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A Study on the Influence of Electronic Construction Site Safety Managers' Job Resources, Job Demands, and Organizational Commitment

전기공사 현장 안전관리자의 직무자원, 직무요구 및 조직몰입의 영향 연구

  • Seo, Hyun Jeong (Department of Education, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Nam Kyun (Department of Industrial Safety Management, Suncheon Jeil College) ;
  • Son, Minjie (Department of Education, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Hong, Ah-Jeong (Department of Education, Chung-Ang University)
  • 서현정 (중앙대학교 교육학과) ;
  • 김남균 (순천제일대학교 산업안전관리과) ;
  • 손민지 (중앙대학교 교육학과) ;
  • 홍아정 (중앙대학교 교육학과)
  • Received : 2021.01.11
  • Accepted : 2021.03.02
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to suggest a direction in which safety managers can concentrate on industrial accident prevention and safety management for the organization. The job resources of safety managers were divided into organizational and individual levels, and the magnitude of the impact on organizational commitment was compared. Furthermore, job demands were classified into environmental risk factors and personal psychological factors to confirm their effect on organizational commitment. The moderating effect of job resources and sub-factors of the variable in the relationship between job demands and organizational commitment was verified. In this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 193 safety managers in the domestic electric construction business, data were collected, and a questionnaire of 180 people was used for the final analysis. Based on the results, organization-level resources among the sub-factors of job resources and individual psychological factors among the sub-factors of job demand had a more significant influence on organizational commitment. In the relationship between job resources and organizational commitment, the moderating effect of job demand was verified, confirming that job demand had a negative moderating effect. Individual psychological factors had a modulating effect, whereas environmental factors did not. The significance, implications, and limitations of this study are discussed based on the research results.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020S1A3A2A02091529).

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