ABSTRACT

This study investigates the roles and characteristics of Korean-Chinese tour guides during the rapid socio-political changes between China and Korea. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 12 guides working in South Korea and were analyzed using the grounded theory framework. Open coding gave 98 conceptual labels, 30 subcategories, and 13 main categories. This study allows us to innovatively investigate the psychological changes in Korean-Chinese tour guides affected by political influences. However, most of the data was collected from males in their 30s using cross-sectional analysis, a longitudinal study would therefore strengthen the value of our approach in the future.

摘要

这项研究调查了韩中导游在中韩之间迅速的社会政治变化中的作用和特点。数据是通过对在韩国工作的12位指南进行的深入访谈获得的，并使用扎根的理论框架进行了分析。开放式编码提供了98个概念标签，30个子类别和13个主要类别。这项研究使我们能够创新地调查受政治影响影响的韩中导游的心理变化。但是，大多数数据是使用横截面分析从30多岁的男性中收集的，因此进行纵向研究将在将来增强我们方法的价值。