A Comparison of Affirmative Action Policies between the U.S.A. and Korea

• 발행기관: 한국인사관리학회
• 저자명: Lee Seung Gye
• 간행물 정보: 『한국인사관리학회 학술대회 발표논문집』2010 춘계학술대회 발표 논문집, 1~10쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경영학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.05.30

영문 초록

This study compared affinnative action(AA) policies between the United States and Korea, and discovered substantial differences between their policies, with respect to their legal basis, cultural backgrounds, key foci, enforcement, and effects on workPlace. The American AA policy has aimed at elimination of racial and gender discriminations to foster their equal employment opportunities. Enforced smctly and consistently duriog the 1960s and 1970s, the American policy has catalyzed the advent of multicultura1ism in the American workPlace, and diversity management. In Korea, the primary objective was to get rid of employment discrimination against women for a better utilization of women workforce. While the American policy was focused on both racial diversity and gender diversity for a broad inclusion, the Korean AA policy emphasizes gender diversity only, and thus fails to address the issues of racial diversity that is expected to increase due to the recent influx of immigrant workers, and growing number of childreo of rural multi-cultural families. There are a lot of empirical results that the U.S. AA policy has accelerated the diverse demographic composition in the workPlace through increasing hiring and promotion of minorities and women. But there are so limited sources of data to analyze the effects of Korean AA policy on employment in Korean finns. Korean government needs to enforce the AA policy smctly and consistently, and should consider adding legal provisions for equal employment opportunities for immigrants and multicultura1 families. Korean finns should consider adopting diversity management and integrative HRM strategies to fully utilize the potentials of the diverse workforce for gaining sustaioable competitive advantages in the global marketplace.

목차

I. Inroduction

II. Theoretical Approaches to the U.S.A Affirmative Action Policy

III. comparative Analysis on AA Policies between the U.S.A. and Korea

키워드

Affirmative Action(AA) Diversity Management Employment Discrimination Equal Employment Opportunity