• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.115-130
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• 2019

Purpose - This paper examines the impact of labor market regulations on FDI and the production of foreign firms. Design/methodology - We use an index of employment protection along with data on the FDI and production of foreign affiliates that are provided by the OECD. Findings - The empirical results show that strict employment protection discourages both the production and initial entry of foreign firms, with its impact on production being larger than that on the initial entry decision. The result is robust to various specifications in which instrumental variable estimations are used by applying a unionization rate and a severance pay for redundancy dismissal as instruments, respectively. Therefore, policymakers should not limit their focus to tax incentives, cash grants, and relaxation of market regulations, but they should also extend their attention to labor market deregulation and decreasing non-wage cost to attract more foreign firms into their countries. Originality/value - This paper attempts to answer the question on the impact of employment protection rules on the foreign firm's decisions regarding production as well as initial entry.

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.75-87
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• 1997

Chinese seafarers have begun to be employed by foreign shipowners since 14979. Recognizing the benefits of overseas seafarers employment , Chinese goverment has implemented policy for seafarers' education and supply. Over the past two decades, the goverment has expanded and improved seafarer training facilities. As a result a number of seafarers have been educated, who are now available for employment on Chinese and foreign flag vessels. In 1995, about 20,000 Chinese seafarers served on foregin shipowner's vessels and the total foreign currency they earned was approximately US ＄300 million. This paper aims to describe the education system for Chinese seafarers and the mechanism of Chinese overseas seafarers employment and to highlight main problems occurred in the mechanism of their overseas employment. It takes the fact-finding research method with literature survey and interview.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2005

외국인 근로자들은 90년대 들어 그 수가 급격히 증가하였고, 각종 제조업이나 3D업종에서 중요한 위치를 차지하게 되었다. 이러한 상황에서 정부는 산업기술 연수생이라는 제도를 통해서 편법적으로 외국인 근로자를 수입하는 정책을 유지해왔었다. 산업기술 연수생은 불분명한 신분을 가진 외국인 근로자들에 대한 차별과 인권 유린으로 수많은 사업장 이탈자를 만들었다. 2004년 8월에 도입된 '고용허가제'는 그 동안의 국내 외국인력 정책을 그 근본에서부터 바꿨다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다. 고용허가제의 도입은 제조업 및 서비스업 뿐만 아니 라 건설업에도 많은 영향을 미칠 것으로 기대된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 외국인 근로자와 고용허가제의 정보를 바탕으로 고용허가제가 건설현장에 미치는 인건비, 작업품질 및 태도, 노동력 수급, 의사소통에 대해 현장관리자와의 설문조사를 실시하였다. 도출된 현장관리자들의 인식을 통해 향후 건설업에서의 부작용을 제거하고 대응방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2015

Purpose - This study aims to seek various plans to maintain the advancement of the overseas and domestic employment scenario through a case analysis of the Japanese industry, which maintains domestic employment while promoting the overseas advancement of companies despite having a similar industrial structure as Korea. The study further intends to derive insightful implications for Japanese manufacturing companies and government policies. Research design, data, and methodology - We selected four companies from the Japanese manufacturing industry. Being companies that were successful in increasing the domestic employment scenario while advancing in overseas markets. We utilized several secondary data sources including Japanese newspapers and report literature. Results - Previous studies have shown a negative relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or offshoring and domestic employment. However, our results showed this relationship with respect to the Japanese manufacturing industry as follows: 1. FDI for developing overseas markets does not decrease domestic production. If Japanese companies change their strategy from exports to overseas production, there will be a consequent decrease in domestic employment of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). However, the local production that plans the sales expansion of a foreign market does not substitute domestic production. 2. Several case studies illustrate that, as the production of final goods is expanded in foreign countries, there is a corresponding increase in the export of intermediary goods from Japan. In this case, if the production process of Japanese companies is promoted in foreign markets, the amount of exported material and parts from Japan will consequently increase. 3. It is difficult to consider that the establishment of subsidiary companies in foreign countries by manufacturing companies for wholesale, retail, and services decreases domestic employment. This is because the international development of these industries needs expatriates, expatriate training organizations, and research and development (R&D) activities. 4. When there is overseas demand, the growth of local management activities is expected to increase the work of the overseas business department in the head office in Japan, if competitiveness can be secured for better localization and management speed. 5. The conversion of the domestic manufacturing industry into high value-added production is necessary. The relocation of domestic production to foreign markets decreases domestic employment. To prevent this, the upgradation of domestic production bases, including high value-added production, and R&D capability need to be strengthened. Technology-based companies must develop new technology, patents, processes, and so forth, which require extensive human resources for R&D. Conclusions - Domestic medium-sized companies that are capable of consistently supplying high value-added products should be actively encouraged to deploy into and develop overseas markets. Further, this paper considers the necessity of a guidance policy that provides suggestions for overseas deployment, by the initiation of the government, to companies that cannot do so due to the lack of foreign experience or decisions by the CEO, despite having the relevant capability and technologies to supply high value-added products.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.17-34
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• 2007

