IT Companies’ HR Practices in South Korea

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2008

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Asia-Pacific Collaborative Education Journal

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The purpose of this study was to examine specific characteristics in IT companies’ HR practices in South Korea. Interviews with 12 HR executives and a survey of 51 IT companies showed that there were specific HR practices unique to the IT industry: a strong emphasis on talent; the importance of performance-based HR; the need for alignment of corporations,universities, and the government for an R&D workforce; and a government-led HR strategy for the IT industry in order to have a national power base.

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Cho, Y., & McLean, G. N. (2008). IT companies’ HR practices in South Korea. Asia-Pacific Collaborative Education Journal, 4(1), 49-64.

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