There is a need to shift the government's support policy, which has been aimed at the successful establishment of small enterprises, to focus on improving the management of small enterprises and providing management innovation, education, and consulti...
There is a need to shift the government's support policy, which has been aimed at the successful establishment of small enterprises, to focus on improving the management of small enterprises and providing management innovation, education, and consulting for small enterprises who have closed down. This study analyzed the business performance of the Small Enterprise and Market Service's small enterprises rehabilitation support project and analyzed the impact of the small enterprises rehabilitation support project on the business performance of small enterprises after COVID-19.
In terms of theory, the government's small enterprises support policy and system, business performance evaluation, and public institution customer satisfaction survey were analyzed. In terms of practice, an empirical analysis was conducted on participants in the Small Enterprise and Market Service's rehabilitation support project training after the COVID-19 pandemic to suggest practical directions for the Small Enterprises and Markets Service's rehabilitation support project and, based on the results of the business performance evaluation, to suggest ways to utilize the rehabilitation support project to increase customer satisfaction.
The subjects of this study were 935 small enterprises owners who participated in the Small Enterprise and Market Service's rehabilitation support project from 2020 to 2022. In order to find out whether there was a difference in management performance between groups, focusing on the satisfaction of employment training among the * A thesis for the degree of Master in August 2025. revhabilitation support projects, a difference test of the means was conducted. In order to find out the influence of the age, gender, and business awareness of small enterprises on the business performance of the employment training project as a rehabilitation support project for small enterprises, a multiple linear regression analysis was conducted. The results of the study are summarized as follows.
First, only 263 small enterprises, which is 29.5% of the total, knew about the job training support program before participating in it, which means that the level of prior awareness of the job training support program among the Small Enterprise and Market Service’s rehabilitation support programs was relatively low.
Second, the satisfaction level of small enterprises with the job training program as a rehabilitation support program was found to be slightly above the average level. Among the sub-factors that constitute business performance, the satisfaction level compared to expectations and the overall satisfaction level were found to be relatively low.
The satisfaction level of the employment training business by sub-factors that constitute business performance showed that the order of satisfaction was employment, employment preparation, re-entrepreneurship preparation, and economic activity abandonment in the difference in the perception of service product quality. The order of satisfaction was employment preparation, employment, re-entrepreneurship preparation, and economic activity abandonment in the difference in the perception of service delivery quality. The order of satisfaction was employment, employment preparation, re-entrepreneurship preparation, and economic activity abandonment in the difference in the perception of service environment quality. The order of satisfaction was employment preparation, employment, re-entrepreneurship preparation, and economic activity abandonment in the perception of satisfaction compared to expectations.
In the difference in the perception of satisfaction with social responsibility, the perception of satisfaction was high in the order of job preparation, employment, preparation for re-entrepreneurship, and giving up economic activity. As a result of analyzing the difference in the perception of overall satisfaction, the perception of satisfaction was high in the order of job preparation, employment, preparation for re-entrepreneurship, and giving up economic activity. As a result of conducting a post-test to find out the difference between the groups, in all the sub-factors that constitute business performance, the satisfaction level of small enterprises & markets who were employed was relatively higher than that of small enterprises who were preparing for re-entrepreneurship and preparing for employment, and the satisfaction level of small enterprises who were preparing for employment was relatively higher than that of small enterprises who were preparing for re-entrepreneurship and giving up economic activity.
This study confirmed that there is a need for much discussion at the government level on providing job training suitable for small enterprises in order to increase education satisfaction, which is an indicator of business performance, focusing on the Small Enterprise and Market Service's rehabilitation support project.
First, in order to improve the satisfaction of small enterprises with job training, i.e., business performance, there is a need to expand professional and systematic education support services that support relatively young small enterprises to be aware of education support programs before starting a business.
Second, in the process of providing government support services to small enterprises, it is necessary to evaluate education support services centered on the Small Enterprise and Market Service and devise practical measures to improve service satisfaction. Various studies should be conducted to analyze business performance related to education support service satisfaction, such as measuring awareness of satisfaction with government support services provided to small enterprises and analyzing the actual impact of service satisfaction on business performance.
Third, the government's support services for small enterprises revival were analyzed to have a significant impact on business performance. Education support services were also analyzed to have a significant impact, and the direction of the government's support policy is changing from direct operating funds to indirect support such as capacity building for small enterprises, suggesting that education and consulting support can be relatively more efficient means for improving business performance.
Fourth, since the small enterprises rehabilitation support project is essential for small enterprises to find new jobs and succeed in their business after closing down, the government should expand the revival support project in a more specialized and detailed manner and provide customized support that reflects the needs of small enterprises. In order to improve educational satisfaction, the content and methods of education should be improved to meet the needs of small enterprises, and education should be provided to provide practical help to small enterprises.
Keywords: small enterprises, rehabilitation support project, performance, employment training support, Small Enterprise and Market Service