Reflexivity is a practice through which researchers engage themselves fully in their studies. It opens up different aspects of research that can shed light on important accounts that may otherwise be dismissed. It was through reflexivity that I observed ethical concerns emerge during my fieldwork in Korea. Despite academic ethics being discussed…

To meet the challenge of recruiting and retaining principals, this study examined school principal's perspectives of factors that might influence their decisions to remain in their positions as well as barriers that would have discouraged them to become principals. The sample consisted of 119 school principals in South Korea, 117 school principals…

Young adults in South Korea are encouraged to constantly develop their skills and qualifications to meet the challenges posed by the job market in the country's neoliberal post-IMF crisis economy. This paper examines the ways in which changes in South Korea's labor market and corporate recruitment culture have affected the ideologies and practices…