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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.6.559

The Effect of Education Level on Job Satisfaction among hospital workers: Moderating Role of Job Position  

Oh, Sang Suk (School of Business Administration, The Catholic University of Korea)
Park, Ow Won (School of Business Administration, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.6, 2018 , pp. 559-566 More about this Journal
Abstract
Higher education has become a global phenomenon. Although existing research on the effects of education level have been carried out, most studies were conducted before the year 2000 in a western context. In addition, the research sample was collected mainly from the manufacturing and police sectors. Furthermore, previous studies did not consider various moderating variables. Therefore, this study investigated the direct effect of education level on job satisfaction and the moderating effect of the job position between them. To test the hypotheses, a cross sectional research design with data from a sample of 377 full-time nurses, medical technicians, and administrative staff in one hospital located in the Northern part of Kyunggi province was used. The results showed that the education level was positively related to job satisfaction and job position alleviated the positive relationship between the education level and job satisfaction.
Keywords
Education Level; Healthcare professionals; Job Position; Job Satisfaction; Overqualification;
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