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An empirical study on the employment impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

제4차 산업혁명의 고용 영향에 대한 실증적 연구

  • Ahn, Jongchang (Department of Information System, Hanyang University) ;
  • Hwang, Jun (Dep. of Software Convergence, Seoul Womens University) ;
  • Lee, Woongjae (Dep. of Digital Media Design and Applications, Seoul Womens University)
  • Received : 2017.09.28
  • Accepted : 2017.12.11
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

This study aims to analyze various discussions for influences on employment by the technologies related to the frequently mentioned Fourth Industrial Revolution and to conduct an exploratory research. For this aim, this paper analyzes and extends the survey related to realization possibility for managements and professionals of ICT sector in Global Agenda Council of World Economic Forum (WEF) in September 2015. Based upon these results, this study further conducts an empirical survey not only over realization possibility but also over its employment impact. For each 23 item of realization possibility, all the respondents (n=169) responded positively to each item to be actualized in 2025. In addition, for each 23 item of the strength of employment impact, most items were responded as decrease of employment but a few items were predicted as expansion of employment. This research has a meaning in providing a clue of empirical survey for employment impact by the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the future.

이 연구는 최근 빈번하게 언급되고 있는 제4차 산업혁명 관련 요소 기술들의 고용영향에 대한 논의를 정리하고 탐색적 연구를 수행하고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 먼저 2015년 9월 세계경제포럼(WEF)의 Global Agenda Council에서의 ICT 분야 경영진과 전문가를 대상으로 시행한 실현 가능성에 대한 설문조사 내용을 분석하고 확장하였다. 이를 바탕으로 국내 조직 종사자나 전문가를 대상으로 요소 기술들의 실현가능성뿐만 아니라 고용 영향에 대한 실증조사를 수행하였다. 실현가능성에대한 23개 항목별로 2025년에 실현가능한가에 대해 응답자들(n=169)은 전반적으로 긍정적으로 반응하였다. 또한 고용 영향 정도에 대해서는, 23개 항목별로 고용을 줄일 것이라는 항목이 많았지만 일부 요소기술 항목들은 고용을 늘릴 것으로 예상되었다. 향후 제4차 산업혁명의 고용영향에 대한 실증연구의 단초를 제공한다는 점에서 연구의 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

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