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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.7.4258

Professional Job Perception and Job Satisfaction, and Its Related Factors Among Medical Recorders Engaged in General Hospitals  

Shin, Taek-Soo (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chungnam National University)
Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.7, 2014 , pp. 4258-4271 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting the professional job perception and job satisfaction of medical recorders working at general hospitals. The study subjects were 314 medical recorders and health information technicians working at 42 general hospitals. The investigation was conducted using a standardized self-administered questionnaire during March 4-April 23, 2013. As a result, there was a significant correlation among gender, age, marital status, monthly salary, BMI, position, aptitude for one's duties, wish for a career transition, and perception of the prospects of the social status of medical recorders and health information technicians in the future and professional job perception. In particular, the demographic characteristics and work-related characteristics suggested a high correlation with the professional job perception. There was a significant correlation between age, monthly salary, BMI, position, work satisfaction, wish for a career transition, perception of the prospects of the respondent's social status, and professional job perception and work satisfaction. In particular, the work-related characteristic variables and professional job perception indicate a high correlation with the work satisfaction. The results indicated a high correlation between the demographic characteristics and job-related characteristics variables in terms of the professional job perception of medical recorders and health information technicians and between the work-related characteristics and professional job perception variables in terms of work satisfaction.
Keywords
Medical recorder; Professional job perception; Job satisfaction; General hospital;
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