• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제31권
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• pp.20.1-20.7
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• 2016

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2016

Background: This study seeks to examine the relationship and impact of occupational health and safety on employees' organizational commitment in Ghana's mining industry. The study explores occupational health and safety and the different dimensions of organizational commitment. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used for this study. The respondents were selected based on simple random sampling. Out of 400 questionnaires administered, 370 were returned (77.3% male and 22.7% female) and used for the study. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to determine the relationship and impact between the variables. Results: The findings of this study revealed positive and significant relationship between occupational health and safety management, and affective, normative, and continuance commitment. Additionally, the results revealed the significant impact of occupational health and safety on affective, normative, and continuance commitment. Conclusion: Management within the mining sector of Ghana must recognize the fact that workers who feel healthy and safe in the performance of their duties, develop emotional attachment and have a sense of obligation to their organization and are most likely committed to the organization. Employees do not just become committed to the organization; rather, they expect management to first think about their health and safety needs by instituting good and sound policy measures. Thus, management should invest in the protection of employees' health and safety in organizations.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2013

Background: Health, safety, and well-being (HSW) at work represent important values in themselves. It seems, however, that other values can contribute to HSW. This is to some extent reflected in the scientific literature in the attention paid to values like trust or justice. However, an overview of what values are important for HSW was not available. Our central research question was: what organizational values are supportive of health, safety, and well-being at work? Methods: The literature was explored via the snowball approach to identify values and value-laden factors that support HSW. Twenty-nine factors were identified as relevant, including synonyms. In the next step, these were clustered around seven core values. Finally, these core values were structured into three main clusters. Results: The first value cluster is characterized by a positive attitude toward people and their "being"; it comprises the core values of interconnectedness, participation, and trust. The second value cluster is relevant for the organizational and individual "doing", for actions planned or undertaken, and comprises justice and responsibility. The third value cluster is relevant for "becoming" and is characterized by the alignment of personal and organizational development; it comprises the values of growth and resilience. Conclusion: The three clusters of core values identified can be regarded as "basic value assumptions" that underlie both organizational culture and prevention culture. The core values identified form a natural and perhaps necessary aspect of a prevention culture, complementary to the focus on rational and informed behavior when dealing with HSW risks.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the influence of workplace violence experience on depression among female caregivers in Korea. Methods: This study was a secondary data analysis of data from the 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS). The study sample consisted of 484 female caregivers. IBM SPSS 25.0 was used for complex sample analysis, which considered sampling the weights of variables. Based on the survey questions, we used complex sample cross-tabulation and the complex sample general linear model (CSGLM). Results: About 10.1% of female caregivers experienced workplace violence. The factors influencing workplace violence experience on depression were organizational justice (p=.048) and illness (p=.004). However, in cases with no violence, the influencing factors were psychological work environment (p=.001), work environment satisfaction (p=.024), and work engagement (p=.004). Conclusion: Caregivers are vulnerable to workplace violence. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate a policies such as organizational justice, work environment satisfaction, and work engagement to improve the working environment.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.151-162
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• 2015

본 연구는 조직시민행동의 선행요인을 찾고, 그리고 LMX(leader-member exchange)의 매개역할을 살펴보는 것이다. 선행연구 검토를 통해 본 연구는 조직시민행동과 LMX에 영향을 미치는 요인을 개인(분배, 절차 공정성), 그룹(변혁적 리더십, 팀 임파워먼트), 그리고 조직(조직구조의 복잡성)수준으로 분류하였다. 산업단지 공단에 근무하는 종업원들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 총 773부의 설문지가 실증분석에 사용되었다. 실증분석 결과, 절차적 공정성, 변혁적 리더십, 그리고 팀 임파워먼트가 조직시민행동에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 분배공정성, 절차공정성, 변혁적 리더십, 팀 임파워먼트, 조직구조의 복잡성은 LMX에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 게다가 LMX는 5개의 독립변수(분배공정성, 절차공정성, 변혁적 리더십, 팀 임파워먼트, 조직구조의 복잡성)가 조직시민행동에 미치는 영향관계에서 매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 연구의 시사점과 한계점 등에 대해서도 논의하였다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2023

Background: The turnover rate of nurse aides in Taiwan is high. However, the predictors of turnover behavior in the newly employed are still unclear. Objective: To examine the predictors of turnover behavior in newly employed licensed nurse aides. Methods: A longitudinal study design was used and subjects were newly employed certified nurse aides from a nurse aid training association in Taiwan. A total of five questionnaire surveys were conducted. The questionnaire was mainly used to collect information on turnover behavior, personal socioeconomic background, workplace psychosocial hazards, worker health hazards, and musculoskeletal disorders. Results: A total of 300 participants were recruited in the study. Cox regression analysis results showed that short working experience (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.21, p < 0.01), work as non-home nurse aides (HR = 0.58, p = 0.01), low monthly salary (HR = 0.68, p < 0.01), high work mental load (HR = 1.01, p = 0.01), low workplace justice (HR = 0.97, p < 0.01), high workplace violence (HR = 1.60, p < 0.01), high burnout (HR = 1.01, p = 0.04), poor mental health (HR = 1.06, p = 0.04), and high total number of musculoskeletal disorder sites (HR = 1.08, p = 0.01) contribute to a higher risk of turnover. Conclusion: The results indicated that employment period, work as a home nurse aide, monthly salary, work mental load, workplace justice, workplace violence, work-related burnout, mental health, and total number of musculoskeletal disorder sites are predictors of turnover behavior in newly employed certified nurse aides.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2016

