Adjustment of Korean-American physicians in Korea: Aspect of personal satisfaction

This study was conducted to assess the psychosocial adjustment of Korean-Am erican physicians in the aspect of personal satisfaction after returning to Korea, A questionnaire was mailed to 72 Korean-American physicians who wer e practicing medicine in Korea and forty physicians responded. These physic ians, typically in their 50s, lived in America for 21-30 years before comin g back to Korea. The most frequent motives for them to come back to Korea w ere giving back to their native country, longing for their native country, filial duty, and suggestions from their colleagues or professors to move ba ck. Eighty percent of them were extremely satisfied or slightly satisfied w ith their work in Korea, and only 10% are extremely or slightly dissatisfie d with their decision to return. Although most of them are content for the time being in Korea, only 12.5% have definite plans to stay in Korea after retirement, The variables that were most significantly related to personal satisfaction of returning to Korea were how well treated at work and how mu ch satisfied with job rather than other factors such as motives for returni ng, duration of staying in America and in Korea, and family situation.