Influence of Job Stress on Fatigue and Job Satisfaction - with Some 119 Emergency Medical Technician in Gyeonggido -

직무스트레스가 피로와 직무만족도에 미치는 영향 - 경기소방 일부 119구급대원을 중심으로 -

  • Park, Dae-Sung (Dept. of Emergency Medical Technology, Choonhae College of Health Sciences) ;
  • Park, Sang-Sub (Dept. of Emergency Medical Technology, Sungduk College)
  • 박대성 (춘해보건대학 응급구조과) ;
  • 박상섭 (성덕대학 응급구조과)
  • Received : 2008.10.15
  • Accepted : 2008.12.05
  • Published : 2008.12.31

Abstract

Purpose : This study was to examine the influence of job stress of 119 Emergency Medical Technician on fatigue and job satisfaction. Methods : Subjects of this study were 228 Emergency Medical Technicians who worked at 119 Safety Center of total 92 fire stations in 12 cities of Gyeonggido including U, N, H, B, A, S, Y, G, G, G, P and I and the period of data collection was from July 11 to Sep. 10, 2007. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS 14.0 version. Results : Conclusions of this study were as follows. 1) Factor related to organization among job stress factors had the greatest influence on fatigue (B = 0.334, p < 0.01), followed by crisis situation factor (B = 0.2042, p < 0.01), inappropriate treatment factor (B = 0.174, p < 0.05), role conflict factor as special job (B = 0.109, p < 0.05) and professional knowledge and technique factor (B = 0.109, p < 0.05), and the influence of job stress factors on fatigue was explained as $R^2=0.340$. 2) Mental burden factor of job stress factors had the greatest influence on job satisfaction (B = -0.606, p < 0.01), followed by organization factor (B = -0.473, p < 0.01) and interpersonal relation and conflict factor (B = -0.339, p < 0.01), and the influence of job stress factor on fatigue was explained as $R^2=0.308$. Conclusions : Job stress of 119 rescuer is increasing continuously and such an accumulated stress lowers the job efficiency. In order to reduce, job stress, it is important to extend(${\rightarrow}$ have) proper self-development, maintain close relationships and mutual correlations among members of organization in personal dimension and to solve the role conflicts, define the organizational roles and simplify excessive job description into concrete work.

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