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http://dx.doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2015.15.4.465

Effects of Educational Training and Psychosocial Characteristics on Job Involvement in Dental Hygienists  

Jeung, Da-Yee (Department of Medicine, The Graduate School, Yonsei University)
Chang, Sei-Jin (Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Noh, Hie-Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Chung, Won-Gyun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.15, no.4, 2015 , pp. 465-471 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of educational training and psychosocial characteristics such as self-efficacy and social support on job involvement in dental hygienists. A total of 418 dental hygienists who were working in S, I and G area were recruited in this study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate individual and job characteristics, educational training, self-efficacy and social support of the study subjects. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship of individual and job characteristics, educational training, self-efficacy and social support to job involvement. All statistical analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 20.0 for Windows, and p<0.05 was considered significant. The results show that learning experiences of liberal arts or social sciences as a part of college curriculum (t=-2.406), self-efficacy (t=3.728) and social support at work (t=4.391) were significantly associated with job involvement in dental hygienists. Dental hygienists who were having experiences of liberal arts or social sciences as a part of college curriculum, showing higher levels of self-efficacy, and receiving adequate social support from supervisors or coworkers at work were more likely to feel job involvement. They explained 17.4% of total variance of job involvement. This result suggests that experiences of liberal arts or social sciences as a part of college curriculum, higher levels of self-efficacy, and adequate social support from supervisors or coworkers at work might play an important role in increasing job involvement of dental hygienists. It is strongly required to develop individual and organizational program or training to promote a positive attitude to their job as a key professionals in the field of dental health, and to increase job involvement of dental hygienists.
Keywords
Dental hygienists; Educational training; Job involvement; Self efficacy; Social support;
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