경력단절여성의 재취업 장애요인에 관한 내러티브 분석

Abstract

This study aimed to examine various obstacles experienced by career interrupted women in their process of re-employment from a feminist perspective. For this purpose, narrative research method was conducted including married women in their 40s and 50s who experienced career interruption. Despite high satisfaction with the job before career interruption, it was found that they experienced departure from the labor market due to personal characteristics such as the role and responsibility of mothers emphasized by the traditional patriarchy, characteristics of work, husband's economic power, and physical distance. The purpose of re-employment in the lives of study participants was generally to acquire high self-worth and self-realization and practice sharing by volunteering rather than solving economic problems. Career interrupted women tended to pursue their work and careers more freely by utilizing their experiences, skills, majors, and hobbies. However, it was shown that the barriers including socio-cultural background, gender segmentation, and fixation of gender roles were intervening in reemploying process of the women.
 In conclusion, it is rediscovered that in our society where motherhood is emphasized, the responsibilities of housework are still concentrated, discrimination in the labor market exists, and the vocational training and educational environment for re-employment is insufficient.