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http://dx.doi.org/10.18807/jsrs.2022.12.3.158

Changes in the Labor Market and Response Strategies of Construction Automation Services -Focused on purpose, implication, and strategy-  

Jae-Myung Lee (Department of Design, Dongseo University Graduate School)
Yong-Ki Lee (Department of Design, Dongseo University Graduate School)
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Journal of Service Research and Studies / v.12, no.3, 2022 , pp. 158-175 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study discusses mass unemployment and job insecurity due to the 4th industrial revolution and technological progress. In particular, the construction automation service method can contribute to increasing work productivity, preventing on-site safety accidents, and enhancing the competitiveness of the construction industry according to rapid development and convergence between technologies. However, there is great concern that the position of workers will decrease and the income distribution will deteriorate. Therefore, this study is necessary to alleviate the anxiety of the labor market and to find a direction for the government and all walks of life to ponder. To carry out this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with two experts currently engaged in the construction field, and through analysis, we intend to derive meaning and identify current trends, identify necessary improvement measures and institutional areas and suggest research directions. As a result of the analysis, it is possible to suggest a response strategy in a total of three themes: purpose, implication, and strategy. Based on this, there are response strategies in four areas: (1) industrial site response, (2) worker response, (3) education, and (4) training response, and government and corporate response. Through this study, it is necessary to revitalize economic and sociological discussions in the future so that the improvement in productivity and efficiency of society as a whole due to technological innovation of construction automation services does not lead to social problems such as an increase in the unemployment rate and a decrease in jobs in the labor market.
Keywords
construction automation services; social influence; job change; lack of employment; 4th industrial revolution; future employment;
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