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Assessing the substitute employee system of Korean public institutions: Public officials' policy reception perspectives
Author(s) -
Cho KyungHo,
Kim Youngjae,
Kim BokTae
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2227
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , perception , work–life balance , work (physics) , public policy , balance (ability) , job satisfaction , business , marketing , public relations , economics , psychology , political science , management , economic growth , order (exchange) , engineering , finance , mechanical engineering , communication , neuroscience
With the increasing participation of the female population in economic activities in Korea, various support measures that would ensure a balanced work–life for women has been put in place. As part of such measures, the substitute employee system for individuals on maternity leave is rising as an alternative system that can vitalize the work–life balance. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that affect public officials' perceptions of the substitute employee system in terms of policy acceptance. Based on a survey of 905 public employees who have experienced child‐care leave, we conducted regression analysis of the workers' receptivity of the substitute employee system, which created three models, followed by a comparative analysis of these models. The results first show that, in all three models, the respondents' degree of satisfaction with the current substitute employee system in Korea is quite low. The results also demonstrate that individual characteristics factor and organizational characteristics factor were both found to have no significant effects on policy reception in all three models. Finally, results suggest that factors influencing the workers' policy reception can vary based on the types of the institution's substitute employee system.