The Difference between Career Barrier Recognition and Career Preparation Behavior by Mandatory military service Planning Level among Male College Students

This study aims to understand the status of mandatory military service planning and career barrier recognition as well as to analyze the difference between how students perceive mandatory military service as a potential barrier to their future careers(career barrier recognition) and career preparation behavior by the mandatory military service planning level among male college students. For the purpose, inquiries for the subject were set up as follows. 1. What are the levels of mandatory military service planning and career barrier recognition? 2. Is there a difference in career barrier recognition depending on the level of mandatory military service planning? 3. Is there a difference in career preparation behaviour depending on the level of mandatory military service planning? This study found out the level of mandatory military service, military barrier recognition and career preparation behavior of 284 male students from 4 universities in Daejeon and Chungnam area. Along with that, descriptive statistic, correlation analysis and t-test were conducted with SPSS 17.0 program The results of this study are as follows: First, 79.2% of male students have higher mandatory military service planning than the average value. Meanwhile, considering 3 sub-factors of mandatory military service planning, the ratio of those with high scores in practicality is lower than importance and concreteness. Based on this, it is assumable that they have a low perception for practical and concrete behaviors such as data collection in mandatory military service planning, which indicates their awareness has not developed into concrete behaviors even though they recognize the importance of planning. Also 73.9% of male students responded higher career barrier recognition than the average value shows that they recognize mandatory military service as a barrier relatively highly. Especially, those who answered "Very much" (7 scores) for every inquiry in career barrier recognition accounted for 16.9%, which forms the biggest group. and considering the response by each inquiry, it is ascertained that they consider the absence by mandatory military service time or military service as the biggest difficulty. Second, the difference in career barrier recognition between the top 30% and bottom 30% of mandatory military service planning is not statistically significant. However, in terms of importance and the sub-factor of mandatory military service planning, a significant inter-group difference in career barrier recognition is shown. In other words, to join the military is recognized as an obstacle in their career barrier recognition regardless of the mandatory military service planning level. Also, a group which considers the importance of the mandatory military service planning highly recognizes the military as the bigger obstacle compared to the other groups which are not considered in this way. Third, the difference in career barrier recognition between the top 30% and the bottom 30% of the mandatory military service planning is statistically significant. The need of mandatory military service planning is marked by the fact that those with a high level of mandatory military service planning show stronger career barrier recognition than those without plans. Through the study, the need of mandatory military service planning is suggested to both male students and career consultants considering the mandatory military service from a perspective of career based on Korean reality. Also, as precedent studies on pre-inducted men can be hardly found currently, this study is significant in accumulating empirical data about mandatory military service, a unique characteristic of the Korean career development process.

남자대학생의 군 의무복무계획 수준에 따른 진로장벽인식과 진로준비행동의 차이

본 연구는 남자대학생의 군 의무복무계획과 진로장벽인식의 정도를 파악하고, 군 의무복무계획 수준에 따른 진로장벽인식과 진로준비행동의 차이를 살펴보는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 대전 충남지역 남자 대학생 284명을 대상으로 군 의무복무계획, 진로장벽인식, 진로준비행동 척도를 사용하여 설문을 실시하고 군 의무복무계획과 진로장벽인식 정도, 군 의무복무계획 수준에 따른 진로장벽인식과 진로준비행동의 차이를 알아보기 위해 기술통계, 상관분석, t검정을 실시하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 남자대학생의 79.2%가 군 의무복무계획을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 각 하위요인을 살펴보면 전체적인 군 의무복무계획의 수준은 높은 편이지만 계획을 세우기 위한 실제적 행동적 노력을 행하는 남자대학생들은 비교적 적다는 것을 알 수 있다. 또한 남자대학생의 73.9%가 진로에 있어 군 의무복무를 장벽으로 인식하고 있으며, '매우 그렇다'고 응답한 비율이 최대 집단(16.9%)으로 나타났다. 또한, 각 문항별 응답분포를 통해 군 의무복무 시기의 문제, 시간에 대한 기회비용과 남들보다 뒤쳐질 수 있다는 어려움을 높게 인식한다는 것을 알 수 있다. 둘째, 군 의무복무계획 상 하위 집단 간 진로장벽인식의 차이는 유의미하게 나타나지 않았으나 하위요인인 중요성의 경우 상 하위 집단 간 진로장벽인식의 유의미한 차이가 나타났다. 다시 말해서, 남자대학생에게 군 의무복무라는 장벽은 군 의무복무계획 수준과 상관없이 자신들의 진로과정에 있어 방해요소로 인식되고 있으며, 군 의무복무계획의 중요성을 높게 인식하고 있는 집단이 그렇지 않은 집단보다 군 의무복무를 더 큰 장벽으로 인식하고 있음을 보여준다. 셋째, 군 의무복무계획의 상 하위 집단 간 진로준비행동의 차이는 유의미하게 나타났다. 즉, 군 의무복무계획 수준이 높은 학생들이 상대적으로 높은 진로준비행동을 보였다는 것은 군 의무복무계획의 필요성을 시사해주는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 본 연구를 통해 남자대학생과 진로상담자에게 군 의무복무계획의 필요성을 제시하였다. 또한 군 의무복무 전 대상자를 대상으로 한 선행연구들을 거의 찾아볼 수 없는 실정에서 한국적 진로발달과정의 독특한 특성인 '군 의무복무'에 관한 경험적 자료를 축적하는데 의의가 있다.