TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional interpreters’ job satisfaction and relevant factors A case study of trained interpreters in South Korea
AU - Lee, Jieun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© John Benjamins Publishing Company.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - A study of the job satisfaction of professional interpreters may cast light on the current state of the profession and its prospects. Through a questionnaire-based survey of 150 professional interpreters in South Korea, this study examines various factors contributing to the job satisfaction of professional interpreters, including individual characteristics and job characteristics. Statistically significant correlations were confirmed between job satisfaction and marital status, the length of the interpreting career, average weekly working hours, and the dominant employment type of the respondents. While the respondents overwhelmingly chose income as the most important factor that determines their satisfaction, a multiple regression analysis revealed that job security was the most important factor, which was in turn strongly correlated with social recognition. This case study provides an analysis of the status quo of the profession in South Korea and has implications for the industry and for interpreter training.
AB - A study of the job satisfaction of professional interpreters may cast light on the current state of the profession and its prospects. Through a questionnaire-based survey of 150 professional interpreters in South Korea, this study examines various factors contributing to the job satisfaction of professional interpreters, including individual characteristics and job characteristics. Statistically significant correlations were confirmed between job satisfaction and marital status, the length of the interpreting career, average weekly working hours, and the dominant employment type of the respondents. While the respondents overwhelmingly chose income as the most important factor that determines their satisfaction, a multiple regression analysis revealed that job security was the most important factor, which was in turn strongly correlated with social recognition. This case study provides an analysis of the status quo of the profession in South Korea and has implications for the industry and for interpreter training.
KW - Job characteristics
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Professional interpreters
KW - Questionnaire-based survey
KW - South Korea
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038385020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1075/tis.12.3.04lee
DO - 10.1075/tis.12.3.04lee
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038385020
SN - 1932-2798
VL - 12
SP - 427
EP - 448
JO - Translation and Interpreting Studies
JF - Translation and Interpreting Studies
IS - 3
ER -