Over 2.36 million foreigners are staying in South Korea and South Korea has already entered a multicultural society. Among these foreigners in the country, Chinese residents (including Han-Chinese and Korean-Chinese) numbered the highest and it accounted for 45.2% of the total number of foreigners. Previous studies mainly focussed on influential factors for acculturation and neglected the mutual influence of acculturation and work related variables. In particular, studies for the effects of acculturation strategies on job-related outcomes are rare (Lu, Samaratunge, and Hartel, 2012). This study tries to fill this gap of study and aims to clarify the different quality of work life among South Korea’s Chinese workers with distinctive acculturation strategies. Based on Berry’s (1980; 1989) Acculturation Model, their acculturation strategies were classified by K-means cluster analysis which derived four types of acculturation strategies – Integration, Assimilation, Segregation and Marginalization. The work variables that consist of work adjustment, job satisfaction and work conditions were assumed to be distinctive among the four acculturation strategies. The sample of our respondents was 330 Chinese workers (200 Korean-Chinese and 133 Han-Chinese). ANOVA test confirmed significant differences among the four acculturation strategies in work adjustment, job satisfaction and work conditions as well as in Korean listening skills and educational level. In particular, those with integration or assimilation strategies exhibited the better quality of work life (higher job satisfaction and work adjustment as well as better work conditions) than ones with segregation or marginalization strategy. Moreover, the workers with integration strategy tend to have the best work life (highest level in job satisfaction and work adjustment as well as the best work conditions) among those with the four strategies. Theoretical and practical implications for organizational or welfare practice were discussed.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Backgrounds 2.1 Acculturation Strategies 2.2 Theories for the Relationship between Acculturation and Work Outcomes 3. Research Model and Hypotheses 3.1 Research Model 3.2 Acculturation Strategies and Work Variables 3.3. Moderating Role of Ethnicity 4. Research Methods 4.1 Sample and Procedures 4.2 Measures 5. Research Results 5.1 Demographic Characteristics of the Respondent Sample 5.2 Validity and Reliability 5.3. Derived Process of Taxonomy 5.4 Test of Hypotheses 6. Discussion and Conclusion 6.1 Conclusion 6.2 Theoretical contributions and practical implications 6.3 Limitations and future research directions References
부산대학교 중국전략연구소(구 부산대학교 중국연구소) [Institute of China Strategy]
설립연도
2006
분야
사회과학>사회복지학
소개
본 연구소의 설립을 통해 우선 한중 양국 국민의 상호이해와 교류증진을 위한 인문, 사회과학적인 연구는 물론이고, 이를 통해 기업(인)이 중국에 안정적인 정착과 교류를 할 수 있는 각종 환경을 조성하고자 한다.
게다가 본 연구소는 기존의 연구소의 기능과는 달리 단순한 학술 교류에 머물지 않고 인적 교류를 통해 양국관계의 이해를 증진하고 나아가 한국과 중국의 각종 프로젝트를 적극 유치, 개발함으로써 지속적으로 재원의 창출을 도모하고자 한다.