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Nowadays, most of Korean companies have induced the annual wage system to reinforce their competition, even though they could not see the real expected effects by the system. Among various reasons, this study has focused on finding out the problems of the influence on the wage satisfaction and the organization commitment by the annual wage system in various organizational cultures in order to make the effective formation of the organization culture.46) This study has relied upon the reviews of some related books and the previous researches including the usages of the second hand data analysis. It has also tried to find out the actual proofs by examining the prepared questionnaires. For the model formation, based on the independent variables of the organizational cultures and characteristics, we have designed the research plans to find out the influence on the dependent variables of the organizational commitment by the parameters of the wage satisfaction with the annual wage system. We have analyzed the effective 268 questionnaires prepared for this hypothetical research model. The analyses are summarized as follows: Firstly, the hypothesis that the organization culture has the influence on the wage satisfaction shows negative value. In this regard, the hypothesis that the organization culture can influence on the wage satisfaction and the organization commitment is accepted. Secondly, the hypothetical influence of the organization culture on the organization commitment shows statistical value .Considering the effects of the organization culture on the organization commitment, the degree of the employees' organization commitment could be accelerated by the high formation of the organization culture in the companies. Thirdly, the hypothesis that the organization characteristics may influence on the wage satisfaction also shows the statistical value, which means that the organizational characteristics such as the size of the organization and the employers' traits can have positive influence on the wage satisfaction. Lastly, the hypothesis of the influence of the wage satisfaction on the organization commitment shows statistically valueless results. Contrary to the beliefs in the past, the organization commitment can be determined by the variables such as welfare system, self-satisfaction, self-development, etc. in the company, not by the wage alone. In conclusion, this study shows that, as the organizational cultures or characters have great influence on the organization commitment, more important are not the wage alone but the reasonable and powerful formation of the organization culture, the rational characters of industrial traits or empowerment, and the introduction of new management techniques even faced with some future dangers.

본 연구는 장기적인 국내경기의 불황과 대기업 중심의 노사관계 구조속에서 거의 간과되고 있는 지방 중소기업의 노사관계 실태를 사례기업을 통해 진단하고 문제점을 분석하여 개선 방안을 제시해 보고자 시도되었다. 지방에 소재하고 있는 I사의 노사간부와 현장근로자들을 대상으로 실시한 설문조사와 인터뷰 결과를 중심으로 분석․정리한 내용을 요약해 보면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조직 전반적 현상으로 분절문화와 공동체문화가 양극화 되어 있는 조직문화, 상대적인 저임금과 열악한 근로조건 등에 기인한 낮은 직무만족도와 조직몰입도, 경영층과 관리자들에 대한 근로자의 낮은 신뢰수준, 권위주위와 개인주위 경향의 조직분위기 등으로 이직률이 높고 제품의 불량률이 높게 나타나는 구조적인 중소기업의 취약점들이 발견되었다. 둘째, 노사관계 측면에서 경영정보의 공개와 공유 미흡, 임금 및 복지수준의 상대적 열위, 작업장에서 결정참여와 의사결정권 행사 제약, 교육훈련 기회 제공 부족, 고충처리와 의사소통의 장애, 사용자 주도의 노사관계와 노사협의회의 형식적 운영, 근로자들의 노조역할에 대한 기대 충족 미흡, 보다 인간다운 대우의 요구 등 아직도 지방 중소기업의 노사관계 여건이 매우 열악한 현실임이 입증되었다. 따라서 지방중소기업의 노사관계 발전과제로서 현장에 밀착(중시)된 열린 경영의 전개, 노 동조합의 근로자 의견 수렴 기능 제고, 현장 근로자의 권한 강화, 인적자원 개발과 작업장 혁신, 미래의 비젼과 경영정보의 공유 등을 통한 노사간 신뢰 관계의 구축이 경쟁력 제고의 관건으로 제시되었다.

Recently, Northeastern Asia has expanded its influence on the world market due to rapid growth of economy of China, and also emerged one of the big 3 trade circles with EU and NAFTA. Moreover, our domestic economy faces with a turning point in 21st century. In accordance with this environmental change, it is required for us to prepare for specific device for survival and prosperity of Korean economy based on the certain fundamental conception. To accord with present circumstance, author looks into the reason why Korea should play a significant role of key country in Northeastern Asia, and suggests the practical way to obtain key position in the Northeastern Asia in the field of logistics, IT, finance and tourism, as well as provides measures to improve strong relationship of economic cooperation between North and South Korea, and also suggests a practical direction for resolving it.

There is no FTA conclusion in northeastern Asia so far, even though, recently, the numbers of FTA conclusion are remarkably increasing in the world. In fact, in the near future, the only possible FTA conclusion in northeastern Asian countries is Korea-Japan FTA. This study tell us why Korea-Japan FTA is necessary for both countries, what the economic effects would be, and what the win-win conditions would be.