Industrialization and Korean Blue-Collar Workers (Automobile Industry, Hyundai)

This dissertation describes the characteristics of Korean blue-collar workers, and compares them with auto workers in four other countries to evaluate the applicability of three theories (convergence, dependency, and cultural) dealing with the effects of industrialization upon these workers. This study embraced the developmental interpretation of convergence theory and five derived hypotheses dealing with the differential adaptation of rural- and urban-origin workers to industry, the impact of the job on social interaction, the extent of job-conscious unionism, the spillover effects of in-plant relations to out-plant activities, and the impact of technological stratification on worker adaptation and societal orientations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Bae, Kyu Han

• Social Work

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8511576

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71003