직업의식과 직업윤리가 갑을 인식과 소득에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study is to examine Korean employees’ perceptions of power dynamic in the workplace between gab (in Korean who represents the person with more power) and eul (who is the subjugated), the determinants of the power dynamic, and the effects of work values and work ethics on perceptions of gab and eul and their income. To this end, this study used data from a total of 999 Korean employees ages between 18 and 64 who participated in the survey conducted by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) in 2018 to examine Koreans’ work values and work ethics. The study analyzed the data employing descriptive statistics, the logistic regression model, and the ordinary least square model. According to the findings, 11.8% of employees perceived themselves as gab with the male accounting for 13.7% of the figure, and when employees were older, higher in educational level, and self-employed, the possibility of perceiving themselves as gab increased. The main determinants of gab-eul perceptions related to employees’ work values and work ethics included social influence of their job, the degree of authority, initiatives, and employees’ attitudes toward work. Employees who perceived themselves as gab earned about 44% more income than those who did as eul. When other conditions were equal, gab’s income was 13% higher than eul’s. This suggested that gab had the benefit of income premium in the workplace in Korea. Based on these findings, this study suggested implications and directions for future studies.