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A Study on the Necessity of Records Management for Subsidiaries of Government-affiliated Public Institutions Based on Publicness and Accountability

  • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
  • Abbr : JRMASK
  • 2025, 25(4), pp.1~24
  • DOI : 10.14404/JKSARM.2025.25.4.001
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science > Archival Studies / Conservation
  • Received : October 17, 2025
  • Accepted : November 21, 2025
  • Published : November 30, 2025

Kang Hye-ra 1 Chang Wookwon 2

1한국전력공사 기록물관리전문요원
2전남대학교 사회과학대학 문헌정보학과 교수

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ABSTRACT

Public-sector subsidiaries—legally independent yet quasi-public—face governance gaps due to exclusions in current legislations. Records management serves as a critical mechanism for achieving publicness and accountability. The methodology encompasses a literature review in public administration and archival studies, a comparative legal analysis of domestic and international regimes, and an assessment of tensions between legal independence and public duties. The following measures are proposed: (1) extending the applicability of the Public Records Management Act to subsidiaries; (2) establishing a linked parent–subsidiary records management system; (3) linking subsidiary records management to management evaluation and public disclosure; and (4) strengthening oversight led by the National Archives of Korea. These measures reframe subsidiaries as institutional actors capable of substantively achieving publicness and accountability, rather than peripheral units.

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