Background: The mining industry is considered as one of the most dangerous and hazardous industries and the need for effective and efficient occupational health and safety management is critical to safeguard workers and the industry. Despite the dangers and hazards present in the mining industry, only few studies have focused on how occupational health and safety and turnover intentions in the mines. Method: The study suing a cross-sectional survey design collected quantitative data from the 255 mine workers that were conveniently sampled from the Ghanaian mining industry. The data collection tools were standardized questionnaires that measured occupational health and safety management and turnover intentions. These scales were also pretested before their usage in actual data collection. Results: The correlation coefficient showed that a negative relationship existed between dimensions of occupational health and safety management and turnover intention; safety leadership (r = -0.33, p < 0.01); supervision (r = -0.26, p < 0.01); safety facilities and equipment (r = -0.32, p < 0.01); safety procedure (r = -0.27, p < 0.01). Among these dimensions, safety leadership and safety facility were significant predictors of turnover intention, (${\beta}=-0.28$, p < 0.01) and (${\beta}=-0.24$, p < 0.01) respectively. The study also found that turnover intention of employees is heavily influenced by the commitment of safety leadership in ensuring the effective formulation of policies and supervision of occupational health and safety at the workplace. Conclusion: The present study demonstrates that safety leadership is crucial in the administration of occupational health and safety and reducing turnover intention in organizations.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the level of occupational and organizational retention intention and related factors among new dental hygienists. Methods: The participants were 195 dental hygienists employed for less than 24 months. A t-test and one-way analysis of variance were conducted to determine the level of intention to stay according to an individual's major-related characteristics and work environment awareness level. Pearson's correlation analysis was performed for each item, and stepwise multiple regression was performed for factors related to retention intention. Results: In the work environment, the organizational support network had the highest occupational retention intention (β=0.513). Organizational retention intention (β=0.351), working infrastructure (β=0.293), cooperation relationship (β=0.165), and management justice (β=0.151) were factors related to organizational retention intention (p<0.001). Employment at the practice hospital was related to occupational (β=0.167) and organizational retention intention (β=0.138), and satisfaction with clinical practice was related to occupational retention intention (β=0.327). Conclusions: New dental hygienists are expected to be actively utilized for long-term tenure in both occupations and organizations by actively reflecting on the results obtained through this study in the curriculum and working environment of dental hygienists.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2019

Background: Emergency workers such as firefighters are cataloged within the most demanding and injurious professions globally. Considering the health and safety implications in firefighting, a lot of research needs to be conducted to examine how firefighters' task characteristics and their work demand influence the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). This study therefore examines how the task characteristics of firefighters moderates the relationship between their work demand and the development of WMSDs. Methods: Convenient sampling was employed to select 320 firefighters in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression. Results: The findings revealed that work demand and task characteristics have significant positive effects on WMSDs. Again, the task characteristics of firefighters moderates the relationship between their work demand and WMSDs. Conclusion: Since the study shows that task characteristics influences the relationship between work demand and WMSDs, it is vital for managers to constantly modify the nature of tasks performed by and work demand of emergency workers to minimize the development of WMSDs and other industrial health complications.

• 감성과학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.67-84
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• 2023

지금껏 시행된 성별 다양성 정책의 목적은 주로 남성 중심으로 제도화된 차별적인 문화와 그로 인한 여성의 과소 활용을 해소하기 위함이었다. 따라서 그동안의 성별 다양성 연구는 여성을 소수집단으로 전제하고 이들을 우대하는 성별 다양성 정책을 펼친 경우에만 집중되었다. 하지만 주류집단과 소수집단의 개념은 맥락에 따라 달라질 수 있으며, 사회에는 여성 중심적 직업군 역시 상당수 존재한다. 이에 본 연구자들은 남성이 수혜자가 되는 다양성 정책에 대하여 남성과 여성 구직자가 각각 어떠한 반응을 보이는지를 탐구하였다. 본 연구는 대학생 329명(남성 156명, 여성 173명)을 대상으로 2(성별: 남성, 여성) × 2(다양성: 유리, 불리)의 참가자 간 실험 설계로 진행되었다. 참가자들은 가상 기업의 신입사원 채용 공고에 제시된 다양성 단서를 보고, 해당 기업에 대한 조직 공정성 및 조직 매력도를 평가하였다. 그 결과, 먼저 구직자들은 채용 공고에 제시된 다양성 단서가 본인에게 유리(vs. 불리)할 경우 성별에 따라 조직의 분배공정성 및 절차공정성을 다르게 인식하였다. 구체적으로 남성 구직자보다 여성 구직자가 채용 공고에서 본인에게 유리(vs. 불리)한 다양성 단서를 접하게 되었을 때 조직의 분배공정성 및 절차공정성을 높게 인식하였다. 또, 다양성 단서와 조직 매력도의 관계를 조직 공정성 인식이 매개하였고, 이 매개효과가 성별에 의해 조절되었다. 이때 여성의 경우에는 다양성 단서와 조직 매력도의 관계에서 조직의 분배공정성 및 절차공정성 인식을 통한 매개효과가 둘 다 유의하였으나, 남성의 경우에는 조직의 절차공정성 인식을 통한 매개효과만이 유의하였다. 이 결과는 같은 내용이나 수준의 다양성 관리라 하더라도 개인의 사회적 지위나 소속집단에 따라 다르게 인식되며, 이로인해 차별화된 태도 및 행동으로까지 이어질 수 있다는 점을 시사한다.