Who Is Us? The People’s Uprising of October 1946 as a Hegemony Struggle for the Formation of Us

Kim, Haknoh

doi:10.18854/kpsr.2022.56.1.001

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“…University context. University faculty positions in Korea are considered the best job in the world as it is almost as if they are hired for life, have privilege as experts in their fields and have relative freedom in work and job security compared to other university staff (Kim, 2015).…”

Section: Korean Contextmentioning

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“…Higher education institutions in Korea manifests discrimination by age, gender and university and an intersection of such factors (Kim, 2015;Shin and Kim, 2021):…”

Section: Korean Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participants had to wrestle with gendered family roles as primary caregivers while studying for a doctoral degree. After obtaining a doctoral degree, participants struggled with limited job opportunities in the male-dominated higher education (Kim, 2015;Shin and Kim, 2021). When seeking full-time faculty jobs, participants encountered multiple challenges by age (the young over the old), gender (men over women) and university (elite over non-elite, Seoul over non-Seoul and domestic over overseas) and their combinations that influenced their careers.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Career chance events of highly educated women with doctoral degrees in South Korea

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Purpose The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how highly educated women respond to career chance events in a Korean context where traditional cultural values and male-dominated organizational culture coexist. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted 50 semi-structured interviews with highly educated women operationalized as women with doctoral degrees in and out of Korea. The authors used a collaborative research process with a team of ten Korean-born researchers who have built consensus on research themes through discussions on the collection and analysis of a large data set, thus reducing the researcher bias issue inherent in qualitative research. Findings In an analysis of the interview data collected, the authors report on three themes: before obtaining a doctoral degree, during and after their doctoral study and responses (coping strategies) to chance events in their careers. Highly educated women’s pursuing a doctoral degree was a way to maintain work–life balance in Korea where women are expected to take a primary caregiver role. After obtaining a doctoral degree, participants struggled with limited job opportunities in the male-dominated higher education. Women’s unplanned and unexpected chance events are intertwined with the male-dominated culture in Korea, and career interruptions as such a chance event, whether voluntary or involuntary, happened largely due to family reasons. In this context, highly educated women responded to chance events largely at individual and family levels and articulated the need for support at organizational and government levels. Research limitations/implications The study findings confirm the literature that women’s careers are limited by traditional family roles in non-Western countries where strong patriarchal culture is prevalent. Particularly, women’s career interruptions surfaced as a critical chance event that either disrupts or delays their careers largely because of family issues. Future research is called for to identify both individual and contextual factors that influence women’s decisions on voluntary and involuntary career interruptions as their responses to chance events. Practical implications Based on highly educated women’s coping strategies largely at individual and family levels, we suggest national human resource development policies put in place not to lose out on the opportunity to develop highly educated women with doctoral degrees as a quality workforce for a nation’s sustainable economic growth. Additionally, organizations need to be aligned with the government policies and programs for the provision of developmental programs for women in the workplace, beginning with highly educated women’s career planning, while creating organizational culture to promote gender equality as a long-term goal. Originality/value The participants’ voluntary career breaks helped them care for their children, be involved in their children’s education, reflect on work–life balance after having long hours of work for many years and move forward with personal satisfaction. Voluntary career breaks can be understood as highly educated women’s unique way of responding to chance events.

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Section: Korean Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Higher education institutions in Korea manifests discrimination by age, gender and university and an intersection of such factors (Kim, 2015;Shin and Kim, 2021):…”

Section: Korean Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challengesmentioning

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