• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.177-183
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• 2012

Objectives: The objectives of this study are to discuss the importance of job stress and to introduce a model of job stress at the shipbuilding industry considering the characteristics of the shipbuilding works. Background: Shipbuilding works consist of grinding, painting, interior works, welding, and assembling and using heavy equipment in narrow space or work at outside or at high and dangerous places. The working environments aggravate the stress to the workers. Methods: Studies of job stress in industries including shipbuilding industries were reviewed and the characteristics of jobs of shipbuilding were analyzed to find causes of job stress. Results: A model was constructed based upon these findings and reviews. Conclusions: Job stress of shipbuilding workers are very high and thus job and working conditions need to be improved to attenuate the level of job stress of shipbuilding workers. Applications: This model can be used to identify the highly stressed workers and sources of stress.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.216-223
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• 2008

Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the worker's job stress status in the workplace of a local area. Method: Data were collected from October to December, 2007. The subjects were 208 workers at 2 work sites in Busan Metropolitan area, who were examined using Job-Strain-Model Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS 12.0 Win Program to get the percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ${\chi}^2$-test, ANOVA. Results: The results of this study were as follows: In the mean sub-factors job stress level, the mean of job demand was $28.7{\pm}4.4$(median 29.0), the mean of job discretion was $54.7{\pm}8.2$(median 54.0), the mean of social support was $21.8{\pm}2.9$(range:8-32). This study's subjects were appeared as active group with relatively higher score of job demand and job discretion than the average value of those. There was no statistically significant difference of general characteristics among the different job strain groups. There was statistically significant difference with of social supports among the different job strain groups. Conclusion: In conclusion, the subjects of this study's were active group. Thus, it is suggested that it is be necessary to repeated the education of the job task work for active group with high score of job demand and job discretion.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2003

Objectives : New organizational work systems, and their impact on the mental health of employees, are considered to beone of the most important topics in the area of industrial health. This study was conducted to compare job characteristics (job demand and decision latitude) levels, and psychosocial distress of workers in acompany introducing to new organizational work systems, to those of workers managed by traditional work systems. Methods ; A study sample of 627 shipbuilding workers (446the new work organizational system and 181 the traditional system) were recruited for this study. A structured-questionnaire was used to assess general characteristics, job characteristics(work demand, decision latitude), and psychosocial distress. Results : The decision latitude was not significantly higher in the new work system compared to the traditional system. However, the job demand was significantly higher in the new work system than in the traditional system. The psychosocial distress was higher within the new work system than the traditional system, but no significant relationships were found. The proportion of increased strain was significantly greater with the new system than the traditional system. Conclusion : These results suggest that increases in the decision latitude did not sufficiently compensate for higher job strain or increased work intensity. If the increase in the decision latitude was temporary, with the typical job demand remaining high, such work can be still be considered to have a job strain Futureresearch should consider psychosocial distress and fatigue as importantproblems caused by new work organizational systems, and should be performed to assess their impact through out industry.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.415-420
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• 2015

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the correlations between food intake behavior and job stress level and neuropeptide hormone concentrations. Job strain and food intake behavior were first identified using a self-reported questionnaire, concentrations of neuropeptide hormones (adiponectin, brain derived neurotrophic factor [BDNF], leptin, and ghrelin) were determined, and the correlations were analyzed. In the results, job strain showed significant correlations with adiponectin (odds ratio [OR], 1.220; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.001~1.498; p < 0.05) and BDNF (OR, 0.793; 95% CI, 0.646~0.974; p < 0.05), and ghrelin exhibited a significant correlation with food intake score (OR, 0.911; 95% CI, 0.842~0.985, p < 0.05). These results suggest that job stress affects food intake regulation by altering the physiological concentrations of neuropeptide hormones as well as emotional status.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.728-742
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 기존의 순기능 측면을 중심으로 연구되었던 잡크래프팅(job crafting)을 역기능 측면도 함께 탐색하기 위해 잡크래프팅을 향상초점(promotion focus)과 예방초점(prevention focus)으로 나누어 두 초점이 이직의도에 미치는 차별적 영향과 그 과정을 밝히는 것이다. 구체적으로 향상초점 잡크래프팅과 예방초점 잡크래프팅이 업무 통합성과 직무 긴장을 매개하여 이직 의도에 영향을 미친다는 순차적 이중매개모형을 제안하였다. 또한 예방초점 잡크래프팅의 역기능을 줄일 수 있는 변인으로 상사지지에 대한 조절효과 여부를 확인하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 국내 다양한 직종의 현직자 293명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다. 분석결과 향상초점 잡크래프팅은 이직의도에 부적 영향을 미친 반면, 예방초점 잡크래프팅은 직접적으로 정적 영향을 미쳤다. 향상초점 잡크래프팅과 예방초점 잡크래프팅 모두 업무통합성과 직무 긴장을 순차적으로 부분 매개하여 간접적으로도 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 순차적 이중매개모형을 검증하였다. 또한, 상사지지는 예방초점 잡크래프팅이 업무통합성에 미치는 부정적 영향을 완화하고 두 변인의 관계를 정적으로 변화시켜 상사지지의 조절효과가 입증되었다. 이를 바탕으로 본 연구의 시사점과 향후 연구 방향을 논의하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.251-261
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 OECD 국가들 간 출산율의 차이를 설명하기 위해 새로운 관점을 제시하고자 한다. 출산율과 관련된 기존 연구들은 대체로 저출산에 대한 국가의 정책적 대응에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 본 연구에서는 직무긴장이라는 요인, 일-가정 갈등을 중심으로 직무긴장과 연관된 수 있는 삶의 만족도, 그리고 가정 내에서 가사노동의 균등한 분배와 출산율 간의 관계에 대해 살펴보았다. OECD에서 제시한 자료를 바탕으로 퍼지셋 질적비교분석을 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 확인할 수 있었다. 첫째, 낮은 수준의 직무긴장, 높은 수준의 삶의 만족도, 가사노동의 균등한 분배 및 높은 수준의 GDP를 특징으로 하는 국가들이 대체로 높은 수준의 출산율을 보인다. 둘째, 직무긴장과 삶의 만족도, 그리고 가사노동의 측면에서 좋은 수치를 보이는 경우 GDP가 높은 수준의 출산율과 반드시 연결되는 것은 아니다. 이와 같은 결과를 바탕으로 본 연구에서는, 한국의 출산율 제고를 위해서 일-가정 양립 및 가사노동의 균등한 분배를 가능하게 하는 노동환경 및 조직문화가 필요하고 이를 통해 삶의 만족도를 증진시키는 과정이 필요하다는 점을 제안하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.719-727
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• 1998

