NCS standardises job-analysis results.

Job Analysis (Korea)

💼 Business By CampusDown Wiki Editorial Team Last updated October 26, 2026

Systematically documenting a job's tasks, duties and required KSAs.

Contents

1. History and scholarship
2. Key points
3. In practice
4. FAQ
5. References

History and scholarship

Taylor (1911) began work decomposition; Flanagan (1954) the critical incident technique; Fine and Wiley (1971) functional job analysis; McCormick et al. (1972) the PAQ; Hackman and Oldham (1976) the job characteristics model; Peterson et al. (2001) O*NET; Sanchez and Levine (2012) work analysis. Korea's NCS standardises results.

Key points

Methods include observation, interviews, questionnaires and critical incidents; outputs are job descriptions and specifications. Laws, programmes, visa rules and hiring practice change; check official notices, current law and actual postings.

In practice

Map job descriptions and NCS units to your experience for cover letters.

FAQ

Needed for job seekers?: Helpful for consistency.
Same as NCS?: NCS standardises job-analysis results.

Sources reviewed: 2026-10-26

References

Taylor, F. W. (1911). The Principles of Scientific Management. Harper & Brothers.
Flanagan, J. C. (1954). The critical incident technique. Psychological Bulletin, 51(4), 327–358.
Fine, S. A., & Wiley, W. W. (1971). An Introduction to Functional Job Analysis. W. E. Upjohn Institute.
McCormick, E. J., Jeanneret, P. R., & Mecham, R. C. (1972). A study of job characteristics and job dimensions as based on the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ). Journal of Applied Psychology, 56(4), 347–368.
Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1976). Motivation through the design of work: Test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16(2), 250–279.
Peterson, N. G., Mumford, M. D., Borman, W. C., et al. (2001). Understanding work using the Occupational Information Network (O*NET). Personnel Psychology, 54(2), 451–492.
Sanchez, J. I., & Levine, E. L. (2012). The rise and fall of job analysis and the future of work analysis. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 397–425.
국가직무능력표준(NCS). https://www.ncs.go.kr
고용24(고용노동부). https://www.work24.go.kr
국가법령정보센터. https://www.law.go.kr

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