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A Study on the Effect of Empowerment Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Marine Police Intermediate Managers (해양경찰 중간관리자의 권한 부여 리더십이 조직시민행동에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Gil
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.587-593
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    • 2022
  • This study was conducted with the aim of testing the relationship between authority-giving leadership recognized by maritime police officials with organizational citizenship behavior. There are various types of leadership. Marine police officials will be able to help solve more effective problems in practice by the authority granted due to the nature of their duties. Organizational citizenship behavior is informal, though. However, as a result, it is related to organizational development. Recently, as a study for organizational development, many studies on empowerment leadership and organizational citizenship behavior are being conducted. In this study, 168 marine police officials were surveyed. As a result of the study, the authority-granting leadership and organizational citizenship behavior of marine police officials are very important factors due to the dangers and unexpectedness of the duties of marine police officials. Policy suggestions were made for the development of the maritime police organization.

The Effectiveness of Error Reporting Promoting Strategy on Nurse's Attitude, Patient Safety Culture, Intention to Report and Reporting Rate (오류보고 촉진전략이 간호사의 오류보고에 대한 태도, 환자안전문화, 오류보고의도 및 보고율에 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Myoung-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.172-181
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of strategies to promote reporting of errors on nurses' attitude to reporting errors, organizational culture related to patient safety, intention to report and reporting rate in hospital nurses. Methods: A nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design was used for this study. The program was developed and then administered to the experimental group for 12 weeks. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, $\chi^2$-test, t-test, and ANCOVA with the SPSS 12.0 program. Results: After the intervention, the experimental group showed significantly higher scores for nurses' attitude to reporting errors (experimental: 20.73 vs control: 20.52, F=5.483, p=.021) and reporting rate (experimental: 3.40 vs control: 1.33, F=1998.083, p<.001). There was no significant difference in some categories for organizational culture and intention to report. Conclusion: The study findings indicate that strategies that promote reporting of errors play an important role in producing positive attitudes to reporting errors and improving behavior of reporting. Further advanced strategies for reporting errors that can lead to improved patient safety should be developed and applied in a broad range of hospitals.

A System Dynamics Model for Assessment of Organizational and Human Factor in Nuclear Power Plant (시스템 다이내믹스를 활용한 원전 조직 및 인적인자 평가)

  • 안남성;곽상만;유재국
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.49-68
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    • 2002
  • The intent of this study is to develop system dynamics model for assessment of organizational and human factors in nuclear power plant which can contribute to secure the nuclear safety. Previous studies are classified into two major approaches. One is engineering approach such as ergonomics and probability safety assessment(PSA). The other is social science approach such like sociology, organization theory and psychology. Both have contributed to find organization and human factors and to present guideline to lessen human error in NPP. But, since these methodologies assume that relationship among factors is independent they don't explain the interactions among factors or variables in NPP. To overcome these limits, we have developed system dynamics model which can show cause and effect among factors and quantify organizational and human factors. The model we developed is composed of 16 functions of job process in nuclear power, and shows interactions among various factors which affects employees' productivity and job quality. Handling variables such like degree of leadership, adjustment of number of employee, and workload in each department, users can simulate various situations in nuclear power plant in the organization side. Through simulation, user can get insight to improve safety in plants and to find managerial tools in the organization and human side. Analyzing pattern of variables, users can get knowledge of their organization structure, and understand stands of other departments or employees. Ultimately they can build learning organization to secure optimal safety in nuclear power plant.

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Construction Company TQM Impact on the Activities Performance (건설회사 TQM 활동이 성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Ja-Yeon;Kang, In-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.319-330
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    • 2015
  • This study examines the factors configuration management quality of the construction company, and to analyze the impact of these factors on Project Performance and Company Performance. That quality construction management configuration factors, chief executives, corporate strategy, organizational management, information technology, and partners five variables, Project Performance variables, process management, quality management, cost management, safety management, environmental management five variables, and Company Performance parameters of financial competence and organizational satisfaction, quality of work three variables, the overall causal relationship between the presence of specific activities and management quality, classified according to the size of the company were verified by the difference in impact between the two groups.

SEM-based study on the impact of safety culture on unsafe behaviors in Chinese nuclear power plants

  • Licao Dai;Li Ma;Meihui Zhang;Ziyi Liang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.10
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    • pp.3628-3638
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    • 2023
  • This paper uses 135 Licensed Operator Event Reports (LOER) from Chinese nuclear plants to analyze how safety culture affects unsafe behaviors in nuclear power plants. On the basis of a modified human factors analysis and classification system (HFACS) framework, structural equation model (SEM) is used to explore the relationship between latent variables at various levels. Correlation tests such as chi-square test are used to analyze the path from safety culture to unsafe behaviors. The role of latent error is clarified. The results show that the ratio of latent errors to active errors is 3.4:1. The key path linking safety culture weaknesses to unsafe behaviors is Organizational Processes → Inadequate Supervision → Physical/Technical Environment → Skill-based Errors. The most influential factors on the latent variables at each level in the HFACS framework are Organizational Processes, Inadequate Supervision, Physical Environment, and Skill-based Errors.

