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http://dx.doi.org/10.7318/KJFC.2008.23.5.572

A Study on the Job Satisfaction, Organization Immersion and Recognition on Internal Marketing of the Contract Foodservice Management Company Employees  

Lee, Yeon-Jung (Department of Food Service Management and Culinary, Gyeongju University)
Lee, Chun-Yong (Department of Food Service Management and Culinary, Gyeongju University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture / v.23, no.5, 2008 , pp. 572-581 More about this Journal
Abstract
The principal objective of this study was to determine how the internal marketing of the contract foodservice management company affects job satisfaction and organization immersion, as well as the influence of the satisfaction of internal customers (employees) has on job satisfaction and organization immersion, and the function as a preceding variable that improves service quality. T-test, ANOVA, and linear regression analysis was conducted to analyze the hypotheses of the study. The summary of study as per the result of this corroborative study is presented as follows: It was verified that internal marketing affects organizational immersion and the job satisfaction of employees, and job satisfaction plays a crucial role in organizational immersion. Moreover, it was also confirmed that the higher the internal marketing is, the higher the job satisfaction and organization immersion will be, thereby improving the service quality provided by employees. If enterprise regards employees as internal customers and constantly and efficiently conducts internal marketing activities such as internal communication, training, welfare, compensation, delegation of power, supporting the management, etc, the organizational immersion and job satisfaction of employees will be heightened, thereby enhancing loyalty and pride in the organization to provide services with better quality.
Keywords
internal marketing; job satisfaction; organization immersion; contract management company;
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