사무직 여성의 내부 분화와 노동 경험: 비정규직을 중심으로

Change in economic environment including globalization, industrial restructuring, and flexibilization of the labor market has affected the women's labor market and the employment status and conditions of female workers. This study aims to examine the internal differentiation and work experiences of female labor in the financial industry by using in-depth interviews. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 female laborers who have worked both on a regular and irregular basis. The results of the study can be summarized in two points. First, women's labor in the financial sector is divided into two parts, a few with high income and good job opportunity and majority with low wage and irregular work. Although globalization and flexibility of labor relations have provided a opportunity for better positioned jobs for women, majority of them who were entered into the labor market as contingent workers were experiencing degradation of job status and working conditions. Second, the transformation of irregular work into regular one was a quite limited, structurally and culturally. It means that the bipolarization of the women's labor market has been sustained and reproduced through diverse ways.