major countries

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Table 3. Selection of ‘work-life balance’ index related to work life

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Table 4. Basic information of respondents

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Table 5. Survey results by index

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Table 6. Means of improvement requirements

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Table 7. Means of improvement requirements by position

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Table 8. Test of homogeneity of variances

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Table 9. Results of One-way ANOVA

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Table 10. Comparison of post-hoc result

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