• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.77-88
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of power and empowerment, self-efficacy of dental hygienists. Date were obtained from 203 dental hygienists who were working at dental clinics, hospitals located in Seoul. The results were analyzed with spsswin 12.0 and the conclusion is as follows: 1. The level of dental hygienists formal power was 3.19, informal power was 3.41, empowerment was 3.12, self-efficacy was 3.67. 2. Formal power showed significant a positive correlation with informal power and informal power showed significant a positive correlation with empowerment 3. According to the position, there were significant differences in formal power(pE0.05). 4. According to the working place, age, experienced-years, position, marriage and turnover experience there were significant differences in informal power(pE0.05). S. According to the working place, position, and marriage there were significant differences in empowerment(pE0.05). 6. According to the age, experienced-years, position, marriage and turnover experience there were significant differences in self-efficacy(pE0.05). 7. Informal power and information structure accounted significantly for the self-efficacy.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.131-144
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• 2012

Objectives: This study was performed to identify the associations of empowerment and social capital (such as social participation and trust) with self-rated health in Korean communities with poor health. Methods: This study used the data from community health interviews conducted at 29 administrative sections (dong, eup, or myeon) with high mortality from August to October in both 2010 and 2011 as part of the Health Plus Happiness Plus Projects in Gyeongsangnam-do Province. The study subjects comprised 6,383 individuals composed of approximately 220 adults randomly sampled from each administrative section. The empowerment was measured with five-point Likert scale responses to seven perceived control questions (two at the individual level, five at the community level). The social participation was measured with 'participation in formal and/or informal group' and trust using responses to three questions about trust of others. Results: The high empowerment scores at both individual and community levels, social participation in informal groups, and high trust level had independent and significant associations with good self-rated health after adjusting for socio-demographic factors (sex, age, marital status, occupation, and food affordability) and health behaviors (smoking, alcohol drinking, and exercise) in the logistic regressions. There were weak but significant associations among empowerment, social participation, and trust levels. Conclusions: Empowerment, social participation, and trust were weakly inter-related and significantly associated with self-rated health. More studies are warranted for empowerment and other social capital indices in health promotion.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.63-72
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of childcare teachers' empowerment on affective commitment. For that, a survey was conducted of childcare teachers working at private-sector childcare facilities located at S City of Jeollanam-do. Data collected from 247 questionnaires were used for analysis, excluding those containing insincere answers. The collected data were investigated using SPSS 18.0, a statistical program, through reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, t/F-test, Scheffe post-hoc test, and hierarchical regression analysis. Major results of analysis were as follows: A difference in affective commitment was observed, depending on age and remuneration, the demographic characteristics of childcare teachers. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted by factoring in each sub-variable of empowerment with demographic characteristics of childcare teachers being controlled. Among the empowerment variables of childcare teachers, significance, capability, and self-determination were found to have an effect on affective commitment. Meanwhile, the extent of influence did not have any effect on affective commitment. Finally, the variable that had the greatest effect on affective commitment of childcare teachers was significance among empowerment variables.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.511-529
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• 2001

Purpose : To analyze organization variables related to nursing between the doctors' strike and normal periods. Methods : The sample consisted of 1,220(600 for doctors' strike and 620 for normal periods) nurses working in 5 hospitals. Six instruments were used for data collection including Job Activity Scale(JAS; Laschinger, 1994), Organization Relationship Scale(ORS; Laschinger, 1994), Interpersonal Support Scale(developed by Firth et al., 1986 and revised by Ahn(2000), Self-efficacy Scale(Riggs & Knight, 1994),Job Satisfaction Scale(Slavitts et al., 1978), and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire(OCQ; Mowday et al., 1979). Results : There were significant differences among variables(i.e., formal power, interpersonal support, self-efficacy and organizational commitment)between doctors' strike and normal periods. The formal power was high during the normal period, however interpersonal support, self-efficacy and organizational commitment were high during the doctors' strike. Conclusion : Interpersonal support, self-efficacy and job satisfaction were change by working conditions, but organizational commitment was not changed by working conditions.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.37
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• pp.327-355
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• 1999

This study analyzes the relationship between NGOs and government assisting defecting North Korean residents and seeks a desirable model of a linkage between the two sectors. The factors used in this study for an analysis of the relationship between NGOs and government are frequency and direction of interaction between NGOs and government, government's acceptance or resistance of institutional pluralism. the degree of formality of the relationship, and the relative power balance in the relationship. Also, Coston's typology(l998) of NGO-government relationships is applied for the analysis. Results of the analysis indicates that, in resettlement assistance for defecting North Korean residents, Korean NGOs and government have a cooperative relationship at minimal level, which means that there is a low linkage, informal relationship, and asymmetrical power-relationship between the two sectors. Also, government's acceptance of institutional pluralism seems to be superficial and a tendency of one-way direction of interaction is identified. Based on the findings, this study suggests a more collaborative relationship or partnership between NGOs and the government to arrange more effective assistance programs and activities. Discussion of some controversial issues related to achieving the collaboration and suggestion of a possible model of linking government to the NGOs are followed in conclusion.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.108-113
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• 2009

FIR upsampling circuit generates output data L times faster than input data. For efficient implementation of upsampler, FT filter stages Noble identity theory. In this paper, we propose a method that one of the divided filter stages is removed by making Phase delay to integer number. 192taps 2-times upsampler used in CDtoDAT is designed using proposed method. The designed circuit is synthesized using Hynix 0.18um process. By the simulation results, it is shown that the proposed method leads to up to 48%, 43% and 99.9% and 68% reduction in area, power consumption and maximum phase delay error and maximum ripple error compared with conventional method.