• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.94-103
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• 2006

Purpose: This study was to understand foreign workers' experiences exposed hazard chemical materials in korean industry. Method: The research subjects were 92 foreign workers worked in seoul, namyangju, ansan, suwon, pocheon, incheon, jincheon, and daejeon. It was that grounded theory method as qualitative approach was applied with in-depth interview, recording and dictation, and collected data was analysed line-by-line by research teams. The analysis process of in depth interview data was three phase. Results: The first phase was that find out meaningful data and confronted data for meaningful data was 53 meaningful items. The second phase was coding process of meaningful data, total coding items were 9, difficulty of new environment, existence of health hazard factors originated in work, performance of basic health management, management of hazard materials in work-site, self care of hazard materials in work-site, discrimination of disaster-compensation originated in work, perception of work stress, motivation of leaving position, satisfaction for present life. The third phase was 5 adaptation process, copying phase for new environment, management phase for health hazard factors, health change phase, life change phase, illegal stay phase. Conclusion: In summary, as a results it was concluded that foreign workers was experienced new environment and then has various problems in working site. But these evidences were not different from korean workers basically, undoubtedly reality of a korean small and medium enterprise. And foreign workers with long time stay have had many health problems probably, but they have want to long stay and so reach an unexpected result, illegal long stay. Therefore, we should make efforts for adequate foreign workers' health management at work-site and overall life in governmental and industrial nursing level.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2024

본 연구는 서울시 사회복지시설에서 근무하는 사회복지사의 근로경험을 다각도로 분석하였다. 우리는 사회복지사의 근로조건, 근로특성, 직장 내 폭력, 업무 관련 스트레스 및 소진 경험을 중심으로 주요 변수를 조사하였다. 또한, 워드클라우드 분석을 활용하여 사회복지사들이 직장에서 겪는 주요 어려움과 그들의 의견을 시각적으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 사회복지사의 급여는 전반적으로 낮은 수준이며, 승진 및 보상 체계에 대한 만족도가 크게 부족한것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 사회복지사들은 근무 시간 부족, 열악한 물리적 근무 환경, 기자재 부족 등의 문제를 지적하였다. 특히 기관 유형별 분석 결과, 공공기관에 근무하는 사회복지사들이 더 높은 업무 강도와 낮은 처우 만족도를 보고하였다. 우리는 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 사회복지사들의 근로환경을 개선하기 위한 구체적인 정책적·실천적 방안을 제시하였다. 이러한 방안들은 사회복지사들의 직무 만족도를 높이고, 나아가 사회복지 서비스의 질을 향상시키는데 중요한 기여를 할 것이다. 본 연구는 사회복지사들의 처우 개선뿐만 아니라, 이들의 업무 환경을 보다 나은 방향으로 발전시키기 위한 중요한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.17-29
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• 1999

Objectives. This study was carried out to analyze the hearingthreshold levels and relating factors of 1,048 workers with noiseinduced hearing loss$(D_1)$. Methods. We analyzed the hearing-threshold levels and relating factors of 1,048 workers with noise-induced hearing loss$(D_1)$ examined by the summary reports of specific health examination results of industries and personal reports of specific health examination results reported by 58 specific health examination institutes and 8 secondary pneumoconiosis examination institutes in 1996. Results. Among 1,048 workers at 510 workplaces, male workers were 1,009 (96.3%) and female workers were 39 (3.7%). The mean ages of workers initially exposed to noise and at present were 28.7 and 47.2, respectively. The duration of total exposure was 16.5 years. Average hearing-threshold levels analyzed by three-divided classification of the study subjects were 43.7dB(Lt) and 42.6dB(Rt). Those analyzed by six-divided classification were 50.5dB(Lt) and 48.6d8(Rt). Among workers with noise-induced shearing loss$(D_1)$, 16.3% was unilateral hearing loss and 84.6% was classified to compensation case. 8.8%(Rt) and 10.2%(Lt) of them were suspected to be conductive hearing loss by differences of air-bone hearing-threshold levels. Hearing-threshold levels of workers in manufacturing industry were significantly increased during the short exposure compared with the levels in mining industry. Among manufacturing industries, hearing-threshold levels of workers in trailer and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry were significantly increased. Age and duration of total noise exposure were not significantly related to the average hearing-threshold levels analyzed by three-divided classification. Hearing-threshold levels of female workers were significantly increased during the short exposure compared with those of male workers. Hearing-threshold levels of workers at the high risk group, ages of 20s, 30s and total exposure duration of less than 10 years, were not significantly increased compared with those of the other groups. However, they were exposed at young ages. The 3 leading industries of workers at high risk group were trailer and other transportation equipment manufacturing, automobile manufacturing and assemble-metal manufacturing industries. Conclusions. This study was the first nationwide analysis of the hearing-threshold levels and relating factors of workers with noise. induced hearing loss$(D_1)$. We found the differences of the real number by the statistics of the department of labour and the expected number of worker' s compensations for occupationally-induced hearing loss estimated by this study. According to the results of this study, we should carefully examine the methods to narrow this difference.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.23-43
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• 1997

