Analysis of research trends related to women's vocational competency development education

This study aims to analyze papers related to women's vocational competency development education published in domestic academic journals over the past 20 years from 2003 to 2023 to explore research trends and derive implications for women's human resource development. To this end, content analysis was conducted on 86 studies on women's vocational competency development education using the year of publication, journal, research subject, research topic, and research method as the framework for analysis. The results of the analysis showed that women's vocational competency development education research has been continuously increasing and has been published in various academic journals. The most common research subjects were studies on career status such as job seekers, employees, and career interruptions, and in particular, studies on women with career interruptions were overwhelmingly numerous. The most common research topic was vocational education and training, and most studies focused on educational effects such as specific targets or employment outcomes within the female group. The research field was mainly conducted in education, and quantitative research was mainly utilized. The implications of the research results include the need for research on women's job competency development education that reflects the changes and diversity of the female group, an approach to job competency development education from a lifelong education perspective, and strengthening the development of education programs related to promising occupations and future jobs for women. In addition, the follow-up research suggests the need for expansion of practical research such as program model development, and research on the impact of career development paradigm changes on women's job competency development education and performance evaluation.