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A Study on the Effects of Job-related Variables on Job Satisfaction and Professionalism among Beauty Salon Workers (미용종사자의 직업관련 변수와 직업전문성이 직업만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • Yoo, Eun-Ju;Juong, Suk-Hui;Shim, Sun-Nyu
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.435-444
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    • 2017
  • This study investigated differences between job satisfaction and professionalism by job-related variable and analyzed the effects of job-related variables and job professionalism on job satisfaction among a total of 144 beauty salon workers in Busan and Ulsan. The main results are as follows. First, a difference between job satisfaction and professionalism was found by average monthly income and environmental satisfaction. Second, in terms of correlations with variable, job professionalism revealed static correlation with average monthly income, employment period and environmental satisfaction while job satisfaction showed static correlation with average monthly income, environmental satisfaction and job professionalism. In employment period, a significant difference was observed. Third, regarding the influence of variables on job satisfaction, job satisfaction became higher as average and job professionalism increased. In particular, job professionalism was the highest in terms of exploratory power. So a plan for allowing beauticians to improve confidence in professionalism and job satisfaction was presented.

The Influence of Wage Satisfaction and Personnel Management Policy on the Hotel Employees' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction (호텔 종사원의 임금 만족 및 인사 공정성이 직무 만족과 조직 몰입에 미치는 영향)

  • Ahn, Seh-Kil
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.151-163
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to find out the influence of wage satisfaction and personnel management policy on hotel employees 'organizational commitment and job satisfaction in Korean hotels. In the standpoint of management, almost all hotels seek to meet their employees' satisfaction whether they try to or not. The survey was performed on hotel employees in Seoul and 231 sheets are returned out of 300 sheets. This study use SPSS for WIN 12.0 and AMOS 4.0 to analyze the hypotheses. There are several prerequisites for employees' job satisfaction according to researches and theories. The main factors for employees' job satis-faction are drawn by the prior researches on wage satisfaction and personnel management policy. Then job satisfaction and organizational commitment are extracted to study how the two factors are affected. As a result, the satisfaction with wages affects job satisfaction not significantly. Followed by the results, the effects of the organizational commitment on the job satisfaction and the job satisfaction on personnel management policy were shown significantly. Based on the results, this study will give a suggestion that to get the organizational commitment from employees through job satisfaction, hotels should apply fair personnel management policy to their employees.

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The Moderating Effect of Perceived Alternative Job Opportunities between Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Developing Countries

  • Mushtaq, Arslan;Amjad, Muhammad Shajeel;Bilal, Bilal;Saeed, Muhammad Mohtsham
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.5-13
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    • 2014
  • Purpose - This study examines the relationship between organizational justice and employee job satisfaction and the extent of its moderation by perceived alternative job opportunities. Research design, data, and methodology - This is a cross-sectional study utilizing survey questionnaire data from 220 bank employees, which included scales measuring organizational justice, job satisfaction, and perceived alternative job opportunities. Results - The data is analyzed using correlation and hierarchical regression. Results demonstrated that organizational justice has a direct positive impact on employee job satisfaction further, distributive justice explains more variance in job satisfaction, followed by procedural justice and interactive justice. Perceived alternative job opportunities moderate the relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction. Conclusions - Generally, organizational justice increases bank employees' job satisfaction; however, when they perceived more job opportunities, their job dissatisfaction increased notwithstanding fairness. Therefore, perceived job opportunities moderate the relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction. Retaining skilled employees has become difficult, especially when there is market demand for skilled workers. Human resource (HR) managers should consider market situations before formulating policies; otherwise, they may lose the competitive advantage of skilled employees and workers.

A Study of Nurses' Job Satisfaction (간호사의 직무만족 관련 요인)

  • Lee, Hyang-Nyeon;Lee, So-Young;Lee, Mi-Aie
    • Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.91-101
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: This study was performed to measure nurses' perception of job stress and job satisfaction, and to clarify the factors influential to their job satisfaction. Methods: Participants were 169 nurses working at a general hospital. Data were collected with self-administrated questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS/PC WIN 15.0. Results: Subjects perceived that job stress was higher than 'middle (3)', job satisfaction was lower than 'middle (3)', and job-related stress detrimental to job satisfaction. Influential factors for job satisfaction in a 2008 survey were duty-related stress, working conditions, and knowledge/skill-related stress. Duty-related stress and working conditions were cited as influential in a 2009 survey. The explained power for job satisfaction job was 32.5% in 2008 and 21.1% in 2009. Conclusions: Higher job-related stress detracts from job satisfaction. Hospital/nursing managers need to develop strategies that could improve the personal relationship between nurses and doctors, and provide administrative support to nurses. Provision of a financial personnel management plan could alleviate future nursing shortage triggered by job dissatisfaction.

