• Title/Summary/Keyword: quality

Search Result 89,988, Processing Time 0.109 seconds

Influence of Individual and Job Characteristics, Professional Job Perception, and Group Cohesiveness on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Physical Therapists in Hospitals (물리치료사의 개인 및 직무특성, 전문직업성, 집단응집성이 조직시민행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Lim, Jung-Do;Lee, Key-Hyo;Kim, Won-Joong
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
    • /
    • v.8 no.2
    • /
    • pp.70-92
    • /
    • 2003
  • The main objective of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting organizational citizenship behavior of hospital employees, and based on the investigation, to suggest some implications for effective human resources management of hospitals. For this purpose, physical therapists were selected as the subject of the research. Using their individual characteristics, job characteristics, professionalism and group cohesiveness as the variables affecting organizational citizenship behavior, an empirical model was constructed and tested. A survey was conducted through structured and self-administered questionnaire for the physical therapists working at hospitals of Busan-Kyongnam area, and data from 240 therapists were utilized in the final analysis. Major results of the empirical analysis are as follows: First, perception on professionalism and the degree of organizational citizenship behavior were higher for male, older, relatively more-educated and higher-grade employees. It is necessary to develope some measures to educate and motivate the employees who are in lower state of professionalism and organizational citizenship behavior. Second, among the individual characteristics, need for growth was found to have significant, positive influence on professionalism and group cohesiveness, but no direct effect on organizational citizenship behavior. On the other hand, extroversion had direct, positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior, as well as on professionalism and group cohesiveness. This result suggests that personnel selection and personality education should be conducted carefully. Third, job characteristics appeared to have very large, positive effect on professionalism, but not directly on organizational citizenship behavior. Fourth, professionalism was found to have very large, positive influence on group cohesiveness and direct, positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior. This implies that enhancing professionalism of physical therapists can strengthen organizational citizenship behavior in hospitals, and hence top management should actively support the programs for job re-design, skill education and quality improvement to enhance professionalism of their employees. Fifth and last, as an intervening factor, group cohesiveness appeared to have the largest, direct, positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior. It is, therefore, important for top management to improve group cohesiveness by exploring ways toward greater harmony and solidarity among the members of physical therapy department.

  • PDF

Sex Workers' Satisfaction and Intention to Use Sexually Transmitted Disease Examination Service in Korea (성병검진서비스에 대한 성매매 종사자의 만족도와 이용의도)

  • Lee, Jung-Whan;Lee, Ju-Yul
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
    • /
    • v.26 no.5
    • /
    • pp.27-39
    • /
    • 2009
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine how sex workers perceive the current STD examination service and how the perceptions are related with sex workers' intention to use the service. Methods: The data for this study came from a survey among sex workers who had an experience of using STD examination service provided by local public health centers. Sex workers' perceptions to STD examination service and their intention to use the service were measured with multiple items adapted from the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) developed by Ware and his colleagues. Results: Most sex workers are satisfied with the current STD examination service provided by local public health centers and they have a strong intention to use the service. In predicting general satisfaction and intention to use STD examination service, few socioeconomic variables play a significant role. Among specific dimensions of STD test service, technical quality and accessibility of the service affect both general satisfaction and intention to use the service in a positive direction. The most important determinant of sex workers' intention to use STD examination service is their general satisfaction with the service. Conclusion: With the existing laws that still officially justify STD examination programs, the demand and need for STD examination service by sex workers further the current STD examination programs. Health authorities which aim at health maintenance, health promotion and health protection for the people, thus, need to continue their STD control programs actively and effectively regardless of the Special Law on Sex Trade.

A Theoretical Study on Sex Role Concepts and the Problems of Education (성역할 개념형성과 교육에 관한 이론적 연구)