The work-related diseases due to continuous overwork are mainly cerebro- and cardio-vascular ones, which is commonly called 'Karoshi', death from overwork. Many factors are capable for Karoshi : occupational stress in relation to technological renovation and industrial rationalization, competitive social structure, and accumulated fatigue accured to long time or irregular working. And its occurence is on the rise. The World Labor Report 1993 released by ILO, pointed out the diseases related to overwork and stress as one of the most important occupational health problem. In Korea, social awareness of Karoshi is at an infant stage, and reliable statistics for its occurence are not compiled in a convenient manner. Despite the rising Karoshi, there are no reliable clauses in workmen's compensation enough to settle down the disputes. Therefore, it is not uncommon that the Labour Ministry and Civil Court find difficulties in reaching an agreement. This study was intended to provide proper compensation and prevention program for workers by suggesting reasonable compensation clauses for the death from overwork. This study consists of two comparative reviews on the compensaton clauses for the death from overwork. One is to review legal standards of Karoshi among three countries, such as Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The other is to investigate the cases of Karoshi in Korea, 121 cases identified at the Labor Welfare Corperation and the Labour Ministrial process of examination and reexamination, and 73 leading cases at the High Court of Justice. The main findings of the study are as follows : 1. Comparisons of comperative review on compensation clauses for the death from overwork among three countries. 1) All of three countries have the same kinds of disease for compensation, which were cerebro-and cardiao-vascular diseases, while for cardiac disease group, Korea has the smaller number of diseases for compensation than Japan. 2) As for the definition of overwork, the three countries share equally that overload for one week prior to collapse is considered as an important factor, but accumulated chronic fatigue is disregarded. 3) As the basis of overwork, in Japan, there is a tendency to move from the conditions of an ordinary healthy adult to those of the individual concerned in Japan, whereas there is no such concern yet in Korea. 4) All the three countries use a common standard of medical judgement in demonstrating causal relationship between a job and a disease. However, Korea is progressive in the sense that in the case of CVA at worksite, the worker himself has no obligation to prove the cause. 2. The results of a comparative review on excutive decisions by Labor Ministry and judicial decisions by the Court in Korea : A judicial decision is based on the legalistic probability, but a excutive decision is not. Therefore, excutive decisions have such restrictions that : 1) TIA (transitory ischemic cerebral attack) and myocarditis are excluded from compensation, and there is little consistency of decision in the case of cause-unknown death. 2) There is a tendency not to compensate for the death from overwork since the work terms such as repeated long-time working, shift work or night-shift work are not considered as overloading. 3) There is a tendency to regard the conditions of a ordinary healthy adult rather than those of the individual concerned(age, existing diseases, health state, etc.) as the comparative basis of overload. 4) There remains a tendency not to compensate for the death from overwork in the case of collapse occuring out of workplace, on the ground of 'on the course of working' and 'in the cause of accident'. Through the study, the fact manifests itself that Korea's compensation clauses for work-related diseases due to overwork are very restrictive. So, it is necessary to extend the Labor Ministry's clauses of compensation for the death from overwork following to the recent changes of other countries and internal judicial decisions. This is very important in the perspective of occupational health that aims at health promotion of workers including prevention of the Karoshi.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.106-114
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• 2018

