• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.366-378
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• 2015

The purpose of this study conducted in the United States was to identify the level of role stressors among professions at centers for independent living and to investigate the relationship between role stressors and burnout at the target population. A total of 218 professions completed a web-based and hard copy survey. The participants reported a mean (standard deviation) score of 22.48 (5.80) for the role conflict dimension, 22.20 (4.30) for the role ambiguity dimension, and 9.14 (2.55) for the role overload. Demographic assessment of the differences on the mean score of the three role stressors revealed significant associations with that age, job title, highest level of education, years of human service experience and working hours per week for role conflict/role ambiguity, and experience in human service for role overload. The role conflict, ambiguity, and overload stressors were significant predictors of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization explaining 26% and 14% of the variance, respectively. None of the stressors significant predicted personal accomplishment. The results indicate that role conflict, ambiguity, and overload are important predictors of burnout among professions at centers for independent living.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.295-302
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to provide fundamental data for managing occupational stress and promoting health by investigating the factors of dental hygienists' occupational stress and the relationship among occupational stress, health status and somatization. The subjects in this study are 28 dental hygienists who have worked at dental clinic in the metropolitan area. The findings of this study are as follows: 1. The average age of the subjects is 25.1 and the average working career is 42.8 months. 8-9 hours is the most frequent average working time as 55.5% and a 6-day workweek appears most frequently with 33.8%. 2. The total average of occupational stress is 45.24 points and out of the seven sub-factors, job demand is the highest as 56.17 points. 3. A group of working at dental university hospitals scores significantly high and a group of working over 10 hours per day scores significantly low in health status (p<0.05). 4. A group of a 5-day workweek. night and holiday duty scores 18.64 which is significantly high in somatization(p<0.05). 5. Occupational stress have slightly negative correlation (-.341, p<0.01) with health status and slightly positive correlation (.330, p<0.01) with somatization. There is a strong, negative correlation between health status and somatization(-.762, p<0.01 ). 6. Health status and somatization have a slightly positive correlation with every other sub-factor of occupational stress except job self-control.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.321-331
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of job stress on psychological burnout of childcare teachers and the mediating effect of self-esteem between two variables. For the study, the data collected from 520 teachers working in day-care centers in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon areas were analyzed by utilizing the path analysis model. The results are as follows. First, job stress of childcare teachers had a positive effect on their psychological burnout, but it had a negative effect on their self-esteem. Second, self-esteem of childcare teachers influenced negatively their psychological burnout. Third, job stress of childcare teachers directly affected psychological burnout and its effect was indirectly mediated by their self-esteem. On the basis of the findings, the need to reduce job stress and psychological burnout and to enhance self-esteem was suggested.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.431-439
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• 2017

This study was conducted for the purpose of providing help to preparation of preventive intervention plans on job stress and the quality of life by investigating how resilience affects the relationship between job stress and the quality of life of the employed mentally disabled. As for the methods, this study collected materials by combining mail survey and visiting survey through a self-administered method targeting 113 mentally disabled who have been cared at community psychiatric rehabilitation centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi, and been employed for more than 3 months after the researcher of this study gave explanation to and asked for consent to the staffs of the centers. Study results show that job stress perceived by the employed-disabled exerts a significant influence on the quality of life, and resilience have a significant mediating effect between job stress and the quality of life. Through the above results, this study showed a possibility to apply resilience of the employed mentally disabled as an internal countermeasure, suggesting a comprehensive intervention plan for lowering job stress and improving the quality of life.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.449-457
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• 2018

This study examined the effect of communication competency and job stress of nurses working in long term care hospitals on turnover intention and to verify the effect of emotional intelligence control on the relationship among communication competency, job stress and turnover intention. The subjects consisted of 240 nursing students, and data were collected during from February 1 to February 28, 2018. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlations that used IBM SPSS WIN 20.0 program and the analysis of control effect was made by using Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis. The result of this study can be summarized as follows. The turnover intention was positively correlated with job stress. The factors which had effect on turnover intention were pay satisfaction, job stress and age. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to develop a systematic program that reflects clinical characteristics and education in order to reduce the turnover intention of the nurse.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.4758-4767
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• 2015

This study investigates the relationship between occupational stress, depression, drinking among heavy industrial male workers. The participants of this study were 312 workers in a local heavy industry. The data were collected by self-report using questionnaires from May to June, 2014. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. t-test, ANOVA, and pearson correlation coefficient, scheffe test, stepwise multiple linear regression with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program. The total mean scores of occupational stress on the subjects were $53.77({\pm}6.33)$, depression were $12.10({\pm}7.44)$, drinking were $10.32({\pm}7.55)$. The study showed that drinking is positively correlated with occupational stress, depression. Also drinking explained 15.9% of occupational stress in heavy industrial male workers. This study provides baseline data for the preparation of management strategies that can address the occupational stress, depression, drinking of heavy industrial male workers.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.367-376
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• 2021

The aimed of this research was to identify the influence of perception of the vocational ethics and education on job stress and job commitment in occupational therapists. 173 occupational therapists measure for perception of vocational ethics and education, job stress and job commitment, the findings of the study were as follows. First, perception of vocational ethics and education was correlated with job stress, job commitment(p<.01). Second, perception of vocational ethics and education sub-factor of education experience(p<.01), seriousness of ethical issues(p<.05) was found to have affected the job stress. Third, perception of vocational ethics and education sub-factor of education experience(p<.05) was found to have affected the job commitment. Through the results of this study, systematic education will be needed to recognize the importance of vocational ethics and improve it.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.63-69
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• 2021

This study was to empirically analyze the mediating effect of burnout in the effect of job stress on job satisfaction of workers in the elderly welfare center after COVID-19. Through this, the purpose of this study was to improve the quality of social welfare services and to provide basic data that can increase job satisfaction of Elderly Welfare Center workers. The results of this study are as follows. First, job stress had a negative effect on job satisfaction. Second, burnout had a partial mediating effect on the effect of job stress on job satisfaction. Based on the results of this study, the following suggestions were made. First, the workload should be controlled to reduce the job stress of the workers in the elderly welfare center. Second, psychological and emotional support programs should be provided to reduce the burnout of the elderly welfare center workers.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.130-139
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• 2019

This study identified the level of task stress experienced by fire protection system management workers and analyzed the effects of task stress on job satisfaction and proposed future response. First, task stress according to background cause showed differences in relation to age, position, monthly salary, total career, license, and task, but there was no difference in relation to academic background. Second, of the sub-parameters of stress, physical environment, task demand, organizational system, lack of reward, and workplace culture have negative effects on job satisfaction as stress increases, while interpersonal relation conflict and job insecurity do not have any effect. In the future, it will be necessary to investigate the empirical causes of work overload and to study organization-level stress relief measures.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.53-59
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• 2018

This study was to investigate the moderating effect of the social support in the relationship between job stress and emotional burnout of insurance call center consultants. Participants in this study were 186 consultants working in insurance call center. They completed survey questionnaires of job stress, emotional burnout and social support. Collected data was examined using correlation analyses and hierarchical multiple regression analyses. There was a positive relationship between job stress and emotional burnout and a negative relationship between emotional burnout and coworker support. Also, it was found that the social support(supervisor support, coworker support) moderated the relationship between job stress and emotional burnout of insurance call center consultants. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed.