Characteristics of the Work-Leisure Relations in Korea

Based on the meaning of work (MOW) research and the typology of work-leisure relations developed by Wilensky and Parker, this study investigates the relationship between work-leisure orientation and the meaning of work domain variables, including work centrality, work ethic, intrinsic value, extrinsic value, and job satisfaction. The 2006 Korean Value Survey (KVS) dataset was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and multinomial logistic regression analysis. The results show that work-oriented respondents have larger value for work centrality variable and smaller value for work ethic than the leisure-oriented. The work-leisure relations for the work centrality and the work ethic are characterized as an ‘identity/spillover’ model. No significant difference was found between work-oriented and leisure-oriented respondents regarding both the intrinsic value and the extrinsic value. This implies that a ‘separateness/segmentation’ model properly characterizes the work-leisure relations for intrinsic and the extrinsic values. The multinomial logistic regression analysis of work-leisure relations shows that as job satisfaction increases in value, the likelihood of being leisure-oriented decreases, suggesting that a ‘contrast/compensation’ model be the proper characterization of the relations. The nature of the relationship between meaning of work variables and leisure orientation defies any simple generalization, and contradicts the conventional approaches that consider work and leisure to be unitary concepts and attempt to establish which of the three models best characterizes their relationship

Centrality · Job satisfaction · Multinomial logistic regression · Multivariate analysis of variance · Sociology · Statistics · Typology · Work ethic · Mathematics · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being

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