• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.242-252
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• 2019

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors influencing depressive symptoms in public and private sector employees. Methods: Survey data on 23,602 workers who had worked in the public or private sector were obtained from the 2014 Korean Working Condition Survey (KWCS). Symptoms of depression were measured using the WHO-5 Well-being Index. Data were analyzed using a $x^2$ test, t-test, and multivariate stepwise logistic regression to determine the factors affecting the symptoms of depression. Results: First, the prevalence of depressive symptoms was 41.1 % in public sector employees and 43.4 % in private sector employees. Second, the factors commonly affecting depressive symptoms in public and private sector employees were residence area, cognitive demands, development opportunities, social support from colleagues, social support from supervisors, social community at work, job rewards, and work-family conflict. In addition, age, company size, atypical work, ergonomic risks, quantitative demands, emotional demands, influence, and job insecurity were found to be predictors of depressive symptoms unique to private sector employees. Conclusion: Mental health programs including the employee assistance program (EAP) should be developed and implemented after considering the risk factors affecting depressive symptoms.

• The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.23-41
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to provide basic materials needed to enhance quality of organizational life by identifying the improvements of labor union management in the perspective of hospital organization management. Materials were collected from administrators, nurses and medical technicians in target hospitals from March 3 to March 3 to March 30, 2010 through survey questionnaires. The main results of this study were as follows: 1. The commitment level of the subjects according to their satisfaction was higher when the administrators both in Private hospitals and Public hospitals were not satisfied in their works. 2. The commitment level of the subjects according to the subjects' job dedication level was higher those who had higher emotional attachment to their job in all vocations in both Private hospitals and Public hospitals. 3. The commitment level of the subjects according to the subjects' labor union involvement was higher in those who had higher satisfaction in labor union and perceived their colleagues' attitudes more positively in all vocations in both Private Hospitals and Public Hospitals. 4. From the results of multiple regression analysis to identify major influencing factors of labor union commitment level, In Private hospital employees, those who had senior officer posts in labor union and higher normative commitment showed higher commitment union. Therefore hospital managers should have democratic and flexible attitudes toward labor union. Additionally, as colleagues attitudes is important determinant in union commitment, hospital managers should have countermeasures to enhance the work atmosphere of hospital employees.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.207-214
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to compare the educational needs of public officials and private employees for health and welfare in order to improve education program. Data were collected from 2,290 public officials and 1,991 private employees and were analyzed using frequency analysis and independent sample t-test. Private employees recognized that education and training are more enough than public officials. In addition, private employees took the gathering training classes more than public officials. Private employees reported that they are more satisfied than public officials with regard to leader consideration, peers' will of participation and institutional conditions. However, public officials reported that they are more satisfied than private employee officials with regard to the degree of sharing of information and education for new policies. Public officials preferred three or two days of training, but private employees preferred one or two days. Both public officials and private employees preferred gathering training classes and blended learning as an effective education type. Based on this research, invigoration of health and welfare education and the management of its plan were discussed.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.29
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• pp.251-278
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• 2011

The purpose of this study aimed to examine work environment and culture of the employees in private security corporation on the organizational performance. 200 guards who worked at security employees in Julanam buk provinces in 2011 were selected by using the method of judgment sampling and 188 guards were used for analysis. The data were analyzed with frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, and correlation analysis of the collected data from the respondents by using SPSS 15.0. The conclusion was as follows: First, there was significant relationship between work environment and culture of the employees, organizational performance in private security corporation. Second, organizational environment of employees in private security corporation exerts influence of organizational culture and organizational performance. That is, organizational environment of employees in private security corporation exerts direct influence on organization performance, but it exerts indirect effect through organizational culture.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.8 no.12
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• pp.233-239
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• 2021

The objective of this study is to find out the factors affecting the employees' loyalty in private joint-stock commercial banks in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Then, possible solutions can be proposed, which can be implemented to improve employees' engagement in private joint-stock commercial banks in Mekong Delta, Vietnam, in the future. The author conducted a survey of 300 employees at 6 private joint-stock commercial banks in 6 provinces in Mekong Delta: An Giang, Tra Vinh, Can Tho, Ben Tre, Soc Trang, and Tien Giang. The author also used the Cronbach Alpha reliability analysis method, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and multivariate regression analysis. The results show the degree of influence of factors on employees' loyalty - according to decreasing importance: Income, Job characteristics, Working environment, Colleagues, Leadership. The authors propose some solutions based on the research findings, including focusing on assigning the right employees to the right jobs, creating a competitive and fair working environment, focusing on a reasonable income policy, and transparency in working relationships to help bank managers in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam improve human resource management to improve employee loyalty to private joint-stock commercial banks in Vietnam.