Survey on Nurses's Perception Changes of Patient Safety Culture (일 병원 간호사의 환자안전문화에 대한 인식변화)

  • Park, Hee Ok
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Rural Health Nursing
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.5-18
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate perception of patient safety culture among hospital nurses. Methods: There were four steps in this study; education about patient safety culture, pre-test, nursing activities for patient safety, post-test. A questionnaire was distributed twice to all nurses in one hospital. Pretest data were collected from April 1 to April 20 and posttest from November 15 to November 25, 2013. For the pretest data, 302 data sets were analyzed and for the posttest, 266. SPSS 12.0 was used for descriptive analysis. Results: Overall perception of nurses on patient safety culture was "moderate"(3.27). For general characteristics, there was a significant difference in patient safety culture according to work unit and length of employment. Attitude to leaders was significantly different according to nurses' age, position and work unit. Organizational culture was significantly different according to nurses' age and work unit. System of patient safety was significantly different according to work environment. In the posttest, the mean score improved. Conclusion: Results indicate that patient safety cultural perception is related to safety during nursing activities and systematic strategies to increase perception should be expanded through research and the development of new educational programs on patient safety culture.

Current Status of Organizational Citizenship Behavior Awareness Among Firefighters (소방공무원의 조직시민행동 의식실태 분석)

  • Hyeon-Gyeong Lee;Kyong-Jin Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.501-508
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    • 2024
  • Organizational citizenship behavior refers to the behavior of faithfully performing one's duties and being faithful to other roles. Firefighters' awareness of organizational citizenship behavior is closely related to national and individual safety and is very important. The smooth communication and cooperative attitude of fire department employees means organic unity at the disaster site. The purpose of this study was to analyze the awareness of organizational citizenship behavior among firefighters. As a result of analyzing the overall level of organizational citizenship behavior of firefighters, the average score was 3.83 points (out of 5). In particular, significant implications emerged regarding work-related appointment times and words and actions between co-workers. In the future, we hope that firefighting policy authorities will make a lot of efforts and academic research by subsequent generations will be conducted to make firefighting more trustworthy to the public.

Developing organizational system for safety management of sport facilities: Focusing on cases in Japan and Germany

  • Seo, Won-Jae;Park, Seong-Hee;Kim, Nam-Su;Moon, Bo-Ra;Han, Seung-JIn
    • Journal of Sport and Applied Science
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.11-23
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    • 2018
  • In spite of importance of safety issues in community sport, little concerns have been paid to the sport safety policy. Governing bodies and individuals involved with the facility management have a responsibility to manage the risks at acceptable levels. For sports injury prevention interventions, the safety policy of sport facilities should be made to provide a structured framework which can be implemented at community sport. Hence, the current study is to identify the safety issues and to generate the policies that assist to conduct the systematic safety management at sports facilities. For this, the current study analyzed two cases from Japan and Germany. The study reviewed multiple pieces of literature including journal publications, political reports, and media coverage. Through review, the study analyzed the organizational structure, legal systems, and political stance of the safety management of sport facilities in Japan and Germany. The results proposed the following issues. First, law needs to be enacted to establish the control tower where has a responsibility to develop the safety manual and system. Second, local organizations need to be established to educate individuals working in sport facilities and inspect the facilities. Further political issues were discussed for safety management in Korea sport facilities.

A Study on the Relationship between Cabin Crew's Perceived Organizational Support and Their Work Commitment: Focusing on Low Cost Carrier in Korea (항공사 객실승무원의 조직지원인식과 직무몰입의 관계성 연구: 국내 저비용항공사를 중심으로 )

  • Ji-Eun Kim;Ki-Woong Kim;Sang-Yong Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.28-38
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    • 2024
  • Due to globalization, the air transport industry plays a key role in the global economy. In particular, the air transport industry is highly dependent on human resources, and the capabilities of the cabin crews in managing safety and providing service in a cabin depend on the service quality and the success of the company's human resource management. Therefore, systematic support and interest in competitive key personnel are believed as very important factors. Airlines need to improve the work engagement of airline cabin crew through organizational supportive efforts. Thus this paper surveyed 309 cabin crews who worked at low cost carrier and conducted an empirical analysis based on survey results. The study validates hypotheses pertaining the relationship between organizational identification and job commitment of cabin crew according to the airline's perception of organizational support. The comprehensive analysis reveals that perceived organization support has a significantly positive impact on cabin crews' work engagement.

The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Commitment - Focused on Fleet Crew of Korean Coast Guard - (변혁적 리더십이 조직몰입에 미치는 영향 - 해양경찰 함정승조원을 중심으로 -)

  • Sin, Ho-Sig;Youn, Dae-Gwun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.621-628
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    • 2013
  • It is already recognized, the fleet crew of Korean Coast Guard(KCG) have come to perform a wide range of roles that they carry on duties on inferior working conditions. Therefore a research on leadership is seemed necessary to improve organizational effectiveness for them. This study is to examine whether leadership style with transformation is appropriate in organizational commitment for the fleet crew of KCG. In this study transformational leadership is fixed as independent variables and organizational commitment as dependent variables and also five factors as demographic characteristics. Intellectual stimulation is turned out to be the most influential factor in organizational objective(t=6.664, p=0.000) and continuance commitment(t=4.057, p=0.000), but individualized consideration are uninfluential factors concerning organizational commitment.