• 한국사회복지학
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• 제46권
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• pp.377-403
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to measure the social worker's knowledge about facts on aging and attitude toward the elderly between Korea and Japan. and to find out the variables that may influence their attitude. Four hundred and sixty two social workers working in nursing homes were given the questionnaire containing the Kyung San Facts on Aging Quiz to measure the level of knowledge about aging and Yoon (1988)'s scale to find the direction of attitude toward the elderly. The results of this study are analyzed as follows: (1) The Korean social worker's level of knowledge about aging was 63.0%, which was lower than Japanese social worker's level (67.6%). (2) Using 5 points scale. mean of the Korean social worker's attitude toward the elderly was 2.2 (44.8%), which was significantly different from the Japanese social worker's attitude 3.2 (63.4%). (3) Using multiple regression analysis, the social worker's level of knowledge about aging was the most significant predictor to explain the social worker's attitude toward the elderly. The other variables that are also statistically significant predictors of the social workers' attitude were country, personal experience with the elderly. and voluntary experience for the elderly. Especially the significant predictors to explain the Korean social workers' attitude were their levels of knowledge about aging. age, and classification of social worker license. On the other hand. the significant predictors to explain the Japanese social workers' attitude were their levels of knowledge about aging and periods of activity, Based on the research results, implications for practice and education methods for making social workers' attitude toward the elderly more positive are also suggested.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2018

Due to the aging of economically active population in the world, the average age of workers in the domestic construction industry is also steadily increasing. This study analyzes the aging of construction workers in small-size construction sites in Busan, where the aging of the economically active population is the most severe in Korea. As a result of the study on the aging of construction workers in six construction sites with a construction cost of less than 500 million won in Busan, it was found that 65% of the workers were over 50 years of age. In addition, several experts interviews and survey revealed that 'securing welfare facilities for construction workers' and 'diminishing prejudice about the construction industry" were the most urgent and effective methods to overcome the aging problems. The results of this study can be served as basic data to solve the aging problems in the industry.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2006

As aging society makes rapid progress, various social problems arise. The drop of productive labor and the increase of welfare cost can be taken as examples. From this point of view, a use of aged labor is a matter of great Important to national productivity improvement. But, the participation rate of the aged in economical activity amounts to 49.8 percent and their unemployment rate does 2.1 percent. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the deterioration of skill and the lowering of adaption to new working environments due to aging. Since the aging effect is closely related to worker's productivity, it should be properly measured and analyzed. The coordination tester is used to find out activity limitations. Experimental results show that the expert skill of the workers can be improved through the effective of their experience. Therefore we can say that some operation is not influenced by aging.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.199-211
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• 2021

본 연구는 고령화 사회에 직면하여 기업 및 사회의 고령화 인력에 대한 활용방안을 모색함으로써 이들 삶의 질적 문제를 개선하기 위한 대안을 제시한다. 이를 위해 한국고용정보원이 수집한 고령화 6차 패널 자료를 통해 국내 임금근로자를 대상으로 이들 연구 문제를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과 우선, 고령화 인력의 자발적 복리후생 유무, 임금 수준, 법정 복리후생 유무, 관행적 퇴직 권유 수준, 그리고 직무적합도는 직무만족도와 삶의 질 간 매개한다는 것을 확인하였다. 다음으로 상용직 근로자의 임금 수준은 직무만족도에 영향을, 삶의 질에 간접적으로 영향을 미쳤으나, 비상용직 근로자의 임금 수준은 직무만족도와 삶의 질에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이에 따라 비상용직 근로자의 직무만족도는 임금 수준과 삶의 질 간 매개하지 않다는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 기업으로 하여금 고령화 인력의 활용을 비용적 측면이 아닌 사회적 가치의 향상으로 인식할 필요성을 제시하며, 국내 기업과 정부의 정책입안자에게 국내 고령화 인력의 활용방안과 상용직 근로자와 비상용직 근로자의 활용에 대한 시사점을 제공한다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.315-325
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• 2019