  • 이정덕;홍연애
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
    • /
    • v.2 no.1
    • /
    • pp.93-109
    • /
    • 1984
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the direction and strategy of education for sex role concepts of children on the basis of factor analysis of the present situation in sex role concepts and their formation. Although some maintain that sex role concept of our society has been changing slowly, the traditional sex role concept still dominates and is potentially immanent. the analysis of present condition of our society indicates that the formal as well as informal education are facing with various crucial problems in providing the direction of behavior demanded for carrying out the role. The close analysis of the three theories, psychoanalytic theory , social learning theory, cognitive development theory, lends a support to the laim of the study that cognitive development theory provide an integrated frame of reference for us to see the sex role education analytically Furthermore, the factors which are found to have influences on the formation of sex role have been analyzed in three areas: Family, School and society. 1)The factors in family such as parental behavior of upbringing and their concepts of sex role have a direct relationship with the nature of sex tole concept of children. Therefore, the first step to make children to habe a new type of sex-role conception appropriate for modern societies is to change that of parental conception and attitudes. 2)the quantitative as well as the qualitative aspects of school education showed no exceptional trend from the dominant conception of the society, although school are expected to lead the society as formal education institution rather than just reflect the society. The educational activities and contents such as the conceived goal of education for eoch sex, textbook constitation, teaching behavior and sex-role concepts of teacher are found to be still dominated by the traditional sex-role assumption. 3) The social factors that have direct relationship with children's sex-role formation are social and cultural, which include social milieu, condition of employment, family structure and mass-media. Since family and school do not educate the young in a social vacuum. their educational function of sex-role formation are doomed to be limited and determined by these social factors. Unfortunately, the analysis of present conditions showed the dominance of traditional types of sex-role concepts in all these social factors. The education of sex-role concept for children should be treated as one of the most crucial value problems related with many other important problems, such as direction and patterns of behaviors of each sex, the degree of self-development and capabilities, and consequently human right, equality, humanization and the quality of happiness. Neverthless, the analysis of researches on sex-role education which have been surveyed in this study lead to a conclusion that concerted effort to change the education, formal as well as informal should be provided in every aspect of social life. If the sex role education of the past has aimed at the "feminization"of girls which indoctrinate girls into a limited and fixed role of house wives, the new education in the future should be directed foward "humanization" of both sexes which opens the diversity of roles for both boys and girl on equal levels and provide future possibilities in accordance to their individual capabilities and interests.

  • PDF

Relation of Organizational Culture and Job Stress and Organizational Commitment in Special Guard (특수경비원의 조직문화와 직무스트레스 및 조직몰입의 관계)

  • Kim, Chan-Sun;Jo, Byung-Hae;Lee, Ji-Eun
    • Convergence Security Journal
    • /
    • v.11 no.5
    • /
    • pp.65-76
    • /
    • 2011
  • Purpose of this study is examining closely special guard's Organizational Culture and job stress and relation of Organizational Commitment. This study established to special guards who is working at the capital region (Incheon) airport in 2011, and sample used finally on interpretation analyzed being 203 people, and uses Purposive Sampling Method. Analytical method executed Frequency Analysis, Factor Analysis, Reliability analysis, correlation analysis Multiple Regression Analysis using SPSSWIN ver.18.0. Reliability of questionnaire appeared Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ value more than .671. Conclusion proved in this study is as following. First, special guard's formation culture affects to Job Stress. In other words, stress about compensation career development increases if the development, hierarchically organized is not formed. On the other hand, job special quality, human relations stress decreases if developmental culture is form ed, and if culture is formed developmental, the mutual agreement, role stress decreases. Second, special guard's Organizational Culture affects in Organizational Commitment. That is, if is formed developmental and hierarchically organized, rises the Affective Commitment, Continuance Commitment, Normative Commitment. Third, special guard's job stress affects in Organizational Commitment. That is, if compensation career development is achieved unfairly Affective Commitment, Continuance Commitment is low. On the other hand, if own business is achieved spontaneously pre sent, Affective Commitment, Normative Commitment appears high.

Analysis on Risk Factors of Reactor Containment Building Construction using Analytic Hierarchy Process (계층 분석 방법을 이용한 원자로 격납 건물 시공의 리스크 요인 분석)

  • Shin, Dae-Woong;Shin, Yoonseok;Kim, Gwang-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
    • /
    • v.15 no.4
    • /
    • pp.425-431
    • /
    • 2015
  • Since the construction of Kori 1 was completed in 1978, the construction projects for nuclear power plant are increasingly expanded into domestic and foreign sites. However, some of construction sites of nuclear power plant have the problems of process delay and cost loss due to lack of ability of risk management. The construction of reactor containment building in nuclear power plant is especially dotted with many risk factors because it needs professional skills and large-scale resources due to long duration compared with different construction phase. Therefore, it needs the study that analyzes risk factors expected in construction of reactor containment building and suggests way of stable performance of projects. So, this study assesses risk factors of construction of reactor containment building. For the objectives, this study uses survey for group of minority specialists of 36 experts. The risks of 24 factors is classified by criterions of process, cost, safety, and quality and the results of assessment is analyzed by analytic hierarchy process. As the results, the importance and priority of risk factors classified by each criterion were calculated and the applicability of analytic hierarchy process was identified to analyze risk factors of nuclear power plant construction. These will be baseline data for risk management in construction phase of reactor containment building.

