• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.151-171
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between family-friendly policies in working places and the childbearing intentions of married-employed women. The analysis included 415 married working women from the 2012 wave of the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Family. The factors influencing the childbearing intentions of the women were age, education, number of children under age 18, childbirth leave, childcare facilities, and flextime. The women whose work-places provided childbirth leave had stronger childbearing intentions. The women under age 35 had stronger childbearing intentions when their work-places had flextime policies. In conclusion, my recommendation is that the government should pay more attention to the micro-personal factors, such as the Family-friendly Workplace Practices proposed in this study, when executing policies to reverse the current trend of low fertility.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.81-101
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to examine support policies regarding work and family reconciliation, to suggest plans to improve workplace policies, and to suggest directions for further studies. This study looks at OECD's work-life reconciliation policies as well as family friendly workplace policies in Korea to find a way to enhance business' receptiveness and implementation of the policies. By examining women's labor conditions, this study finds that family friendly workplace policies are necessarily imminent in our society of low fertility and ageing. Along with the evaluation of benefit level and the effectiveness of current policies, this study uses data from interviews with working mothers who have had the experience of family friendly benefits. The results of the analyses suggest that the government should focus on improving the workplace environment in companies that do not show bias against the use of family friendly policies. In order to farm more successful policies, future studies are needed to analyze the changes of fertility, working conditions, support programs, and benefits.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.73-94
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• 2002

The important argument explored in this article is women's position in welfare regimes. By examining feminist critiques on the welfare state, we intend to look into whether the welfare state is designed to promote the equal status of both men and women. In the post-war period, it was believed that social provision, together with full employment and rising real wages, would improve the welfare of all citizens. However, women were inevitably treated as second class citizens by the new welfare legislation and were assumed to be economically dependent on their husbands. As a result, though welfare provision plays a significant and liberating role in women's lives in some ways, it may also serve to restrict women by defining them in certain ways. This contradictory situations is especially true in successfully developing third world countries such as Korea. This is because the western welfare state can be misconceived as an idealistic model in which men and women obtain equality in terms of social context.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.353-367
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• 2019

This study investigates the influence of family-friendly workplace policies and organizational culture on the willingness of married female managers to have a child. The analysis includes 353 married female managers from the $6^{th}$ survey of the 2016 Korean Women Manager Panel. Factors that are found to influence the respondents include age, education, number of children, job position, promotional goals, accessibility to family leave, accessibility to shorter work hours during the child-rearing period, and organizational culture. Female managers who can easily use family leave or who have shorter work hours during the child-rearing period show a higher willingness to have a child. By contrast, those whose work places employ a fair and horizontal organizational culture are less willing to have a child. The introduction of family-friendly policies are not found to be statistically significant determinants of female managers' willingness to have a child. We find that influencing family-friendly policies between the first and second childbirth differ. The accessibility of family-friendly policies that affect the willingness of female managers to have a child when they have no child include parental leave, employer-supported childcare, and childcare subsidies. For improving their willingness to have a second child, accessibility to both family leave and shorter work hours during the child-rearing period are effective. In conclusion, the government should strongly consider micro-personal factors, such as family-friendly workplace practices and organizational culture, when executing policies to reverse the current trend of low fertility.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.143-155
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• 2002

Nowadays, the conflict of work and family has become a common problem in families due to the increase of working parents. But in Korea, there is a little supporting system which can help them work. So, this study showed the necessity of family-friendly Policy and families' demands to it. Many capitalist countries which have insufficient welfare system effort to integrating work and family by offering a family-friendly policy for working parents. So, policies for family and women have to be family friendly, and all of the corporation, community, school, and government have to support the working families.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.97-118
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to provide background information to help develop family-friendly policies which aid in the ability for employees to balance family and work, and to increase the effectiveness and feasibility of these policies at work sites. We surveyed the performance and usage of work-family balance policies among working mothers with young children. We also examined the factors influencing the job satisfaction of working mothers. The study sample consisted of 237 working mothers with young children. We found that family economic status, working mother's experience of family leave or maternity leave, and easiness of policy use are important factors in a working mother's job satisfaction. Especially when individual and job characteristics are controlled, the most influential factor on working mothers' job satisfaction was the experience of family leave or maternity leave. In addition, the easiness of family-friendly policy use was a significant factor in working mothers' job-satisfaction.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.25-39
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• 2021

