패션디자이너 직무수행을 위해 필요한 지식수준에 관한 연구 - 한국과 미국을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Employees overseas have a need to prepare according to the different environments andindustrial structures between countries. Therefore, to investigate qualities for fashiondesigners to possess when they work abroad, especially in the United States, this studycompared the level of knowledge required to fulfill the work of fashion design in bothSouth Korea and the United States. Responses from workers who are engaged to fashiondesign from the representative online career information systems of two countries,‘Worknet’ in South Korea and ‘O*Net’ in the United States, were used as data. Looking at the result derived from the analysis of this study, first by comparing variousstatistical indicators, results showed the difference between knowledge level required tofashion designer in South Korea and in the United States. Even with the same type of job,because environments and industrial structures of each country are dissimilar, a differentlevel of knowledge will be required in order to perform their tasks. Second, fashion designers in both South Korea and the United States required a high levelof knowledge in the ‘fine arts’, ‘administration and management’, ‘production andprocessing’, and 'design' to perform their duties as a fashion designer. As a result, bothcountries have similarities that fashion designers need to possess a high level of theknowledge in areas such as 'production of products' as well as 'sales of products'. Furthermore, human relationship field of knowledge such as ‘counseling’, ‘psychology’,and ‘communication’ appeared to be more necessary to fashion designers in South Koreathan those in the United States. On the other hand, higher degree of knowledge of‘machines and tools’, ‘ fine arts’, and ‘transportation’ appeared to be more necessaryto fashion designers in the United States than those in South Korea.