• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.415-423
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to discover the effects of REBT group counseling on the self-efficacy and organizational effectiveness of nurses with high scores on dysfunctional attitude scale. Method: There wewe 21 subjects in the experimental group and 25 subjects in the control group. This treatment lasted for eight weeks. Each week, a two and half hour long session was cinducted. Results: The experimental groups showed that significant statistical differences compared with the control groups in the score of self-efficacy, job-satisfaction, organizational commitment, and nursing performance. Conclusion: These results imply that REBT group counseling could be utilized as good nursing intervention to enhance self-efficacy, organizational effectiveness at the general hospital.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.335-344
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study aims to provide a fundamental basis for more efficient human resource management of hospitals through career development and through lowering the rate of turnover of nurses. Method: The target group was 370 nurses who are currently employed at four general hospitals. Three hundred and twenty-nine documents were collected, and the statistical results were generated by the SAS program. Result: The average mean score of organizational commitment, career commitment and turnover intention were: 3.13 points for affective commitment, 3.09 points for continuance commitment and 2.92 points for normative commitment, out of a five point scale. The average mean score of career commitment and turnover intention was 2.89 and 3.28 points. The most influential variable in turnover intention was affective commitment out of organizational commitment. Conclusions: This study verified that organizational commitment and career commitment are key variables that could decrease turnover intentions.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.63-71
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• 2008

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify nurses' self-leadership, organizational commitment and their nursing performance, and examine the relationship among them. Method: A total of 330 clinical nurses with more than one year nursing experiences were recruited from 10 hospitals in G city and J province in Korea. Data were collected using questionnaires from March, 12 to April 21, 2007. For data analyzed using SPSS 12.0 for windows program, Results: There were significant positive correlations between self-leadership, organizational commitment, and independent, dependent, and interpersonal nursing performances. In addition, the organizational commitment had significant positive correlations with independent, dependent, and interpersonal nursing performances. Conclusion: These findings suggest that nurses' organizational commitment and nursing performance ability will be enhanced by hospitals' active supports such as empowering individual nurses' self-leadership through enlarging their autonomy and strengthening their ability to control themselves.

• 한국디지털정책학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.63-81
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• 2005

This research is about continuous improvement in productivity for the central and local government administration. It is a comprehensive execution manual that summarizes from preparation to completion of this task. If you follow the process described in this research, you will achieve the following. 1. You will motivate the innovators. 2. You will spare yourself of many trial and errors and risks thus increasing the effectiveness. 3. You will eliminate the obstacles to innovation. 4. You will continue to innovate and will be able to assess the results through visible index.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.315-322
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of psychological empowerment and transformational leadership on organizational commitment among hospital nurses. Method: The sample consisted of 279 nurses from 3 university affiliated hospitals. Data were collected with self-administered questionnaires and analyzed using Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression. Result: Transformational leadership has greater influence on organizational commitment for nurses. Psychological empowerment and three transformational leadership(charisma, individualized consideration and inspiration) has direct effects on organizational commitment. Psychological empowerment did not interact the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment. Conclusion: The results imply that nurse managers should exercise transformational leadership and empowering behaviors for nurses to be committed in organization.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.265-275
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and to investigate the nursing organizational culture. Method: A descriptive correlational study was conducted with convenience sample of 448 staff nurses who were working for six general hospitals located in Seoul, Province of Gyeonggi and Province of Chung-cheong. The period of data collection took over 5 months between August and December. Organization Culture Questionnaire developed by Lee (2001) were used to measure nursing organizational culture. Collected data were analysed on SPSS Win 12.0. Result: The meta culture of the nursing organizations was the conservative culture. The cultural pattern of nursing organizations was classified into three patterns which were conservative-dominant culture, symmetric culture and innovative-task culture. Conclusions: The meta culture of the nursing organizations was the conservative culture. But conservative culture decreased nurses' outcomes. Therefore the nurse manager should develop a symmetric organizational culture including four types of culture than dominant culture of one type.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.365-373
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• 2004

Purpose: This study was designed to describe the Critical Success Factors (CSF) of nursing organization perceived by hospital nurses. Method: Data was collected from 12 nurses who were working in the university affiliated medical center in Seoul using interview. To analyze data, content analysis was done. Results: The Critical Success Factors (CSF) of nursing organizations perceived by hospital nurses was classified into 5 categories. The 5 categories (the expectation of nurses' clients, The awareness economic value that nurses perform work, efficient nurses' work process, attractive nurses' work conditions, nurses' grow into professional) include 21 themes and 53 significant statements. Conclusions: The result of this study may be helpful in the strategic performance management of nursing organizations.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.676-695
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• 2012

This study purposes to examine the relationship between high performance-HRM system of medical doctor and the effectiveness of hospital. The high performance-HRM practices were derived from reviewing the literature of SHRM(Strategic Human Resource Management) and investigating some cases of Korean leading hospitals. The result reveals that the high performance-HRM system of medical doctor is significantly related with subject measurement such as financial performance, employees' turnover, and customer(patient) satisfaction. Moreover, it is positively related to objective performance such as hospital's profit growth, yearly patient growth. Based on the result, the academic and practical implications are suggested and then the limitation and further research directions are discussed.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.111-124
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• 2008

New ways of work-shift and learning programs, which were based on the concept of 'performance improvement through people', have been introduced to healthcare organizations. I analyzed the performance of the changes and the performance differences. Data were collected through interview and survey. I discussed that modification of management practices which were developed in manufacturing organizations is important for successful implementation in healthcare organizations.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.60-64
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• 1986

생산위주의 개발도상국 진입으로 산업재해가 크게 증가하는 추세에 있음은 중대한 문제로 되고있다. 산업안전관리는 기술적으로 잘하면 최대 98%까지 예방가능한 분야이다 안전사고의 원인을 인적 근로자적 측면, 물적, 경영자적 측면에서 분석하고 이를 조화 또는 통제하는 요인으로 관리적, 행정적 요인을 분석하였다. 개선방안은 산업의 고도화, 다양화에 따른 신기술부족, 안전지식 및 교육부족, 그리고 중소기업의 산업안전 보건시설 개선의 미흡등, 이들 직접원인에 대한 통제 및 조화 수단으로서 법체제, 행정조직을 강화하고 산업 안전관리를 민간주도로 추진해나갈 연구 및 예방기관의 육성이 되어야 한다.