본 연구는 중년직장인 대상으로 건강상태, 노후준비가 노화불안에 미치는 영향에 대한 구조모형을 검증하고자 시도되었다. 연구대상은 C시와 G시에 소재하는 기관 3개소에 근무하는 40~59세 중년 직장인 263명을 대상으로 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 노화불안에 영향을 미치는 변수들의 직접효과는 노후준비가 가장 큰 요인으로 나타났으며, 그 다음 건강상태 순으로 나타났고 이들 변인들은 노화불안 정도를 52% 설명하였다. 둘째, 건강상태가 노후준비에 유의한 영향을 미쳤으며, 노후준비를 통한 노화불안에 유의한 간접효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 40~49세와 50~59세 직장인 집단을 조절변수로 하는 다중집단 조절효과에서 건강상태와 노화불안의 경로계수가 집단간 차이가 있어 부분조절효과가 있었다. 따라서 노화불안을 줄이기 위해서는 다양한 노후준비에 대한 방안모색이 중요하며, 신체적, 정신적 건강상태를 잘 유지할 수 있는 체계적인 관리 시스템이 필요하다고 사료된다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2000

The Korean version of the morningness-eveningness questionnaire (MEQ) and sleep habits inventory were administered to 1,038 Korean male daytime workers and were analyzed according to age and chronotype to determine what these factors reveal about sleep habits in view of phase difference of circadian rhythm. The mean and distribution of scores on the MEQ moved significantly toward the morning type with aging. Bedtimes and waking times were progressively later from the morning, intermediate, to evening types, and were also earlier with aging. Preferred bedtimes and waking times showed more distinct differences than did the habitual times in each chronotype. The percentage of subjects who answered that sleep length was 'short', mood upon waking was 'bad', and variabilities of bedtime and sleep length were 'large' were greater in the young and evening types than in the elder and morning types, respectively. These findings suggested that subjects were shifted toward the morning type and the phase of circadian rhythm had moved forward with aging. Preferred bedtime and waking time were a better reflection of individual circadian rhythms than habitual bedtime and waking time.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2023

Introduction: With recent higher awareness of the necessity of improving healthcare workers' wellbeing, we aimed to overview systematic reviews dealing with interventions on well-being, occupational health, and aging of healthcare workers. Methods: From three databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science), a scoping review of systematic reviews was carried out to determine current knowledge on interventions focused on the well-being or aging of healthcare workers. Only systematic reviews were considered, with appropriate extraction and quality evaluation. Results: Of the total of 445 references identified, 10 systematic reviews were included, mostly published since 2019. Nurses were the most frequent targets of interventions, and mental health was the main outcome described. The overall level of quality was also heterogenous, with high to low-quality reviews. Conclusions: Workers' mental health well-being was the major outcome targeted by intervention, with varying level of evidence. Further studies are needed with integrative approaches on global health and life course perspectives, with a focus on the plurality of settings, worker types, and women.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.85-89
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• 2008

Work ability and job stress have become the important issues in Korean workplace recently. This study researched work ability and job stress and also analyzed correlation with work ability and job stress using the Work Ability Index and the Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire against 742 subway workers. As the results, Work ability in subway workers was good in general. The relation between job stress and job type showed statistical significance (p<0.05). The relation between job stress and diseases showed statistical significance in musculoskeletal disorders(p<0.05), heart disease, and gastrointestinal disease. The correlations between work ability and job stress showed statistical significance in job demand and social support(p<0.05). The result of this study could be useful to manage the work ability of aging worker and the job stress in industry.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2018년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.300-301
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• 2018

Construction industry is the biggest employer as a single sector, however, that needs better job quality and working conditions due to problems such as lack of job stability, aging worker, late disbursement of wages, and so on. In order to deal with fundamental issues of construction skilled worker's wages, this paper performs comparing the wage system of the construction industry in South Korea and the United States, and analyzes the characteristics about wage structure and determination. As a result of this study about U.S. case, it requires all stakeholder's exertions through technical competitiveness and management ability, not price war by reducing laborer's wages.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2019년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.123-124
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• 2019

In the labor-intensive construction site, potential threats of the musculoskeletal diseases mainly caused by various repetitive physical tasks, vulnerable environment, and the aging of the labor worker exist. However, quantitative measuring method of construction labor worker's work posture has not been improved yet. This study proposed musculoskeletal measuring method by using wearable motion recognition sensor for quantitative evaluation and analysis of working posture of construction workers. This method is expected to be used as a basic data for posture analysis and prevention construction safety accidents, as well as physical workload and labor productivity analysis by labor work type.