The Study on Job Satisfaction of the Employee in the Long-term Mental Health Care Facilities (우리나라 정신요양시설 종사자의 직무 만족도에 관한 연구)

  • Chae Eun Hee;Lee Hyo Young
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.27-38
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to improve job satisfaction and welfare of the employees in the long-term mental health care facilities. This study was conducted to examine the job satisfaction of 102 employees in the long-term mental health care facilities. Data were collected through education programmes held in Seoul National Hospital at June, 1. The job satisfaction of employees is $2.60\pm0.40$ in total average score. The job satisfaction in the physical environment item is the highest score, $2.76\pm0.62$. The peer relation item value is the lowest, $2.00\pm0.45$. 2. In the case of consideration of job satisfaction by general characteristics, there was no differences in job satisfaction. According to the job satisfaction by types of licences, by the director's efforts, there was significant differences. Comparing to other employees, the employees who doesn't have any licence were more satisfied. Also the director's efforts was significant variable to improve job satisfaction. 3. The total satisfaction level was influenced by the variables of working condition (0.738), welfare (0.728), allowance(0.714), pride(0.701). The total satisfaction level showed positive correlation of this variables. 2002. The questionnaires included items about general character. facility character. and job satisfaction items of employees. The results of this study were summarized as follows.

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The Effect of Power Sources of Department Store and Fashion Company, and Salesperson's Job Consciousness on Job Satisfaction in the Middle Management System of Department Store (백화점 중간관리 형태에서 백화점 및 패션업체의 권력원천과 판매원의 직업의식이 직무만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Hyun-Jin;Choo, Tae-Gue
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.230-241
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of power sources of department store and fashion company, and salesperson's job consciousness on job satisfaction in the middle management system of department store. Questionnaire data from 193 salespeople in the middle management of department store were analyzed by reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, hierarchical regression analysis. The results of this study were as follows: First, coercive power, informational and expert power, and referent power of department store had significant effects on job satisfaction. The coercive power of department store had a negative influence on job satisfaction, while informational and expert power, and referent power of department store had a positive influence on job satisfaction. Second, referent power, expert power, reward power, coercive power of fashion company had a positive influence on job satisfaction. Third, referent power of department store had a greater influence on job satisfaction than other power sources. Fourth, job commitment and pride, prospect awareness had a positive influence on job satisfaction, while professional self-awareness had no effect on job satisfaction.

The mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between job quality and occupational injuries (직무의 질과 업무적 상해의 관계에서 직무만족의 매개효과에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Kwan-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2011
  • This paper reviewed the relationship between job quality, job satisfaction and occupational injuries, and the mediating effect of job satisfaction. Based on the responses from 278 employees in manufacturing sector, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that all job quality factors(job variety, autonomy, job importance, feedback) have positive relationship with job satisfaction and job satisfaction has negative relationship with number of injuries. Also, job satisfaction was found to mediates the relationship between all job quality factors and occupational injuries.

The Impact of Job Stress on Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction among Local Government Officials: A Survey of Reading Academy Participants (지방공무원의 직무스트레스가 직무만족 및 생활만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Mi Ok Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.27-48
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to investigate the impact of job stress on the job satisfaction and life satisfaction of local government officials who participated in the reading academy from January 2023 to March 2023. The research involved collecting 300 questionnaires and conducting multiple regression analysis to analyze the obtained data. The results of the study are presented below. Impact of Job Stress on Job Satisfaction: The analysis revealed that among the sub-factors of job stress, inappropriate compensation significantly increases job stress among local government officials in the reading academy. Moreover, the study found that turnover intention was particularly high when compensation was not recognized as appropriate, indicating it as the most significant source of job stress. Impact of Job Stress on Life Satisfaction: The findings demonstrate that several factors negatively influence job stress, leading to reduced life satisfaction among local government officials in the reading academy. These factors include undesirable changes in working conditions or situations, anxiety about reorganization, inconsistent work orders, gender discrimination, and an authoritative organizational atmosphere. Effect of Job Satisfaction on Life Satisfaction: The analysis of the relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction indicated that turnover intention and remuneration level in job satisfaction positively influenced emotional satisfaction. Conversely, the job itself and interpersonal relationships had a significant negative effect on emotional satisfaction. Furthermore, the job itself and the level of remuneration in job satisfaction showed a significant positive effect on physical satisfaction. Similarly, the job itself and the level of remuneration in job satisfaction positively affected social satisfaction, while the intention to change jobs had a significant negative impact.