본 연구는 기혼 여성 관리자의 가족친화제도 운영 인식이 후속출산계획에 미치는 영향과 가족친화적 상사지원인식과 일·가정 양립 갈등의 매개효과를 확인함에 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해 여성관리자패널 데이터의 7차년도 자료를 활용하였으며, 최종적으로 1명 이상의 자녀를 두고 있는 여성 관리자 480명을 연구 대상자로 하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 기혼 여성 관리자의 가족친화제도 운영 인식은 후속출산계획에 직접적으로 영향을 미치지는 않으나 가족친화적 상사지원인식과 일·가정 양립 갈등을 순차적으로 매개하여 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 조직이 가족친화제도를 운영하는 것에 더해 제도를 적극적으로 활용하고 지지하는 분위기를 조성하는 것이 중요함을 의미한다. 이에 연구결과를 바탕으로 저출산 현상을 극복할 수 있는 정책적, 실천적 개입을 제안하였다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.49-68
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• 2016

Fathers are increasingly expected to participate in parenting due to the higher participation of women in economic activities, the growing awareness of gender equality, and the greater emphasis on the role of fathers. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of paid work time and jobs' family-friendly policies on parenting participation in dual-earner families. Questionnaires were distributed to 577 fathers of dual earner families through a child care center in the Gyeongsangbukdo Province, and the results were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 for Windows. The statistical methods employed included mean, standard deviation, the Pearson correlation analysis, and a multiple regression analysis. The main results are as follows. First, the fathers of dual-earner families showed an above average level of participation in parenting (3.26). By category, they were less involved (2.89) in household chores, and more active in daily guidance and leisure activities (3.48). Second, the most significant variable affecting fathers' parenting participation was having a regular office-closing time. Fathers who were younger, had a higher level of education, had a regular office-closing time, had more vacation leave, and whose companies implemented family-friendly policies were more likely to participate more actively in parenting. Third, the key factors influencing fathers' parenting participation by sub-category were found to be having a regular office-closing time and jobs with family-friendly policies. Fathers with a greater awareness of gender equality were more inclined to participate in household chores, while those who were younger and more educated actively participated in daily guidance and leisure activities.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.729-736
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• 2023

전통적으로 성별분업에 의한 남성 생계부양자모델을 추구해온 보수주의 복지국가 독일은 오랜 기간 현금급여 중심의 경제적 지원을 통해 저출생 문제를 해결하고자 하였으나 성공하지 못했다. 2007년 독일 정부는 "시간정책, 이전소득 및 인프라의 혼합"이라는 슬로건 아래 일·가정 양립을 위한 가족정책 패러다임의 전환을 시작하였다. 독일에서 저출생 문제가 국가문제로 부상하자 정부뿐 아니라 민간 기업도 가족친화적 인사정책과 근로조건을 제공함으로써 출산율 향상에 기여해야 한다는 사회적 분위기가 조성되었다. 민간 기업은 인력 확보와 이직 예방을 목적으로 법적 의무를 넘어 자발적으로 가정친화적 근로환경을 개선해나가고 있다. 독일의 출산율은 2023년 현재 유럽 평균 수준으로 상승하고 있어 정부의 일·가정 양립정책과 민간 기업의 참여가 출산율 향상에 기여한 것으로 평가될 수 있다. 한국의 일·가정 양립 정책 개선 방안으로 아버지의 육아 동참 필요성에 대한 인식 전환, 남성 육아휴직의 의무화, 출산 후 여성의 고용 보장, 돌봄시설 확충 그리고 기업의 가족친화정책 활성화를 제안하였다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.145-164
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• 2013

This study analyzed qualitative data to examine the attitude toward the conditions of and the barriers to the work- family balance among unmarried workers. The data was drawn from 5 focus groups consisting of 4 workers each. The 20 participants, aged 21 through 38, were interviewed in mini groups composed of 2 male workers and 2 female workers each. The research depicts four main themes about their work-family balance: the image of a dual-earner family, women's market labor, housework, and the ideal conditions of a dual-earner family. This research concluded that unmarried workers desperately want to be part of a dual earning family for economic survival. However, they also know that it would be very difficult to make ends meet and to live as dual-earner families because of the lack of a proper social support system. However, most of them believe that they must solve these problems on their own, and they do not expect to receive help from systematic public policies. They think that they should find solutions by rearranging the role divisions between the husband and the wife or by asking for help from their parents or other relatives. The only assistance they expect from the government are reliable child care facilities and governmental incentives to promote stimulate the family-friendly workplace.