경력중기 남성 사무직 베이비부머의 경력개발 학습동기에 관한 연구

Recent changes in demographics and career environments require special attention to baby-boomers' retirement which will happen during the next decade. This study aims at exploring motivations in learning of male baby-boomers who are in their mid-career in their quest of career development. For this purpose, a qualitative study using in-depth interviews with 8 participants were conducted and transcripts were analyzed with three-step coding procedure. Results show that participants possess two different categories in learning motivation, one is for their current career competencies, and the other is preparation for their future after retirement. The former includes job competencies enhancement, job position achievement, continuous interest, social capital acquisition, and transition to another related work. The latter is specified into use of current career experiences in their future career and preparation for new career. In short, participants have two-fold motivation in their learning: for current career and future career. This implies that baby-boomers' retirement needs to be viewed in lifelong learning perspective and career development opportunities for baby-boomers should be provided for their after-retirement life.