@article{ART003332807},
author={Kim, Hye Young and Hyunjoo Min},
title={Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women},
journal={아시아여성연구},
issn={1225-9241},
year={2026},
volume={65},
number={1},
pages={209-246}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Hye Young
AU - Hyunjoo Min
TI - Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women
JO - 아시아여성연구
PY - 2026
VL - 65
IS - 1
PB - Research Institute of Asian Women
SP - 209
EP - 246
SN - 1225-9241
AB - This study aims to reconstruct the vocational resocialization of North Korean refugee women not as a matter of simple adaptation or economic self-reliance, but as a dynamic relationship with the recognition order conditionally bestowed within the hierarchy of a gendered labor market. For this purpose, in-depth interview data from 12 participants were analyzed following the grounded theory procedures presented by Strauss and Corbin (1998) and Corbin and Strauss (2015). The findings reveal that the participants faced a “low-trust starting line” and symbolic distrust rooted in the intersectionality of gender and refugee status. In response, they managed the possibility of exclusion and accumulated limited recognition through strategic negotiations, such as obtaining professional certifications, performing with “excessive responsibility,” and adjusting their speech and interpersonal styles. This study formulates the core category of this process as a “process of negotiated repositioning within a conditional recognition regime.” Based on these analyses, this study reframes the conventional concept of resocialization from a passive process of normative internalization to an active “formation process of negotiated agency,” where individuals strategically adjust their positions within hierarchical approval structures. By shifting the focus of resocialization from “adaptation” to “repositioning within the recognition order,” this research identifies the structural mechanisms through which the intersectionality of gender and migration status operates in the workplace. The theoretical framework presented in this study offers broader applicability for analyzing the vocational experiences of other minority groups situated at low-trust starting lines, such as migrant women, refugee women, and career-interrupted women, and contributes to reconstructing the discourse of resocialization as a matter of the politics of recognition.
KW - North Korean refugee women;vocational resocialization;conditional recognition regime;gendered labor market;negotiated repositioning
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Kim, Hye Young and Hyunjoo Min. (2026). Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women. 아시아여성연구, 65(1), 209-246.
Kim, Hye Young and Hyunjoo Min. 2026, "Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women", 아시아여성연구, vol.65, no.1 pp.209-246.
Kim, Hye Young, Hyunjoo Min "Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women" 아시아여성연구 65.1 pp.209-246 (2026) : 209.
Kim, Hye Young, Hyunjoo Min. Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women. 2026; 65(1), 209-246.
Kim, Hye Young and Hyunjoo Min. "Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women" 아시아여성연구 65, no.1 (2026) : 209-246.
Kim, Hye Young; Hyunjoo Min. Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women. 아시아여성연구, 65(1), 209-246.
Kim, Hye Young; Hyunjoo Min. Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women. 아시아여성연구. 2026; 65(1) 209-246.
Kim, Hye Young, Hyunjoo Min. Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women. 2026; 65(1), 209-246.
Kim, Hye Young and Hyunjoo Min. "Conditional Recognition Regime and Negotiated Repositioning: Vocational Resocialization of North Korean Refugee Women" 아시아여성연구 65, no.1 (2026) : 209-246.