Development of Continuous Beer Maturation Precess Using Immobilized Yeast (고정화 효모를 이용한 맥주의 연속 숙성공정 개발)

  • 박상재;이율락;김상호;최차용
    • KSBB Journal
    • /
    • v.15 no.5
    • /
    • pp.438-443
    • /
    • 2000
  • Continuous processes using immobilized yeast were investigated in order to shorten beer maturation time. Three silica-based ceramic media and one cellulose-based medium were used. Diacetyl (DA) was one of the most distinctive compounds causing immature flavors. Heat treatment of green beer (GB) to convert a-acetolactate to DA was essential to shorten the time for beer maturation. The longer heat treatment time was needed at the lower temperature. Oxygen concentration in GB had a large influence on the conversion of a-acetolactate to DA. The lower the oxygen concentration in GB, the lower conversion ratio to DA. Heat treated GB was fed continuously to four kinds of immobilized yeast columns. DA concentration after immobilization columns was reduced to less than 0.1ppm at $3∼5^{\circ}C$ 180∼150 minutes retention time in all columns tested. This concentration is enough to fit the quality speification of commercialized product. Formation of a-acetolactate from residual sugars was higher in ceramic media column than cellulose media cloumn. The taste of beers from test processes were not the same as that of traditionally produced beer, but no off-flavors were detected in test samples, which shows that immobilized yeast columns have potentials as rapid processes for beer maturation.

  • PDF

An Analysis on Scientific and Technological Information Status and Demand of Small Businesses: Focuses on Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongsangnam-do Branches of KISTI (중소기업의 과학기술정보 요구 실태 분석 연구 - KISTI 부산·울산·경남지원을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Jong-Moon
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
    • /
    • v.26 no.3
    • /
    • pp.83-100
    • /
    • 2015
  • This paper aims to survey the supply status and demand of the scientific & technological information among the 1,059 small enterprises demanding the support in Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongsangnam-do which have been supported by the Branch of KISTI and to propose the approaches to improve the scientific & technological information system. As the results of this research, Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongsangnam-do have very poor business and R&D environment to the extent that 96.3% of businesses was small business (medium business only for 3.7%) and 31% of total small & medium-cized businesses has less than 10 R&D workers. Small & medium-sized businesses which have demanded the information to KISTI account for only 0.2% in average for 3 years. The information demand types are market trend (26.8%), industrial property right (22.1%), business proposal (19.9%), item exploration (16.8%) and quality certification (8.4%). The supplied informations include scientific and technological data survey, market survey, translation and information application seminar. The business achievements from the information supply include 379 cases in technological development improvement and launch of products, 88 cases in technology certifications and 414 cases in patents and utility design application and registration. By the analysis results, the small and medium-sized businesses have difficulties in using R&D information by themselves. Thus, it's proposed to establish the science and technology information center in southeastern region and develop the information advisors specialized in local specialty industry categories. It's also proposed to expand the manpower and budget of KISTI concerning the information support for small & medium-sized businesses.

Basic Investigation for Publicity of Korean Occupational Therapy (장애인을 위한 주거환경개선 기초조사)

  • Jang, Jong-Sik;Kim, Tae-Hwan;Kim, Ji-Hyun
    • The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
    • /
    • v.5 no.1
    • /
    • pp.45-53
    • /
    • 2015
  • Objective : The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness and interest rate of residential environment and to establish basic data for further development of occupational therapy through the results. Methods : This survey was conducted between April 1th and May 31st 2015 and 165 questionnaires were public. The questionnaires of 165 respondents were analyzed through Cosstabs, Descriptive statistics, Frequency study and t-test, ANOVA analysis using SPSS ver. 18.0 Results : Looking for recognition percentage of residential environment improvement, 44.8% of people reply the changing the house structure and 26.8% of people reply the cure method. in contrast to 28.5% of people reply the architect, the only 9.1% of people reply occupation therapist. the most people agree that residential environment improvement is important. but there is no difference about answer between sex and age. 5.9% of people reply that improving live environments may be good for improving life quality but 7.6% of people reply independency may increase, it is not important because it must need lot of money for improving live environments Conclusion : The awareness of the residential environment improvement in short supply, but Things that are significant in the distance, the need for further residential environment improvement was broad consensus. residential environment improvement for people with disabilities in economic assistance and occupational therapists and incursion of correlated to require institutional support.

