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Relationship between Levels of Dietitians' Management Activities and Job Satisfaction in Elementary School Foodservice Operations  

Choo Yun Jeong (Department of Food and Nutrition, Catholic University)
Lee Jung Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Catholic University)
Yoon Jihyun (Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
Ryu Si Hyun (Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition / v.10, no.4, 2005 , pp. 546-554 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the levels of foodservice management activities and job satisfaction of the dietitians in elementary schools. Out of 130 questionnaires distributed to elementary school dietitians in Incheon, 127 were returned and analyzed ($98\%$ response rate). The questionnaire included two multiple-item scales for measuring foodservice management activities and job satisfaction, respectively. All the items in the scales were coded 1 to 5 for 'certainly no', 'no', 'neutral', 'yes', and 'certainly yes' and grouped by using factor analyses. Most of the responding dietitians were working for schools in urban areas and have independently managed on-site kitchens. The 19 items on food service management activities were grouped into 6 factors and the mean scores of the levels of Personnel Hygiene Management, Education & Training, Sanitation & Safety Management, Menu Quality Management, Service Management, and Environment Management were 4.76, 4.26, 4.24,4. 05, 3.61 and 3.39, respectively. The 23 items on job satisfaction were grouped into 4 factors and the mean scores of the satisfaction levels of Systematic Environment, Job Duty, Job Condition, and Physical Environment were 3.38, 2.83, 2.53, and 2.08, respectively. Overall, the levels of food service management activities and job satisfaction were positively associated with a correlation coefficient of 0.254 (p > 0.01). In particular, satisfaction levels on job duty itself and systematic environment were positively associated with the levels of overall management activities. The results suggest that improving dietitians' job satisfaction could increase the levels of management activities of school foodservice dietitians, resulting in quality improvement of school food service.
Keywords
school foodservice; dietitian; foodservice management activities; job satisfaction;
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