• The Journal of Korean Institute for Practical Engineering Education
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.132-139
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• 2012

In private employment service, providing employment information for job seeker and recruiter, providing information on job, job map, and providing vocational training and development have been paid attention. Particularly, it needs to train the employees, working at private employment service agencies. The purpose of the study was to examine the current trends of private employment service, service employees, and their training status. In the result, we suggest that it needs to manage the quality of service employees' qualification, to initiate the accreditation program for their expertise, and set up an institutions for training them. In addition, providing a program of supervision for employees, considering a set up of an mutual aid association among themselves, and developing specialized training programs.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.73-101
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• 2012

This study attempts to assess the effects of childcare facilities and private education expenses on birth rate and also, to examine whether or not the quality and reliability of childcare facilities affect birth rate. Private education expenses are proxied by the number of private educational institutes or their employees. The study measures the quality and reliability of childcare facilities either by the number of employees per childcare facility or by the ratio of childcare facilities with less than 10 employees to total facilities. Empirical analysis is carried out with a cross-sectional data of 232 areas (si/gun/gu) in 2009. Empirical results indicate that the number of childcare facilities or their employees tended to increase birth rate, while private educational expenses had no effects on birth rate. It appears that the presence of good and reliable childcare facilities contributed to an increase in birth rate. The results provide several policy implications for an increase in fertility.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.8
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• pp.361-377
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• 2004

This study is to examine the relations between the big five critical crime that consist of homicide, robbery, rape, theft, violence and the private security services. To achieve this objective, this research selected the subject of study, specially, 2002 status of the private security such as the number of companies and employees classified by areas along with the big five crime mentioned above classified by area. The research data is secondary data that is from '2003 Crime Analysis' of the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office and 'The private Security Related Data' of the National Police Agency. The selected data were analyzed according to the variables by using SPSS 10.0 statistics software program. Each hypothesis was verified around the level of significance ${\alpha}$=.05 by using the statistical techniques, such as Descriptive Statistics, Correlation, Regression, etc. The following was the result of the study, First, the total number of the big five crime affects the number of the companies at significant level. Second, the number of the security companies can be explained by the each total number of the big five crime in the order of theft, robbery, violence, rape and murder. Third, the total number of the big five crime affects the number of the security employees at significant level. Forth the number of the security employees can be explained by the each total number of the big five crime in the order of theft, robbery, violence, rape and murder.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.142-158
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• 2009

The increasing number of crimes in rapidly changing modern society is enhancing people's desire for safety. As of 2008, 2,900 private security businesses with 133,000 employees operated in the private security industry which emerged in response to growing demands from society and people. Of the employees, bodyguards (hereinafter referred to as "private security guard") accounted for about 10% or 13,000. Most private security guards were suffering from various occupational diseases. Especially as they needed to guard their clients many hours a day and worked in a standing position for a long time, private security guards often complained of low back pain. Under the pain, they were hardly expected to perform their tasks efficiently. There are several causes of low back pain. The most prevalent cause is muscle weakness and imbalance around low back. Especially because private security work often requires security guards to maintain a standing position for a long time, many of them are suffering from low back pain. This study pursued the following purposes. First, it tried to identify the pathogenesis of low back pain caused by muscle weakness and imbalance around low back. Second, it tried to provide private security guards, who can hardly have personal time at work, with an easy method to prevent and manage low back pain any time by researching an effective therapy for low back pain caused by muscle weakness and imbalance around low back.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.37
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• pp.165-195
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• 2013

Today, the importance of social capital is emphasized in modern industry as the third capital. Social capital involves "trust and norms for members" and "social network" related to effective human resource management, which is being investigated actively by many researchers. However, It is difficult to see the report on the social capital of private security industry employees. So, this report suggests effective management practices of employees through the empirical analysis on the relationship between social capital and job satisfaction with a focus on the role of mediation for job characteristics. For the most, this research through analysis on relationship between social capital and job satisfaction shows that of the components of social capital, trust and networks influence effect on job satisfaction significantly. Secondly, as result of analysis on role of mediation for job satisfaction, importance of job involved in job characteristics has an effect of mediation. This result of empirical analysis menas that the pressure of private security industry employees is reduced and cooperation which is based on social capital is need through members' trust and social network. Therefore, the strategy of management about private security industry employees should be considered for both activation of social capital and maintenance.