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Investigating the Work Ability of Employees in the Korean Machinery Industry  

Kang, Jong-Cheol (Division of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Baek, Seung-Yub (Division of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Chang, Seong-Rok (Division of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.20, no.3, 2005 , pp. 197-201 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the work ability of employees using the work ability index(WAI) and to confirm factors affecting the work ability of employees in the Korean machinery industry. In this study, correlations between the WAI score and variables affecting the work ability of employees(age, the class of the employee's position the character of the work and the type of the work) were analysed by the correlation analysis. The study population was consisted of employees from Korean machinery industry(n=446) and the WAI questionnaire was more or less modified considering actual circumstances in Korean. The WAI score of entire employees was slightly high (WAI score=42, Level=Good) and the WAI score of employees under 29 years of age was slightly higher than that of employees over 30 years of no. As a result of one-way ANOVA and correlation analysis, the character of the work and the type of the work were variables affecting the WAI score and the WAI score of physical/mental workers was higher than that of physical workers.
Keywords
ageing; work ability; work ability index; machinery industry;
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