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A Suggestion on the Direction of Policies for Construction Workers by Environmental Analysis and Policy Evaluation

건설산업의 대내외 환경변화분석과 정책효과 진단을 통한 건설기능인 일자리 정책 혁신방향 도출

  • Lim, Soram (Dept. of Urban Infrastructure Research, Seoul Institute of Technology) ;
  • Lee, Seul-Ki (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
  • Received : 2022.04.18
  • Accepted : 2022.06.22
  • Published : 2022.07.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to present the direction of policy innovation for construction workers in South Korea, which was grounded in two analyses, an analysis of internal and external environmental changes and their impacts on the domestic construction industry, and an evaluation of the previously announced policies related to construction workers. First of all, the authors focused on the environmental changes including abolishing business area regulations and expanding direct construction mandatory, growing smart construction technologies and construction automation, and rapid aging and low entry of young people seeking work-life balance. Next, a survey of 99 construction workers was conducted to examine the workers' perceptions of the importance of policy and their satisfaction with policy implementation. In all items, satisfaction scores were lower than importance scores. In particular, the two political fields, 'Training and Career Development' and 'Employment Encouragement and Job Matching', showed high score differences, deducing that the policy effects in two fields were relatively low. Overall, satisfaction was high when the importance score was high, and the policy recognized as important was found to be effective. Finally, we proposed two innovative directions for job policy: 'Training and Career Development' and 'Systematization of Employment Support'. Although it was difficult to generalize the evaluation results due to the relatively small sample size, respondents were aware of the policy directions proposed in this study. If the proposed directions are realized for a sufficient period of time, the job as a construction worker is expected to be treated as a lifelong job, not a daily job.

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