본 연구는 조경분야 종사자들을 대상으로 직무환경이 직무만족에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 설문조사를 통한 실증분석을 하였다. 직무환경요인이 직무만족에 미치는 영향을 다중회귀분석한 결과, 직무만족에 근무여건(p<0.01), 대인관계(p<0.00), 보상체계(p<0.05)는 정(+)의 영향을 미치고, 업무량(p<0.05)은 통계학적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 직무환경요인 중에서 계수 값이 가장 높은 것은 대인관계로 ${\beta}$값이 0.233이었다. 업무량이 직무만족에 미치는 영향에 대하여 유의성 여부는 기존의 여러 연구에서도 엇갈리고 있는데, 이것은 '직무인식 상황에 따라 업무를 수동적으로 인식하든가 또는 능동적으로 인식하든가'에 따라 다를 것으로 생각되었다. 조경종사자들의 업무량이 직무만족에 통계학적으로 유의하지 않는 것은 조경종사자들의 경우에는 자신들이 하고 있는 일이 적성에 맞고, 의미 있는 일이라고 생각하며, 사회적으로 기여하는 바가 있다고 인식되면 어렵고 많은 업무량도 기꺼이 자기의 역량이 커짐을 보람으로 삼고, 자기발전과 자기실현의 성취감이 크기 때문일 것으로 추정되었다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제37권
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• pp.171-193
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• 1999

본 연구는 1990년대 들어 점차 심각해지고 있는 산재장애인의 재취업실태를 살펴보고, 재취업에 영향을 미치는 요인을 밝혀, 산재보험 재활서비스 체계의 강화하기 위한 개입방안을 제시하고자 하는 데 목적이 있다. 조사대상자는 1996년과 1997년 산재보험 장해보상금 종결자 중 신규장해판정자 1,060명이며 조사방법을 전화면접조사를 사용하였다. 본 연구를 통해 밝혀진 주요 결과를 보면, 첫째, 산재장애인의 재취업율은 자영업을 합쳐 약 28.6%로 전체 응답자의 약 1/3에도 못미치는 낮은 수준이었다. 둘째, 신체적 손실을 나타내는 장해등급 뿐만 아니라 일상생활능력정도 역시 재취업에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났는데, 이는 재취업에 있어 신체적 손상을 보완해 줄 수 있는 재활공학서비스의 중요성을 보여준다. 셋째, 재취업에 있어 신체적인 요인뿐만 아니라 자신의 장애를 수용하는 시기나 자신의 장애를 인식하는 점도 등과 같은 심리적인 요인도 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 재취업에 있어 사회심리적 재활프로그램의 필요성울 확인할 수 있었다. 넷째, 직업재활서비스 이용여부는 재취업에 유리한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났는데, 이는 현재 장애인 직업재활프로그램의 비효과성 측면과 더불어 직업재활프로그램의 저조한 참여에서 기인한 결과로 보인다. 이러한 결과를 통해 얻을 수 있는 함의는, 우선적으로 현재의 산재보험에서 투자하는 재활사업비를 확대하는 방안이 필요하며, 재활공학서비스의 연구개발사업을 활성화시키고, 현재의 산재보험 직업재활훈련체계를 재정립하고 프로그램 개발하는 등의 노력과, 사회심리재활서비스의 산재보험 수가화를 통한 확대, 개별상담원 도입 등의 방안 등을 적극적으로 검토해야 할 필요가 있다는 점이다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors and effects of job stress of construction workers on construction accidents and turnover intention in order to improve the field work environment of construction industry which shows higher industrial accidents than other industries. To this end, research models and hypotheses were established based on previous research, and the questionnaire was distributed to 10 construction companies in Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong provinces. The 301 data collected were performed statistical analysis such as basic statistical analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and logistic regression analysis using the statistical package (IBM SPSS 22). The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, job stress has a significant effect on accident occurrence. Among the sub-factors of job stress, there was positive (+) influence on work culture and relationship conflict between peers, and organizational system had negative influence. Job demands, compensation incompetence, and job instability were not statistically significant. Therefore, it is necessary to concentrate on the factors of work culture, organizational system, and relationship conflict in the construction site. Second, job stress has positive effect on turnover intention. Job stress, inadequacy of compensation, and work culture were positively related to turnover intention. Third, job demands have a slightly greater impact than compensatory inadequacies. The factors that make the job turnover more important are the excessive job burdens such as respect, internal motivation, responsibility rather than expectation non-conformity, time pressure, increase of work load. Therefore, in order to reduce the turnover intention of the construction worker, it is necessary to pay attention to improvement of the job requirement. Fourth, the worker's job stress could overcome by exercise and fatigue elimination, work environment management, and self-opening for others. It is necessary to establish a work environment management system for counseling and intimacy formation to open up the exercise and fatigue relief program of the workers at the construction site and to open themselves between the workers and the supervisors.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2024

