This study examines whether labor force diversity also matters for entrepreneurship in the context of South Korea, with the aim of evaluating the applicability of previous findings from developed Western countries to the growing Asian nations. The results suggest a clear country variance in labor force diversity effects, revealing negative impacts of demographic diversity and insignificance of cultural diversity on entrepreneurship in South Korea, which is in contrast to prior observations in most Western countries. I propose that South Korea's strong societal hierarchy, historical emphasis on ethnic homogeneity, and existing ethnic polarization reduce the nation's openness towards diversity, resulting in unpromising labor force diversity effects on entrepreneurship in South Korea. This research contributes to the current literature by filling the research gap beyond the regional context of developed Western countries and by suggesting possible country variance in labor force diversity effects according to the nation's varying openness towards diversity.

本研究探讨了韩国背景下劳动力多样性是否对创业也很重要，目的是评估西方发达国家先前的研究结果对发展中的亚洲国家的适用性。结果表明，劳动力多样性效应存在明显的国家差异，揭示了人口多样性的负面影响和文化多样性对韩国创业的影响微不足道，这与大多数西方国家之前的观察结果形成鲜明对比。我认为，韩国强大的社会等级制度、历史上对种族同质性的重视以及现有的种族两极分化降低了该国对多样性的开放程度，导致劳动力多样性对韩国创业产生了不容乐观的影响。这项研究填补了西方发达国家区域背景之外的研究空白，并根据国家对多样性的不同开放程度提出了劳动力多样性效应可能存在的国家差异，从而对当前文献做出了贡献。