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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2020.18.9.001

Analyzing the Effects of Individual Competence on Employment: Emphasis on Mediating Effects of Job-Seeking Activities  

Lee, Dong Eun (SKK Business School, Global Business Administration, Sungkyunwan University)
Lee, Kun Chang (Global Business Administration, Dept of Health Sciences & Technology, SAIHST Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.18, no.9, 2020 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzes the effects of individual Competence on job-seeking activities and employment. For the sake of empirical study, we have used microdata public data provided by the National Statistics Office of Korea, which is composed of 731,852 people. Empirical results were obtained by applying structured equation model with using job-seeking activities as a mediating variable. Results showed that those three variables such as age, level of education, and specialty had a significant effect on job-seeking activities and employment. Especially, we found practical implication that regardless of gender, it becomes likelier that individuals can find jobs when their job-seeking periods are shorter. Also, level of education has positive effects to employment. The limitation is that these results are not associated to data which has the quality of employment and that they do not reflect the uniqueness of 2018. In this sense, job-seeking support education programs by local governments need to be designed out of this implication.
Keywords
Competence; Employment; Job-seeking activities; Gender; Education;
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