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http://dx.doi.org/10.7730/JSCM.2011.23.1.098

A Study on Job and Stress of Staffs in Clinical Research of Oriental Medicine  

Kim, Yun-Young (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Yoo, Jong-Hyang (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Kim, Ho-Seok (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Kim, Yun-Jeong (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Kim, Sang-Hyuk (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Lee, Si-Woo (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine / v.23, no.1, 2011 , pp. 98-107 More about this Journal
Abstract
1. Objectives: In this research, job and stress of the staffs who is working on clinical trial of oriental medicine involved in the project of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM) was identified. And an efficient way to enhance the working ability of clinical trial of oriental medicine was developed by recognizing the relationship of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job performance with their stress. 2. Methods: A survey was conducted on 18 staffs in 12 hospitals who is working in the project of The construction of constitutional information collecting system for the scientification of Sasang Constitution. The collected data was analyzed with computer software of SPSS 17.0 3. Results: The research results are as follows: 1. The staffs of clinical trial of oriental medicine responded that they want to receive the rewards for their work with a salary, and they felt that through clinical demonstration followed by SOP and front face photograph are the most difficult works in clinical trial of oriental medicine. 2. Permanent workers showed higher organizational commitment than temporary workers in the relationship of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job performance with general characteristics(p=0.026). 3. In the relationship of job stress with general characteristics, the workers who are higher than college graduates had dissatisfaction in salary with the highest frequency(p=.004), and the workers whose monthly salary is higher than 2 millions won showed the lowest job stress(p=.021). 4. In the relationship of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job performance with job stress, as job apprehension stress is increased, job performance is dramatically decreased(p=.027). And as improper salary stress is increased, job satisfaction and organizational commitment is dramatically decreased (p=.018, p=.050). 4. Conclusions: It was clearly evidenced that job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job performance is closely related with stress of the staffs who is working on clinical trial of oriental medicine. And it is highly recommended that the improvement of working condition and the decrease of job stress can enhance the working ability of them.
Keywords
Clinical Research; Job Satisfaction; Organizational Commitment; Job Performance; Job Stress;
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