국내 과학기술인의 주도적 경력행동 연구: 조직 맥락 요인, 기관 유형, 인재개발 결과와의 구조적 관계 탐색

Abstract

Not only is there an ever-growing need for career development among science and technology professionals, but the focus of individual career development has also shifted towards one’s proactive career behaviors. Yet, scholarly efforts to investigate the means to promote such behaviors among professionals in the field of science and technology and the potential outcomes of proactive career behaviors remain scarce to date. The current study aims to elucidate science and technology professionals' proactive career behaviors and how their outcomes vary depending on contextual factors within the organization in which they are employed by drawing on the social information process theory. Specifically, we examined the effects of organizational context, categorizing it into role-related factors(jobcontent and structural career plateau) and sociocultural factors(person-supervisor fit and organizational culture). Furthermore, we explored whether these effects differ based on the type of institutions(public institutions and private enterprises), and also whether organizational context factors influenced the professionals' personal development outcomes(career satisfaction and task performance) through proactive career behaviors. We analyzed the 2022 survey data of 2,066 science and technology professionals, provided by the Korea Institute of Human Resources Development in Science & Technology (KIRD). Results revealed that structural career plateau had a negative impact on proactive career behaviors, while personsupervisor fit and innovation-oriented culture had a positive effect. Additionally, both innovation-oriented and task-oriented cultures were found to have a stronger impact on proactive career behaviors in private enterprises. Structural career plateau, person-supervisor fit, and innovation-oriented culture had significant effects on science and technology professionals' career satisfaction and task performance through proactive career behaviors. These findings not only contribute to the expansion of research in the field of science and technology professionals' career development but also provide valuable insights for supporting effective career development for science and technology professionals.