The Influence of Job Stress, DiSC Behavioral Type and Organizational Social Capital on Job Satisfaction among Some Nurses (간호사의 직무스트레스와 DiSC 행동유형 및 조직사회자본이 직무만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Roh, Eun-Kyung;Shin, Seung-Ok
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.14-30
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the independent role of sub-dimensions of job stress, DiSC(R) type of personal behavior, and organizational social capital on job satisfaction and to identify the structural relation among them. Method: Study subjects were 317 registrated nurses employed in 4 general hospitals in a metropolitan city. Results: As the results of multiple regression analysis, the factors influenced independently on overall job satisfaction were as follows; job stress were significantly decreased job satisfaction. Regarding DiSC, job satisfaction of influence type was significantly higher than that of conscientiousness type. Of sub-dimension of OCS, the higher common value and reciprocity were, the high over all job satisfaction, but in a sub-dimension(trust), the relationship was reversed. Major findings of structural equation model analysis were as follows. Regarding DiSC, there were founded only direct effect on job satisfaction(D, i, S>C in relations with peer and others, job performance, retrospectively). Regarding common value of OCS, there were founded significant positive direct effect and indirect effect via job stress on all sub-dimensions of job satisfaction. Regarding trust of OCS, there were founded negative direct effect alone on 2 sub-dimensions of job satisfaction(work itself, job performance). Regarding trust of OCS, there were founded positive direct and indirect effect on satisfaction towards work itself, and indirect effect alone on 2 sub-dimensions(relations with peer and others, job performance). Conclusion: Summing up above finding, to manage job satisfaction of nurses, it is suggested for nursing staffs to provide behavioral training programs according to type of DiSC(R) and to introduce strategic programs fostering organizational social capital such as common vision and reciprocity.

Comparing Job Satisfaction with Professional Self-Concept of RN-BSN Students (간호학사 특별과정생의 직업만족도와 전문직 자아개념)

  • Kim Chun-Gil;Noh Choon-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.250-266
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    • 1999
  • This study was conducted to compare the level of RN-BSN students' job satisfaction and professional self-concept (PSCNI) prior to RN-BSN course and upon graduation The study was designed to investigate the degree of job satisfaction and PSCNI, and to test the correlation between job satisfaction and professional self-concept. The subjects were 68 students in Chunchon, who entered to H University (RN-BSN course) in March 1997. The data was gathered by self-reported questionnaire job satisfaction(48 items) and professional self-concept nurses instrument (PSCNI: 27 items) The instruments used for this study were the nurse Job satisfaction scale developed by Stamps et al., and Arthur's PSCNI. The reliability of two questionnaires were relatively high (Job satisfaction Cronbach's $\alpha$=0.88, 0.89, PSCNI Cronbach's $\alpha$=0.80, 0.96) The data was analyzed frequency, mean, t-test, ANOVA, Duncan's multiple range test, Pearson's corelation, and multiple regression analysis through SAS program. Research findings were as follows : 1. The average item score of job satisfaction was 119.50(prior to RN-BSN course) 124.16 (upon graduation). PSCNI' average item score was 75.37/77.21 at each. 2. The job satisfaction scores were significantly higher at the graduation than at the entrance(t=2,10, P=.040). But PSCNI's scores had no significant difference. 3. The relationship between job satisfaction and PSCNI of entering time was high R=.60, P=.000) The relationship of the two at graduation time was not high(R=.29, P=.018). 4. The factors contributing to the job satisfaction & PSCNI as follow: job satisfaction(prior to RB-BSN course), PSCNI(prior to RB-BSN course), The factors contributing to the job satisfaction & PSCNI were as follow: PSCNI(prior to RN-BSN course) In conclusion, we recognized that RN-BSN course influenced job satisfaction of students. Also this study Eave a information for necessity to develop curricula promoting PSCNI. Nurse-educator should explore further research to enlighten the nursing profession.

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