대학생 졸업유예와 인적자원개발에 관한 질적 연구

The graduation postponement of four-year university students has been increasing as the unemployment crisis of young people has extended over a long period of time. The possibility of the graduation postponement of university students is likely to continue to expand unless youth unemployment rate or the quality of jobs improves. This study is to examine the graduation postponement phenomenon of university students and to grasp the factors influencing the decision of graduation postponement, the employment goals and the awareness of human resources development. To this end, the phenomenological research method was used to draw the understanding of the graduation postponement phenomenon of the four-year university students by putting the meaning and structure together. The result of this study found that the reasons for the decision to postpone the graduation were due to the interaction of personal, environmental and social factors. The students who decided to postpone graduation with clear criteria or higher job goals tended to report that they also had the firmness to achieve their career goals and the confidence to get a good job. In addition, most of the students who postponed graduation answered that they allot time for getting job-related certificates, scores of language proficiency exams and human resources development that they have felt themselves insufficient for their job-related qualification. Based on the results of this study, it was suggested that a variety of university-level efforts should be made for the graduation postponement phenomenon of the university students and the employment training as well as the ‘major’ specialization education.