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A Study on Beliefs and Experiences Related to Dual Relationships among Social Workers (이중관계에 대한 사회복지사들의 신념과 경험에 관한 연구)

Park, Mi-Eun;Seo, Mi-Kyung;Kim, Young-Ran
- Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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- v.47
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- pp.178-205
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- 2001
This article investigates 295 social workers in order to find out how much they believe that each behavior related to dual relationships is ethical and with how many clients they engaged in these behaviors. This article, based on the literature, explores three areas of dual relationships which are sexual, bartering, and private dual relationships. The results from the research were 1) The social workers tend to believe that while sexual and bartering dual relationships are less ethical, private dual relationships are more ethical. Meanwhile, they have little experience to engage in all areas of dual relationships; 2) Compared to beliefs and experiences, the social workers believe that each behavior is ethical, but they have less experienced the same behavior. However, the result of strong correlations between beliefs and experiences shows that the more the social workers believe that the behaviors are ethical, the more they tend to engage in the behaviors; 3) Based on socio-demographic characteristics, male social workers tend to accept dual relationships as ethical behavior than their female counterparts do. And those who are practicing in health settings tend to believe that the behaviors related to dual relationships are less ethical than those who are practicing in the other areas of the profession do. Finally, the research recommends that enhancing social worker's self-awareness and professional maturity is needed in order to prevent the occurrence of dual relationship engagement. Also, social work professional associations and agencies should provide education, training, and institutional restrictive devices for dealing with unethical dual relationships.
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The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction between Professionalism Perception and Organizational Commitment of Social Workers in Welfare Centers for Disabled Persons (장애인지역사회재활시설 사회복지사의 전문성인식과 조직헌신의 관계에서 직무만족의 매개효과)

Lee, Byoung-Rock
- Journal of Digital Convergence
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- v.20 no.1
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- pp.343-347
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- 2022
This research tested the relationship between professionalism perception and organizational commitment of social workers in welfare centers for disabled persons. And this analyzed the the mediating effect of job satisfaction. We surveyed 239 social workers in 14 centers of C Province and D City. The analysis result is that social workers' professionalism perception influenced the organizational commitment and the job satisfaction mediated between the variables. According to this study result, we can suggest some plans to improve social workers' organizational commitment. For improving social workers' professionalism perception, it is important to carry out strengthening of professional remuneration education, recruitment scores for calling as a professional, and reasonable operation reflecting their opinions. To promote social workers' job satisfaction, we need to actively provide counseling to social workers who experience emotional labor, to offer appropriate supervision and job training, and to develop and disseminate programs to improve the leadership of the facility's chiefs.
https://doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2022.20.1.343 인용 PDF KSCI