공공연구기관의 유연 근무제도와 연구 생산성 간의 관계

Flexible working arrangements can play an important role in increasing research productivity at public research institutes where creativity is critical in generating new knowledge. However, there are very few papers dealing with the effect of flexible working policies on scientific research outputs at South Korean institutes. The current study aims to explore the relationship between the number of researchers who adopt flexible work and the research productivities of public research institutes from 2017 to 2019. The estimates obtained from the standard error models by Driscoll and Krray indicated that the research productivities varied depending on the measurements of research outputs and the types of flexible working arrangements. The number of researchers who worked from anywhere was shown to be positively associated with the number of patent applications, whereas the number of researchers who organized their work schedules was negatively related to the number of domestic publications and research papers. Based on the empirical results and semi-structured interviews, this study suggests policy implications that would improve the efficacy of flexible working arrangements at public research institutes.