Background: This study examines the relationship between functional disability and work ability in workers affected by low back pain (LBP) through an analysis of correlations between the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Work Ability Index (WAI). The role of personal and work factors on functional disability/work ability levels has also been studied. LBP is the most common musculoskeletal problem and a major disabling health problem worldwide. Its etiology is multifactorial. Multidisciplinary approaches may help reduce the burden of pain and disability and improve job continuity and reintegration at work. Methods: A cohort of 264 patients affected by LBP from an Italian outpatient clinic were included in a clinical diagnostic/therapeutic trial aiming at rehabilitation and return to work through an integrated investigation protocol. Data were collected during the first medical examination using anamnestic and clinical tools. The final sample is composed of 252 patients, 57.1% man, 44.0 % blue collars, 46.4% with the high school degree, 45.6% married. Results: WAI and ODI reported a negative and fair correlation (r = -0.454; p = .000). Workers with acute LBP symptoms have a higher probability of severe disability than those with chronic LBP symptoms. White collars without depressive symptoms reported higher work ability - even in chronic disability conditions-than those with depressive symptoms. Conclusion: The study found that ODI and WAI have a convergent validity and this suggests that the two tools measure capture distinctive aspects of disability related to personal, environmental, and occupational characteristics. The most important and modifiable prognostic factors found for ODI and WAI were depressive symptoms, workday absence, and intensity of back pain. The study also found a mild association between age and ODI. The study's findings highlight the importance of using a multidisciplinary approach to manage and prevent disability due to LBP.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.257-269
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• 2014

이 연구의 목적은 지역아동센터 종사자의 전문성 인식과 직무만족 간의 관계를 밝히는 것이다. 이를 통해 지역아동센터 관리자와 실무자의 전문성과 직무만족도를 증진함으로써 서비스의 질을 향상시킬 수 있는 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 서울, 경기, 강원지역의 지역아동센터 시설장 및 생활복지사 221명을 대상으로 설문조사를 수행하였다. 조사결과, 응답자의 전문성 인식은 중간 이상의 수준을 보였으며, 직무만족도는 중간보다 조금 높은 수준을 보였다. 직무내적 만족도에 비해, 직무외적 만족도가 낮게 나타났다. 특히 보상만족도는 가장 낮게 나타났다. 회귀분석결과, 전문성 인식과 그 하위영역인 전문적 지식/기술, 전문적 가치인식이 높을수록 직무만족도, 직무내적 만족도, 직무외적 만족도 모두 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 지역아동센터 종사자의 전문성을 향상시킬 수 있는 정책적, 실천적 시사점과 향후 연구과제를 제시하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2023

This study aims to analyze the differences between the safety leadership of the laboratory director, safety climate, safety motivation, and safety behavior of research workers based on whether they have participated in the certification system for exemplary laboratories in safety management (CSEL). An online survey was conducted among research workers to analyze the effect of the CSEL. The independent variables used in the survey were participation and non-participation in the CSEL, while the dependent variables were the safety leadership of the laboratory director, safety climate, safety motivation, and safety behavior of research workers. The results demonstrate that the group that participated in the CSEL had statistically significantly higher levels of safety leadership, safety climate, safety motivation, and safety behavior than the one that did not do so. Therefore, it can be concluded that the CSEL has a positive impact on the establishment of an autonomous safety management system in a laboratory by improving the safety culture and safety behavior of research workers. Further, the extrinsic factors, which are subfactors for safety motivation, did not reflect a significant difference between the group that participated in the CSEL and the one that did not. Thus, a reward system for research workers with excellent safety activities should be operated by research institutes since it is necessary to strengthen the intrinsic safety motivation of individual research workers which can be strengthened by compensation. The government should consider measures such as providing research incentives to researchers participated in CSEL.