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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.9.351

The gratitude disposition of geriatric hospital employees Impact on job satisfaction and life satisfaction and the moderating effect of the gratitude diary experience  

Park, Soon-myeong (Human Resource Development Institute, Korea Expressway Corporation)
Kim, Ja-Ok (Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University)
Kim, Ja-Sook (College of Nursing, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.9, 2020 , pp. 351-358 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of gratitude disposition of geriatric hospital employees on job satisfaction and life satisfaction, and the moderating effect of the gratitude diary experience. A total of 485 copies of the research questionnaire were selected for workers in four geriatric hospitals who are promoting campaigns related to the gratitude diary. For data processing, a simple or hierarchical regression analysis was performed using SPSS 26.0. As a result of the study, The gratitude disposition had a statistically significant effect on job satisfaction and life satisfaction. However, the effect of gratitude disposition on job satisfaction and life satisfaction and the moderating effect of the audit diary experience were not statistically significant. The purpose of this study is to develop programs for job satisfaction and life satisfaction of geriatric hospital employees and provide basic data on manpower management of geriatric hospital.
Keywords
Geriatric hospital employee; Gratitude disposition; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Gratitude diary experience;
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