A Study on the Youth Job Creation Problem Solving with a Co-creation Approach: Focusing on the Busan City

Abstract

The growth of Korean economy has continuously declined since 2000, which resulted in the reduction of employment creation opportunity. Futhermore, these circumstances are aggravating the youth job creation. This study investigates the co-creation approach for solving the youth job creation problem. By using the grounded theory on recent newspapers for a year, the study proposes a paradigm model for the youth job creation. Based upon this result, the study creates the conceptual model for the youth job creation, which includes three factors such as process, environment, and institution. This study will contribute not only to the extension of qualitative study on the grounded theory in research, but also to the political implications for the youth job creation in practice.

Public Service Innovation Using Smart Governance

“…First, there will be a change in how citizens participate in public service policies. The Internet allows the government to implement open policies with transmission capacity, flexibility, interactivity, and low costs (Hong et al, 2015). It also increases public access to government policies, promotes trust in the government, and provides the opportunity for more citizens to freely participate in the policy process.…”

“…The development of technology and governance simplified or automated the process of complicated multilateral conversations and communication in the participation of multiple stakeholders. In addition, the evolution of communication tools and the advancement in text analysis technology made communication and cooperation possible between citizens and the government, which had previously been impossible before due to time and cost issues (de Jong et al, 2019;Kambil et al, 1999;Kang, 2014;Hong et al, 2015).…”

“…However, Smart Governance (SG) solves these problems and enables various stakeholders to directly participate and cooperate. SG is a new form of governance that guarantees voluntary participation (co-creation) of stakeholders by applying IT to governance (de Jong et al, 2019;Kambil et al, 1999;Hong et al, 2015). SG is practical and effective as it solves social problems and creates values with a focus on participants through active participation by members of the society based on IT such as the Internet, smart devices, and social networking service (SNS) (Sarker et al, 2018;Davies, 2015;Michael, & Miller, 2013;Siugzdiniene et al, 2019;Scholl, & Scholl, 2014).…”

“…In particular, the social participation of the public on social media has brought a change in how social issues are selected and how new trends are set, in addition to increasing the number of smartphone and SNS users. Social media has an influence as new personal media that enables two-way communication instead of one-way communication by traditional mass media (Hong et al, 2015;Tang et al, 2015;Ross et al, 2015;Baptista, & Galliers, 2012;Wickramarachchi, 2014;Frederick et al, 2014). In addition, with the change in the policy environment due to the active use of social media, users are making more suggestions, and personal issues sometimes lead to policy agendas (Hong et al, 2015).…”

“…Social media has an influence as new personal media that enables two-way communication instead of one-way communication by traditional mass media (Hong et al, 2015;Tang et al, 2015;Ross et al, 2015;Baptista, & Galliers, 2012;Wickramarachchi, 2014;Frederick et al, 2014). In addition, with the change in the policy environment due to the active use of social media, users are making more suggestions, and personal issues sometimes lead to policy agendas (Hong et al, 2015). Therefore, SG is a government form that is closer to representative democracy as a concept that is focused on policy users through active citizen participation, solving social problems, and creating values with a focus on citizens beyond government-led policy implementation strategies of the past.…”