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영어

This study is based on the assumption that cultural adaptation is significant for the effective utilization of foreign young researchers attracted from abroad. The variables are set in dimensions of behavior, achievement, and attitude that are mainly used in organizational behavior research field. Job satisfaction, research achievement satisfaction, and settlement intention are selected to represent each dimension. The empirical study is conducted to test the hypothesis that foreign researchers' satisfaction formed by a professional and systematic support will positively affect job satisfaction, research achievement and settlement intention. In addition, the hypothesis that there would be a mediating effect through cultural adaptation in the relationship between the satisfaction and the dependant variables is tested through empirical studies. The analysis data were collected from 64 out of 101 the foreign young researchers participating in the Korea Research Fellowship(KRF) project. The results show that the satisfaction of the foreign young researchers on the professional and systematic support influences positively job satisfaction, research achievement satisfaction and settlement intention. The mediating effect of the cultural adaptation in the relationship between the satisfaction and the dependant variables is found only in settlement intention. It is found that the influence of cultural adaptation has a more direct effect on the living aspects such as settlement intention and the subjective satisfaction felt by young foreign excellent researchers rather than the business aspects such as job satisfaction or research achievement. Based on these results, theoretical and practical implications, limitations of the research, and future research directions are discussed.

한국어

본 연구는 국내에 새로이 유치된 외국인 과학기술인력의 효과적인 활용을 위해서는 그들의 문화적 적응이 중요하다는 전제 하에, 이들에 대한 체계적인 지원에 의해 형성된 지원만족도에 따라 연구 성과, 정착의도, 직무만족이 영향을 받으며, 나아가 이들 간의 관계에서 문화적 적응을 통한 매개효과가 존재할 것이라는 가설을 세우고, 실증연구를 통해 밝히고자 하였다. 분석 자료는 KRF사업에 참여하고 있는 101명의 신진연구자 중 64명으로부터 설문으로 수집 되었다. 연구결과 KRF에 참여하고 있는 해외 유치 신진연구자들의 전문적 지원활동에 대한 만족도는 직무만족, 연구성과 만족, 정착의도에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 이들 간의 관계에서 살펴본 문화적응도의 매개효과는 정착의도에서만 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 이론적 실무적 시사점을 제공하였으며, 연구의 한계점과 향후 연구방향에 대해 언급하였다.