새로운 직업영역으로서의 성장가능성: 전문직업인으로서 전문캐디의 삶 조망

초록

This article examined professional caddies’ motive for profession choice, realistic distresses, and immediate problems in theirlife of job as well as the potential for job growth of a professional caddie as a new sport job by adopting a qualitative researchmethod in order to explore the life of professional caddies as a professional. In this study, in-depth interviews with sevenprofessional caddies were conducted in order to explore their life of profession. The study identifies the life of professionalcaddies in a context of the following four perspectives. First, it was found that they identify themselves as an assistant, mentorand/or companion, and resist others’ distorted attention and prejudice. Second, it was identified that the relationships betweenprofessional golfers and caddies are generally originated and developed from a human network of family or friend (theirsenior or junior). Third, it was discovered that the most realistic problem and distress confronted in their life of professionwere economic difficulties and an inherent conflict in family life. Fourth, the challenge for the potential of professional caddies’job growth is to create social environment in which their financial condition is guaranteed at a certain level.

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