This study was conducted to research into the recognition level of employment and overseas employment on 173 students majoring in dental technology at two colleges in Daegu metropolitan city and Jeju self-governing island through questionnaires which are recorded individually. The results are as follows. 1. About 31.8% students chose dental technician department taking their aptitude into consideration when they entered college. 52% students gained information about dental technology through internet, and 57.3% students among them, which was the highest level, were under age 20. 2. 48.6% students responded that they thought the level of satisfaction with major was average and there was a difference according to their ages among the level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their major and the previous knowledge of major they had gained before entering college. 75.1% students said they wouldn't transfer to other major even if they were given the chance, which was much higher than the opposite case. And only 2.3% students had dissatisfaction at their major, which means students majoring dental technology evaluate their major positively. 3. Most students(58.4%) wanted to get a job for living cost and 53.2% students took advice from their seniors or elderly people in choosing their jobs. 64.7% students answered they should have professional skills to get a good job, which was different according to their ages. In addition, 51.4% students of dental technology department regarded the opportunities to exert their abilities as the most important element in choosing their jobs. That means students value self-decision and selfrealization when they choose their jobs. 4. The majority of students(32.9%) preferred to work at the dental laboratory in dental college hospital as their workplace. Moreover, seniors over age 21 wanted to work in the field of porcelain and juniors under age 20 preferred to work in the implant part concerning the field which students wants to work. 5. About 91.3% students have ever heard about overseas employment and wanted to work abroad if given the opportunities(77.5%). This points out students have much interest in overseas employment and positive attitude. And there was a difference according to age and grade in case of the preferred country when they work abroad 6. The main barrier to overseas employment was a lack of communication ability(63.0%), therefore, students thought foreign language education should be activated to improve overseas employment(26.0%). To show this more specifically, juniors thought foreign language education and internship are most important factors(both are 21.4% alike), while seniors thought foreign language education is essential(24.6%) as a way to improve overseas employment. Students also thought that participation in language study club helps to prepare for overseas employment(69.4%). When putting all these survey results together, it's very important to develop people in advance who have job ability and language ability necessary for overseas employment as well as to improve job awareness in the field of dental technology. Consequently, it's needed to seek for various ways to get a overseas job through foreign language education and overseas internship.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify employment experiences of nurses caring for hospitalized foreign patients. Methods: For this study, 10 nurses caring for foreign patients for more than 6 months were chosen purposively. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews from July to September 2013 and analyzed in terms of Giorgi's phenomenological methodology. Results: Five themes-clusters were identified from fifteen themes; 1) Awesome challenges; 2) Laborious dealing with barriers; 3) Acceptance of cultural differences; 4) Complete concentration of personal energy; 5) Taking a powerful step towards tomorrow. Conclusion: Results of this study reveal the significance of nurses' experiences in caring for foreign patients for the first time in Korea. The following are suggested: First, facilitation and training is necessary for language proficiency, communication skills and ability to understand cultural traits of foreign patients. Second, manuals and international guidelines for caring for foreign patients should be systematically developed to improve quality of healthcare services.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.470-475
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• 2021

