본문 바로가기
KERD
논문KCI 등재

Progress and Challenge of Workforce Investment Act in the U.S.: Implications for Workforce Development in Korea

0

조회

0

다운로드

2

인용

0

참고문헌

키워드

초록

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) has a remarkable historic shift in national public workforce employment and training policy in the U.S. WIA was designed to unify a fragmented employment and training system and has evolved as a federal policy designed to serve the employment and training needs of job seekers (adults, dislocated worker, and disadvantaged youth) and employers. Since WIA enacted in 1988, it has made significant progress but still faces challenge in implementing the system envisioned under WIA. Then, the review of the progress and challenge can provide policymakers and researchers with useful lessons in conducting the Skills Development Accounts which recently has been tried out in Korea. In this sense, the purpose of this study was to review the progress and challenge of WIA and discuss the implications for workforce development in Korea. In addition, based on the discussions of WIA, several implications for Korean workforce development are suggested.

Abstract

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) has a remarkable historic shift in national public workforce employment and training policy in the U.S. WIA was designed to unify a fragmented employment and training system and has evolved as a federal policy designed to serve the employment and training needs of job seekers (adults, dislocated worker, and disadvantaged youth) and employers. Since WIA enacted in 1988, it has made significant progress but still faces challenge in implementing the system envisioned under WIA. Then, the review of the progress and challenge can provide policymakers and researchers with useful lessons in conducting the Skills Development Accounts which recently has been tried out in Korea. In this sense, the purpose of this study was to review the progress and challenge of WIA and discuss the implications for workforce development in Korea. In addition, based on the discussions of WIA, several implications for Korean workforce development are suggested.

참고문헌 (31)

  1. Barnow, B. S., "The Workforce Investment Act in eight states: prepared for U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration" (2005), The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
  2. Bates, R. A., "Core principles and the planning process of a world-class workforce development system", Advances in Developing Human Resources, 4(2), pp.111~120 (2002)
  3. A national policy for workplace training: Lessons from state and local experiments, "Batt, R.", Economic Policy Institute, ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED373140 (1993)
  4. Belzer, A., "Implementing the Workforce Investment Act from in between: state agency responses to federal accountability policy in adult basic education", Educational Policy, 21(4), pp.555~588 (2007)
  5. Clagett, M. G., "Workforce development in the Unites States: An overview" (2006), National Center on Education and the Economy
  6. California Annual Performance Report: Federally Funded Workforce Investment Act Title II Programs. Program Year 2008, "Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems", Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System, ~ (2008)
  7. Workforce Training: Almost half of states fund employment placement and training through employer taxes and most coordinate with federally funded programs, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-04-282 (2004)
  8. Workforce Investment Act: Substantial funds are used for training, but little is known nationally about training outcomes, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-05-650 (2005)
  9. Workforce Investment Act: Employers found one-stop centers useful in hiring low-skilled workers; performance information could help gauge employer involvement, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-07-167 (2006)
  10. Workforce Investment Act: Additional actions would further improve the workforce system, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-07-1051T (2007)
  11. Workforce Investment Act: One-stop system infrastructure continues to evolve, but labor should take action to require that all employment service offices are part of the system, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-07-1096 (2007)
  12. Workforce Development: community colleges and one-stop centers collaborate to meet 21st century workforce needs, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-08-547 (2008)
  13. Workforce Investment Act: Labor has made progress in addressing areas of concern, but more focus needed on understanding what works and what doesn't, "General Accounting Office", U.S. Government Printing Office, ~, pp.GAO-09-396T (2009)
  14. Giloth, R. P., "Learning from the field: Economic growth and workforce development in the 1990s", Economic Development Quarterly, 14(4), pp.340~359 (2000)
  15. Coordinating individual development accounts and the Workforce Investment Act to increase access to postsecondary education and training, "Greenberg, M.", Washington University in St. Louis, Center for Social Development, ~, pp.Policy Report 06-09 (2006)
  16. Toward order from chaos: state efforts to reform workforce development systems, "Grubb, W. N.", National Center for Research in Vocational Education, ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED427172 (1999)
  17. Harmon, T., "Training policy in Illinois: a minimum training expenditure requirement for WIA Title Ⅰ" (2009), The Office of Community College Research and Leadership
  18. Heinrich, C. J., "False or fitting recognition? the use of high performance bonuses in motivating organizational achievements", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(2), pp.281~304 (2007)
  19. Hopkins, J. L., "Conflict and collaboration: providers and planners implementing the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)", Adult Education Quarterly, 59(3), pp.208~226 (2009)
  20. Welfare to work: considerations for adult and vocational education programs, "Imel, S.", ~, pp.ERIC Digest No. 216 (2000)
  21. Jacobs, R. L., "Human resource development and the emergence of workforce development. in: Philosophy of human resource development", pp.65~69 (2000), Berrett-Koehler
  22. Jacobs, R. L., "Perspectives on adult education, human resource development, and the emergence of workforce development", New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 20(1), pp.21~31 (2006)
  23. Jacobs, R. L., "Emergence of Workforce Development: Definition, Conceptual Boundaries, and Implications. in: International Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training", Kluwer
  24. Jobs for the Future, "Comments on reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act: Submitted to the education and workforce committee, U.S. House of Representatives" (2003), Jobs for the Future
  25. Ko, H., "Shift of skills development system focused on customers: the introduction of 'Skills Development Accounts (SDAs)'", The HRD REVIEW, 11(3) (2008), Korea Institute of Vocational Education & Training
  26. Moore, R. W., "The impact of training and demographics in WIA program performance: a statistical analysis", Human Resource Development Quarterly, 20(4), pp.381~396 (2009)
  27. Ra, Y., "An exploration of shifting to customer-oriented competence development system: introduction of Skills Development Accounts (SDAs). in: 2008-2012 National Finance Management Planning - Labor Area -" (2008), Ministry of Strategy and Finance
  28. Ra, Y., "Recommendations of Skills Development Accounts (SDAs) implementation in Korea. in: To Establish Market-friendly Competence Development System" (2009), KRIVET
  29. Torraco, R. J., "Writing integrative literature reviews: guidelines and examples", Human Resources Development Review, 4(3), pp.356~367 (2005)
  30. Implementing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, "U.S. Department of Labor", U.S. Department of Labor, ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED427 177 (1998)

관련 논문AI추천

이 간행물의 다른 논문 (12건)