Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the politicization of senior civil service (SCS) in Korea from a human resource perspective. To be specific, it is to explore how much the SCS has been politicized after its inception in 2006 and to discover what has strengthened it. Design/methodology/approach This paper employs the human resource management perspective with five stages, selection, rotation, education, promotion and compensation, which are related with different weights to four causes of politicization: political desire to control, leadership change, public demands and political interest. Findings This paper argues that politicization of SCS in Korea has gradually increased during the last 10 years. It also found that, while selection and promotion is strongly politicized, education and compensation is weakly politicized. Originality/value This paper mainly draws increasing politicization after it was introduced. Little prior literature has explored the politicization of SCS in human resource management processes and its causes for Korea.

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人力资源管理视角下的韩国高级公务员政治化

目的本文的目的是从人力资源角度研究韩国高级公务员制度（SCS）的政治化。具体来说，它是探索SCS自2006年成立以来已被政治化了多少，并发现了增强它的力量。设计/方法/方法本文采用人力资源管理的观点，分为五个阶段，即选择，轮换，教育，晋升和薪酬，这与政治化的四个原因的权重不同：政治控制欲，领导者变更，公众需求和控制。政治利益。结论本文认为，在过去的10年中，韩国SCS的政治化已逐渐增加。研究还发现，尽管将选拔和晋升强烈地政治化，但教育和补偿却被弱化了。原创性/价值引入本文后，本文主要将日益政治化。很少有先前的文献探讨过SCS在人力资源管理过程中的政治化及其对韩国的原因。