본 연구는 외국은행에서의 은행 서비스 업무 자동화가 은행 고용에 미치는 영향에 관하여 국내 은행과 어떠한 차이를 가지는 지를 분석하였다. 외국은행은 은행 자동화기기 확대에 따라 인력 구조조정 측면에서 국내은행과 유의한 차이를 보였다. 외국은행은 은행 서비스 업무 자동화에 따라 비정규직 뿐 아니라 정규직에서도 인력 구조조정을 추진할 가능성을 보인 반면, 국내은행은 은행 서비스 업무 자동화에 따라 비정규직 인력에서 구조조정 발생 가능성을 보이는데 그쳤다. 외국은행은 책임자급이상 정규직을 중심으로 인력 구조조정 가능성을 보였다는 점에서 국내은행과 유의한 차이를 보였다. 외국은행은 책임자급이하 정규직 또는 비정규직에서는 국내은행과 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 본 연구는 은행 서비스 업무 자동화와 인력 구조조정 측면에서 외국은행이 국내은행과 차이를 보인다는 점을 제시함으로써 기존연구와 차별성이 있다. 또한 본 연구는 은행산업의 고용 정책, 은행 업무의 자동화, 외국은행의 차별적 경영전략 등에 대해 정책당국에 유의미한 시사점을 줄 것으로 기대된다.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.71-97
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• 2015

This study examines the effects of several factors indicating economic openness-imported intermediate goods, total imports, IFDI (inward foreign direct investment), and foreign ownership-on regular, irregular jobs and the ratio of irregular employment to regular employment. Findings revealed that imported intermediate inputs and IFDI affected neither regular nor irregular job figures. However, an increase in total imports led to a decrease in the number of irregular jobs without affecting regular full time jobs, leading to a decrease in the ratio of irregular jobs to regular jobs. On the other hand, changes in foreign ownership structure had a contrary effect, that is, a decrease in the number of regular jobs and an increase in irregular ones, and, thus, an increase in the ratio of irregular jobs to regular jobs. Overall results showed that a rise in imports results in depressed overall employment, irregular employment in particular, while more IFDI results in more irregular jobs replacing regular ones, effectively exacerbating job insecurity. The implication of this analysis is that greater economic openness may have a negative impact on the South Korean labor market overall.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.19-38
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• 1997

This article aims to look into the tendency and problems of employing foreign seamen and to suggest the government's tasks followed and the advisable policies in the fishery industry. In the fishery industry, the increase of employing foreign seamen can be expected ; but so far, a number of emerging problems of it have been seen, and since the government's relevant department has dealt with it in a makeshift way, the structure of employing foreign seamen is not systematic and well-coordinated, and the relevant policies of foreign seamen employee latest prepared are not also enough in settling the existing problems. So study of effective foreign seemen policy is needed. The article, therefore, rearranges the desirable viewpoints of effective employment based on discussing the experiences of employing foreignworkers focused on the manufacturing industry. And in compromise and mediation level, the speciality of fisheries are also taken into account. In consideration of desirable viewpoints and speciality of fishery industry, we focus on proposing the tasks of the foreign seamen employment policies, the advisable tendency, and several relevant pending problems in the fishery industry. And then, the limitations, general discussions of the study and themes to be studied are put forth.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.33-69
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• 2021

본 연구는 2010~2018년 기간 동안의 16개 시도 지역 패널데이터를 구축하여 내외국인근로자의 고용관계를 추정한다. 산업별(제조업과 건설업), 규모별(5~29인, 5~99인, 5~299인 그리고 5인 이상) 분석을 시도하고 외국인근로자의 내생성을 통제하기 위하여 지역 내 외국인근로자의 출신 국가 점유율(Foreigner's Concentration Index: FCI)을 도구변수로 사용한다. 최종적으로는 외국인근로자의 내생성을 고려하지 않는 패널 GLS와 이를 고려한 도구변수법의 결과를 비교한다. 분석 결과, 패널 GLS 분석에서는 내외국인근로자 사이에 보완관계가 확인되었다. 그러나 도구변수법에서는 내외국인근로자의 고용관계가 통계적으로 유의하지 않았지만, 정(+)에서 부(-)로 바뀌었으며, 제조업과 건설업을 결합한 분석에서는 통계적으로 유의한 대체관계가 나타났다. 본 연구는 내외국인근로자의 고용관계를 추정하는 데 있어서 내생성 통제 여부의 중요성을 확인하고 이를 통제하기 위해 도구변수를 국내 최초로 고안했다는 점에서 높은 평가를 받을 수 있다.