A Study of Work Values on the Students of Dental Hygiene Department

치위생과 학생들의 직업관에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study was to delve into the work values of dental hygiene students. The subjects in this study were 465 students who attended three different colleges in Gyeonggi province. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed with SPSSWIN 12.0 program. The findings of the study were as follows: (1) As for the type of work values, the largest group of the students investigated attached importance to pay and reputation, as they gave a mean of 4.18 to those things. In detail, they put the most emphasis on economic compensation since they gave it a mean of 4.42. (2) Regarding their detailed outlook, there was significantly strong positive correlation between their view of achievement and of competency, between their view of economic compensation and of position, and between their view of recognition and of position. (3) As to the impacts of their general characteristics, their work values in pursuit of self-realization was statistically significantly different according to their motivation of choosing dental hygiene(P = .042). Their school(P = .011), academic school year(P = .023), actual work experience as a dental hygienist(P = .045) and motivation of choosing dental hygiene (P = .023) made a statistically significant difference to their contribution- oriented view of occupation. And their work values that accentuated pay and reputation varied statistically significantly with their school(P = .000) and academic school year(P = .000).

본 연구는 치위생과 학생들의 직업관을 알아보기 위해 경기지역에 위치한 3개 대학 치위생과 학생 465명을 대상으로 설문조사 하였으며, SPSSWIN 12.0을 이용하여 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 직업관 유형 중 보수와 명성 지향적 직업관이 4.18점으로 가장 높게 나타났고 세부적 항목 중에서는 경제적 보상이 4.42점으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 2. 세부적 직업관의 유형 중 성취와 능력, 경제적 보상과 지위, 인정과 지위에 있어 특히 높은 유의한 순 상관관계를 보였다. 3. 일반적 특성에 따른 차이에 있어서 자아실현 지향적 직업관에 있어서는 치위생과 선택동기(P = .042)가, 기여 지향적 직업관에 있어서는 학교(P = .011), 학년(P = .023), 치과위생사 유무(P = .045), 치위생과 선택동기(P = .023)가 보수와 명성 지향적 직업관에 있어서는 학교(P = .000), 학년(P = .000)에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 나타냈다.