본 연구는 이공계 대졸자 초기노동시장 경력개발 모형 연구로 과학기술인력의 경력개발을 촉진하는 요인을 살펴보고자 하였다. 과학기술인력의 경력에 영향을 미치는 요인을 포괄한 세 가지 로짓 분석 모형을 구성하고 분석하였다. 과학기술인력 전문직업에 안착 하는 요인을 분석하기 위한 설명변수는 크게 2011년 일자리 속성, 현재 일자리 속성, 근로조건 변화 속성, 취업 노력 속성, 대학 교육 속성, 인적 속성 등으로 나누어 구성하였다. 세 가지 분석 모형은 일자리 속성 위주의 설명변수를 주로 포함한 수요측면 모형, 취업노력이나 대학 교육 속성 등을 중심으로 한 공급측면 모형, 모든 설명변수를 포함한 종합 모형이다. 분석 결과 과학기술인력의 안정적인 경력개발을 위해서는 대학교육 등 공급측면보다 수요측면의 일자리 속성이 훨씬 더 중요하게 나타났다. 결국 초기에 안정적으로 과학기술전문직업에 안착할 수 있도록 좋은 일자리 창출과 매칭 정책이 가장 절실한 정책이다.

The number of students choosing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related careers are declining. Thus it became a worldwide challenge in the 21st century. As public images of the engineers are unfavorable and inaccurate, misconceptions and stereotypes about engineers are prevailing. The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school students' perceived mental and pictorial images of engineers and the nature of engineering work. This study involved 512 fifth and sixth grade students (Boys: 287 and Girls: 225) from four elementary schools at one of metropolitans in South Korea. The Draw An Engineer-Korean version (DAE-K) was developed based on Draw an Engineer (DAE) and Draw a Scientist (DAS), and Song and Kim (1999)'s instruments. A pilot-tested was conducted with 33 elementary students prior to the main study. The students were asked to answer how they think the engineers would be, to draw an engineer at work, and to write the engineer's personal information and the job description. Engineers were perceived as a person fixing, building, manufacturing, working outdoors in labors' clothes such as a robe. Engineers were shown with building tools, robots, airplanes, machines, conveyor belt, etc. Moreover, compared to the scientists, engineers were perceived as less intelligent, less imaginative, and less accurate. The results of this study revealed that elementary school students had a lack of accurate images of engineers. Students' current perceived images of engineers could help educators find the baselines for the future engineering education in elementary schools. In addition, the findings of this study could also contribute to the development of engineering education in terms of gender issues, STEM career choice, and even cultural diversity.