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Job Satisfaction Analysis of Female Employees in Design Firms With Improvement Measures

설계사무소 여성 인력의 근무 만족도 분석 및 향상방안

  • Shin, Won-Sang (Korea Institute for Local Educational Finance) ;
  • Lee, Wan-Gun (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Semyung University) ;
  • Son, Chang-Baek (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Semyung University)
  • Received : 2022.01.07
  • Accepted : 2022.02.15
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

Manpower issues heavily affect work efficiency and job satisfaction; directly resolving these issues requires establishing improvement measures to address the supply and demand of labor in each industry. The purpose of this study aims to address job satisfaction of female employees working in design offices. Upon analysis, research revealed that overall job satisfaction was at a normal range, although in major categories like personal environment, dissatisfaction levels were high. When examining the degree of dissatisfaction by position, it was discovered that assistant managers experienced the highest level of dissatisfaction followed by the employee section heads. Depending on current job satisfactory levels, many female employees were willing to change jobs or retire early. Particularly, competent female employees in lower-level design positions had the most potential to quit on short notice, undeniably contributing to future manpower issues. After examining the improvement requirements of female employees and reflecting on international benchmarking cases, a proposed plan targeting job satisfaction must first focus on personal environment then on workplace atmosphere and organizational culture. The results of this study can be used as basic data for related research topics; however, detailed analysis is limited due to the lack of various variables related to size, age, and gender. Therefore, a future follow-up study will be conducted to complement this topic of work satisfaction among female employees in current design firms.

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Acknowledgement

본 성과는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2021R1A2C2006065).

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