Goethe University Frankfurt
Accelerators and Obstacles of Labor Market Integration of Asian Professionals in Korea
Like migratory birds, Foreign professionals have the ability to cross the border by using their skills, qualifications, and work experiences. After relocation, they use their human and social capital to overcome difficulties and to integrate into the labor market and host society. The four-year project led by Dr. Joohyun Justine Park focuses on the work and social life of Asian foreign professionals in Korea. This project aims to identify structural and inter/intra-personal factors that promote or hinder migrants’ job market integration and life satisfaction from the perspective of positive psychology.
With the perspective that migrants as agents can devise tactics and strategies to make the situation better, Justine will go in-depth to examine migrants’ decisions and actions in difficult circumstances. In order to critically understand migrants’ hurdles, she will use an intersectionality approach to examine how gender, race, class, and skill have an influence on the adaptation and integration process. Justine will use a sequential exploratory mixed-method research design. During her fieldwork between 2021 and 2023, hosted by Migration Research and Training Center in Korea, she will conduct qualitative interviews and ethnographic filming with East Asian skilled migrants. In the last fieldwork in 2023, as a director of quantitative research, she will lead a cross-sectional online survey targeting Asian skilled migrants in Asian countries.
Journal Articles
Park, J. J., Park, L. S. Song, C. (Under review). A person-centered approach of ethnic and national identity and its relation to subjective well-being among Korean New Zealanders. International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Watson, P. W. S. J., Sotardi, V. A., Park, J. J., & Roy, D. (2021). Gender self-confidence, scholastic stress, life satisfaction, and perceived academic achievement for adolescent New Zealanders. Journal of Adolescence, 88, 120-133
Park, J. J. (2018). “Successful Keys to Well-being: Success Beliefs, Identity, and Well-being among Koreans in Korea and New Zealand” in Y-I. Lee, S-C. Shin, and C. Song (Eds.), Proceedings of ASK2018 – Australian Symposium on Korean Migration and Language Matters. Adelaide: ASK2018.
Media
Park, J. J. (2018). Do our perspectives of success hold us back from happiness?
http://educationcentral.co.nz/do-our-perspectives-of-success-hold-us-back-from-happiness/
Park, J. J. (2017). “What Does ‘Success’ Mean in Korea and New Zealand?”, Exposure (Award: 3rd place), University of Auckland. The School of Graduate Studies and the Postgraduate Students’ Association.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfIXb4WZC2A
Park, J. J. (2017). “This is your life: The interplay between success, acculturation, and subjective well-being in New Zealand and Korea”, 3 Minute Thesis Competition (Award: 2nd place), University of Auckland. The School of Graduate Studies and the Postgraduate Students’ Association.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP59kITOM2E
Teaching
Park, J. J. (2021, July). Ethical Consideration in Research. Guest lecture delivered at the course of Doing Research on Korea: Research Methods and Writing, MEAS, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Park, J. J. (2021, May). Quantitative Research Method. Guest lecture delivered at the course of Doing Research on Korea: Research Methods and Writing, MEAS, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Park, J. J. (2019-2020). Tutoring Introduction to Korean Society and Culture (KOREAN120), Korean for beginners 1 (KOREAN110/G), and Korean for Beginners 2 (KOREAN111) courses as a graduate teaching assistant, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2019, July). Pop Cultures of Two Koreas. Guest lecture delivered at the course of Introduction to Korean Society and Culture (KOREAN120), University of Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2019, May). Success and Happiness in Korea and New Zealand. Guest lecture delivered at the course of Asian Diaspora (ASIAN 204/302), University of Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2018, September). Problem-driven Research: Pragmatism and Mixed-Methods. Guest lecture delivered at the course of Research and Evaluation in Social Practice (SOCWORK 414), University of Auckland, New Zealand
Presentations
Park, J. J. (2021, August), “Review of Skilled Migration Research in Korea: Future Directions of Skilled Migration Research”. The 12th International Convention of Asian Scholars, Panel “Desired but Not Frictionless: Foreign Specialists’ Labor Market Integration in Asia” (Panel Convenor and Presenter), Online (Kyoto, Japan)
Park, J. J. (2021, August), “Rethinking the Route to Success and Well-being: Cross-Cultural Impact of Extrinsic-Intrinsic Success Beliefs and Identity on Well-being Between Korea and New Zealand”. The 12th International Convention of Asian Scholars, Ph.D. Pitch, Online (Kyoto, Japan)
Park, J. J. (2021, August), “Let’s go back to WHY to get HOW”, Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship ‘How To’ Session, Online (Monash University, Australia)
Song, C., Lee, R., Park, L. S., and Park, J. J. (2020, October), “Becoming More Korean: Exploring the Re-ethnicization Phenomenon and Understanding of the Younger Generation Korean Diasporas”, The 10th World Congress of Korean Studies, Online (Seongnam-si, Korea)
Park, J. J. (2020, September), “Out of the egg, and be yourself: Personal and academic advice for Asian international students in New Zealand”, Intercultural Communication Webinar, Asian Family Services, Online (Auckland, New Zealand)
Park, J. J. (2020, June), “Online Survey as an Innovative Research Method in Korean Studies in the Post-Covid19 Era”, Innovative Online Teaching and Research Zoom Workshop, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Song, C., Park, L. S., and Park, J. J. (2019, December), “The Phenomenon of Re-ethnicisation among Korean New Zealander Youths: How and Why?”, The KSAA 2019 Biennial Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Park, J. J. (2019, November), “Identity status and well-being for Korean immigrants”. Seminar delivered for Korean New Zealanders in the Overseas Korean Traders Associations (OKTA), Christchurch, New Zealand
Chubb, L., Park, J. J. & Couch, D. (Plenary panel member, 2019, October), “Impact Beyond Citations”, Doctoral and Postgraduate Symposium 2019, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2019, October). “Rethinking the Success- Well-being Route”. Seminar delivered in the School of Learning, Development, and Professional Practices, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2019, September). “Consequences of Re-ethnicisation”. Research seminar delivered in the School of Cultures, Languages, and Linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2019, March). “Acculturation Modes and Well-being among Korean New Zealand Youths”. Paper presented at Symposium on Korean and Japanese Youth in New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2019, March). Koreans’ Success Beliefs, Identity, and Well-being in Korea and New Zealand. Presentation delivered at Joint seminar with the postgraduate students from the University of Tokyo, Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J. (2018, November). “Dream for Success and Happiness”. The 5th Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA) Workshop in Perth, Australia
Park, J. J. (2018, November). “Successful Keys to Well-being: Success Beliefs, Identity, and Well-being among Koreans in Korea and New Zealand”. The Australian Symposium on Korean Migration and Language, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Park, J. J., Brown, G. T. L., & Stephens, J. (2018, August). “Success Paths to Happiness: The Impact of Success Perspectives and Ethnic Identity on Well-being in Korea and New Zealand”. The Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA) Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Park, J. J., Stephens, J. & Brown, G. T. L. (2016, October). “What does “success” mean in your culture?”, International Conference on Well-being, Singapore
Park, J. J. (2016, July). “University Students’ Conceptions of Success in New Zealand and Korea”, The 4th Biennial Postgraduate Workshop of the Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA), Auckland, New Zealand
Park, J. J., Stephens, J. & Brown, G. T. L. (2015, November). “Personal and cultural conceptions of success among university students in New Zealand and the Republic of Korea”, The 8th Educational Psychology Forum, Christchurch, New Zealand