Work-Family Balance Issues and Policies in Korea: Towards an Egalitarian Regime?

Sung, Sirin

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“…Their analysis of the findings drawn from the Gender Initiative (OECD, 2012) reveals that the time spent by men in China and Japan on unpaid work is much less than their counterparts in Western countries such as Norway, Germany and Australia (Sung & Pascall, 2014). Studies show that some Confucian ideas such as filial piety and respect for parents-in-law still play an important role in shaping people's attitude to the provision of care in East Asian countries (Chau & Yu, 2005;Lee & Kwok, 2008;Sekiguchi, 2010;Sung, 2003Sung, , 2014. For example, Lee and Kwok (2008) observe that many elderly people in Hong Kong expect their adult children to provide informal support.…”

Section: Different Views On Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Won (2007) argues that at least some men in South Korea believe that taking leave for providing care for their children may threaten their jobs and their reputation as men. Based on her studies in 2000, Sung (2014 argues that parental care in South Korea is widely seen as the responsibility of the family rather than the government. Moreover, she points out that married women in South Korea are commonly expected to be more responsible for caring for their parents-in-law rather than their own parents (Sung, 2014).…”

Section: Different Views On Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on her studies in 2000, Sung (2014 argues that parental care in South Korea is widely seen as the responsibility of the family rather than the government. Moreover, she points out that married women in South Korea are commonly expected to be more responsible for caring for their parents-in-law rather than their own parents (Sung, 2014). The Confucian ideas are to some extent reinforced by government policies (Leung, 2014;Walker & Wong, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unlike Hong Kong, both South Korea and Japan provide parental leaves but this leave is not necessarily paid. For example, the childcare leave system in South Korea has been extended from one to two years, with the second year allowed only if the father takes the leave (Sung, 2014). While this policy emphasizes the male's role in providing care for their children, the parental leave for the second year is unpaid.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While this policy emphasizes the male's role in providing care for their children, the parental leave for the second year is unpaid. Unsurprisingly, the take up rate for men taking childcare leave was very low -for example only 1.48% in 2006 (Sung, 2014). Hence, it can be said that the economic conditions created by government policies affect the allocation of caring responsibilities between men and women.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Using defamilisation typologies to study the Confucian welfare regime

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Lee

2015

J. int. comp. soc. policy

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Since Esping-Andersen classified the 18 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries into the "three worlds of welfare capitalism" in 1990, the comparative studies of welfare have been dominated by the responses to this study. This paper focuses on two of these responses. The first response is concerned with the gender insensitivity of Esping-Andersen's way of categorizing the welfare regimes. The second response is concerned with the issue that the East Asian countries are under-represented in the 18 OECD countries. To make contributions to these responses, two analytical tasks are conducted. First, we build new defamilisation typologies covering both East Asian countries and OECD countries. Second, we demonstrate that the evidence generated from the typologies suggest that some of the indispensable conditions for the development of a Confucian welfare regime do not exist.

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Section: Different Views On Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Different Views On Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Different Views On Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using defamilisation typologies to study the Confucian welfare regime

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Lee

2015

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Gender inequalities in Korean family business: contradictions between show and tell

Kim,

2023

IJGE

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PurposeThis paper explores how gender-related issues are communicated in Korean family-run conglomerates (chaebols) and the roles of women within these businesses. It also addresses to what extent the communication of chaebols about female employment and career development reflects the perception of gender representation in these organisations.Design/methodology/approachBy paying attention to gendered discourse in Korean chaebols, this paper examines what is said and written about gender issues in glottographic statements (texts) and non-glottographic statements (charts and other visuals) of annual reports (ARs) published by five chaebols since 2010. The paper uses a Foucauldian framework to develop the archive of statements made within these ARs.FindingsAlthough there is an increase in female-employee ratios, ARs show that number of women at the board or senior management level continue to be small. ARs tend to provide numbers related to female employment and retention in their non-glottographic statements, yet these numbers occasionally differ from and frequently are not explained by glottographic statements. The strategies used by chaebols to improve career prospects for their female staff are only vaguely described and rarely evaluated.Originality/valueThis paper looks beyond the existing discourse analysis on “talk and text” by also investigating claims made through graphic and linear/pictorial elements and their interplay with text. This approach opens new understandings of how gendered discourses are constructed and how they (unintentionally) fail to resolve issues and perceptions related to female employment and career development in Korea.

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State Policy? Traditional Gender Stereotypes? Relative Contributions of Factors Affecting Positive Work–Family Interface for Working Mothers in Korea

Won¹

2015

Gender Work & Organization

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This study explores the gap between policy rhetoric and the reality faced by Korean working mothers, by addressing the following question; whether and to what extent do policy measures for work–family balance contribute to positive work–family interface for working mothers? Although the Korean government has advocated a positive relation between state policy and satisfaction with work–family balance, this is not necessarily the case in practice. To this end, this study focuses on the relative contribution of policy measures to achieve work–family balance reported by working mothers, in relative to traditional gender stereotypes based on Confucian culture as well as working conditions. An empirical analysis with 1,082 Korean working mothers shows interesting findings. First of all, the contribution of policy towards the reported satisfaction in work–family balance is not supported, while the set of traditional gender stereotypes is found to be a negative contributor. Husbands’ psychological support for their wives’ employment, which seems to strengthen the impact of traditional gender stereotypes, follows. The implications of the findings are discussed in depth, by considering the relationships between policy outcomes and traditional gender stereotypes in Korea.

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Work-Family Balance Issues and Policies in Korea: Towards an Egalitarian Regime?

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Using defamilisation typologies to study the Confucian welfare regime

Using defamilisation typologies to study the Confucian welfare regime

Gender inequalities in Korean family business: contradictions between show and tell

State Policy? Traditional Gender Stereotypes? Relative Contributions of Factors Affecting Positive Work–Family Interface for Working Mothers in Korea

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