This study was carried out to assess the relationship between jobstrain, psychosocial distress and homocysteine. The study design was cross-sectional, and included 152 industrial workers in middle sized city. A self-adminstered questionnaire measured general characteristic, job strain and psychosocial distress. Blood was drawn into EDTA tube, and total plasma homocysteine was measured by HPLC. Homocysteine in the high job demand group was sagnificantly higher than that in the low job demand. Cholesterol in the high job control group was significantly higher than that in the low job control. Homocysteine was significantly higher in the high job strain group than that in the other group. Folate and vitamin B12 showed a significantly negative correlation with homocysteine. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine whether the psychosocial distress and other variable contributed to explaining the homocysteine. Stress correlates with the homocysteine.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2017

Background: Conservation of resources theory assumes loss of resources as a cause of job strain. In hospital work, conflicts with supervisors are tested to predict lower resources, that is, supervisory social support, participation possibilities, and appreciation. All three resources are expected to predict, in turn, experienced stress (job strain) and lower job satisfaction, lower affective commitment, and a higher resigned attitude towards the job (job attitudes). Methods: The sample included 1,073 employees from 14 Swiss hospitals (n = 604 nurses, n = 81 physicians, n = 135 medical therapists, and n = 253 technical and administrative staff). Of the total sample, 83.1% were female and 38.9% worked full-time. The median tenure was between 7 years and 10 years. Constructs were assessed by online questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to test mediation. Results: Structural equation modeling confirmed the negative association of conflict with supervisors and job resources. Tests of indirect paths to resources as a link between conflicts with supervisors and job attitudes were significant. For nurses, social support, participation and appreciation showed a significant indirect path, while among medical technicians the indirect paths included social support and appreciation, and among physicians only appreciation showed a significant indirect path. In medical therapists no indirect path was significant. Job resources did not mediate the link between conflict with supervisors and stress in any occupational group. Conclusion: Conflicts with supervisors are likely to reduce job resources and in turn to lower job attitudes. Work design in hospitals should, therefore, address interpersonal working conditions and conflict management in leadership development.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.133-143
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived job stress and work environmental factors related with socioeconomics factors and physical burden in the golf caddies. Methods: Job stress in golf caddies was estimated by using the Karasek's job content questionnaire (JCQ) and work environmental factors were estimated by self-reported questionnaire and interview. Results: The subjects were 316 woman caddies who had never been occupationally exposed to hazardous chemicals, was mean age 31.1 years. Mean work duration was 6.44 years and working hours per day on low- and high-demand season were 6.16 and 10.51, respectively. The golf caddies displayed higher scores of job stress due to multiple factors such as working hours and frequency of rounding per week, physical burden, confliction, income satisfaction and employment stability. We found that high strain group was positive correlation with age, career, working hour (including frequency of rounding) and job demand, however, showed negative correlation with job decision latitude and support of supervisor and coworker. Conclusion: In conclusion, we suggest that the golf caddies be regard divided into high strain group as appropriate. Thus, stress management and health promotion program for golf caddies should be developed.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.314-327
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between the level of emotional labor and job stress for public health nurses. Methods: The survey was conducted from Mar. to Oct. 2010 for collection of data from public health nurses (N=195). Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, t-test, Tukey HSD, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used in performance of data analysis. Results: Results of this study indicate that as the nurses grow older, they receive a larger salary and their emotional labor is reduced. The results of this study also demonstrate that the emotional labor is highest when their total nursing job work duration and public health nurse work duration are between six and 10 years. There is a significant difference in job stress of the two age groups between occupational roles and personal strain. This means that job stress is highest in nurses who are in their thirties and low fifties. Emotional labor showed positive correlation with occupational roles and personal strain of job stress, but showed negative correlation with personal resources. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, we suggest development of interventions to reduce emotional labor and job stress, taking into account the characteristics of age.