  • PDF

A Study on the Role of Library in Urban Regeneration (도시재생 참여 주체로서 도서관의 역할에 관한 연구)

  • Noh, Younghee;Ro, Ji-Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
    • /
    • v.31 no.1
    • /
    • pp.89-113
    • /
    • 2020
  • Libraries are one of the essential living infrastructures in urban regeneration. Beyond its meaning as a basic living infrastructure, it is necessary to first understand the role, nature and forms of participation in existing urban regeneration projects in order for libraries to perform their functions and roles effectively as participants of urban regeneration. Therefore, this study investigates the contents related to libraries in the contents of the strategic plan related to urban regeneration projects, and considers them in terms of the role of the library and the form of participation. Through this, the city's library would seek to maximize its role and function as a participant in urban regeneration. As a result, the library in urban regeneration is expected to improve the quality of living environment, Urban vitality, culturally, educationally, socially/welfare role closely related to life, and the role of community as a hub. In addition, the types of library participation could be largely divided into regional and geographical libraries, hybrid libraries combined with various services, libraries based on community cooperation and linkage, and regional community hub libraries based on community participation. In the future, the library needs to promote a more active role change based on the five roles expected as participants in urban regeneration. In addition, more detailed discussions on librarians, services, and programs, which are the main subjects of library services, will be needed in developing urban regeneration plans in order for libraries to successfully fulfill their role as urban regeneration centers.

Drug Use Evaluation of Antihypertensive Agents by JNC VI Guidelines (고혈압 치료 지침 Vl에 의한 항고혈압제의 사용평가)

  • Kim, Kyung Hwa;Lee, Suk Hyang
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
    • /
    • v.12 no.1
    • /
    • pp.29-38
    • /
    • 2002
  • Hypertension is an important public health problem because it increases the risk of stroke, angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and end-stage renal disease. If it is not actively treated, morbidity and mortality increase with hypertension-induced complications and quality of life decreases. This study was to evaluate the use of antihypertensive drugs and blood pressure changes and to compare algorithms chosen (or the 1st and 2nd line therapy of hypertension based on the JNC VI recommendations. The medical charts of 222 patients with essential hypertension at St. Vincent's Hospital in Suwon from January 1997 to January 2000 were reviewed retrospectively. Data collection and analysis included baseline BP underlying diseases and complications, administered antihypertensives, BP changes, changes of antihypertensive regimen, and adverse effects with treatments. As results, the higher BP the patients had, the more frequent they had target organ damages and clinical cardiovascular diseases. Mean duration to reduce blood pressure less than 140/90 mmHg was 8 weeks in $85.3\%$ of the patients. The rate of control in BP was $82.4\%$ at 6 months. The major antihypertensive drugs prescribed were calcium channel blockers $(61.8\%)$ , ACE inhibitors $(19.1\%),\;\beta-blockers\;(13.7\%)$ and diuretics $(5.3\%)$ as the 1st-line monotherapy. The methods of treatment used as the 1st-line therapy were monotherapy$(59\%)$ and combination therapy $(41\%)$. Blood pressure change was significantly greater for combination therapy than monotherapy$(-26.2\pm21.4\;vs.\;-18.56\pm16.7$ mmHg for systolic blood pressure; P<0.003, $-16.9\pm13.2\;vs.\;-9.2\pm12.8$ mmHg for diastolic blood pressure; p<0.001). When blood pressure was not completely controlled with the first antihypertensive selected, the 2nd line therapy had 4 options: addition of 2nd agent from different class; $66.2\%$, substitution with another drug, $21.9\%$ increase dose $11.9\%$ continue first regimen $27.9\%$ Calcium channel blockers were the most frequently prescribed agents. This was not comparable to the JNC VI guideline which recommended diuretics and $\beta-blockers$ for the 1st-line therapy. Most of patients achieved the goal BP and maintained it until 6 months, but the remaining patients should be controlled more tightly to improve their BP with combination of life style modification, patient education, and pharmacotherapy.

  • PDF