• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• v.35
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• pp.10.1-10.10
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• 2023

The purpose of this paper was to review the problems relating to Korea's occupational health services and suggest ways to improve them. Korea can be classified as a welfare state type of conservative corporatism partially interwoven with liberalism. While experiencing compressed economic growth, the economic sectors of developed (excess areas) and developing (deficient areas) countries are interwoven. Therefore, it is necessary to perfect conservative corporatism along with a complementary reinforcement of liberal contents and to apply a multilayered approach focusing on complementing the deficient areas. It is essential to form a national representative indicator related to occupational health, and a strategy for selection and concentration is needed. The proposed central indicator is the occupational health coverage rate (OHCR), which is the number of workers who have applied for mandatory occupational health services under the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the numerator with the total working population in the denominator. This paper proposes ways to raise the OHCR, which is currently at the level of 25%-40%, to 70%-80%, which is the level of Japan, Germany, and France. To achieve this target, it is necessary to focus on small businesses and vulnerable workers. This is an area of market failure and requires the active input of community-oriented public resources. For access to larger workplaces, the marketability of services should be strengthened and personal intervention using digital health resources should be actively attempted. Taking a national perspective, work environment improvement committees with tripartite (labor, management, and government) participation for improvement of the working environment need to be established at the center and in the regions. Through this, prevention funds linked to industrial accident compensation and prevention could be used efficiently. A national chemical substance management system must be established to monitor the health of workers and the general public.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.67 no.1
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• pp.143-163
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• 2015

Although self-sufficiency program participants' alcohol problem is widely recognized among social workers in the field, it has not been received much attention. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between alcohol problem and self sufficiency among the participants. A total of 281 participants were participated in this study. Significant relationships between alcohol problem and self sufficiency were not found in bivariate analysis. However, the moderating effect of alcohol problem on the relationship between the length of participation and willingness for self sufficiency was statistically significant. Among the participants with alcohol problem, the length of participation was positively related to willingness for self sufficiency. The result on the moderating effect of alcohol problem on the relationship between the length of participation and willingness for self sufficiency has been never mentioned in previous studies.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.47
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• pp.61-84
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• 2016

The objective of this study is to closely examine the relationship between intrinsic extrinsic job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior and closely examine a moderation effect that job characteristic variable has, focusing on workers in private security guard industry. In order to attain the above-mentioned objectives, a purposive sampling method was used as sampling method. Data on 207 people were used for analysis. A frequency analysis, correlation analysis, reliability analysis, structural equation model analysis, multiple group analysis of the collected data was made by utilizing SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 22.0. The results of study can be summarized as follows. First, it was shown that intrinsic satisfaction, sub-factor of intrinsic extrinsic job satisfaction, had a positive (+) effect on altruism. Second, it was shown that intrinsic satisfaction had a positive (+) effect on conscientiousness. Third, it was shown that intrinsic satisfaction had a positive (+) effect on participation. Fourth, it was shown that extrinsic satisfaction didn't have significant effect on altruism. Fifth, it was shown that extrinsic satisfaction didn't have significant effect on conscientiousness. Sixth, it was shown that extrinsic satisfaction didn't have significant effect on participation. Seventh, it was shown that skill variety had a moderation effect on the relationship which intrinsic satisfaction had with altruism and participation. Eighth, it was shown that task identify had a moderation effect on the relationship which intrinsic satisfaction had with altruism and participation. Ninth, it was shown that task significance had a moderation effect on the relationship which intrinsic satisfaction had with altruism, conscientiousness and participation.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.121-127
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• 2014

This study was executed to provide the basic data to prevent and manage the workers' metabolic syndrome (MS) in workplace by analyzing the health examination data of 1,152 workers at the ages from 19 to 34 and comparing the differences in MS prevalence, its components and living habits according to obesity. As a result, MS prevalence showed 8.9% in male and 1.5% in female respectively. MS prevalence according to obesity showed the differences that prevalence of male subjects without obesity was 1.6% and 21.7% with obesity and prevalence of female subjects without obesity was 0% and 12.5% with obesity. Components of MS according to obesity showed 4 factors except hypertriglyceridemia were significantly related with obesity in female subjects and all factors were significantly related with obesity in male subjects. With the above results, obesity is identified as the risk factor affecting MS prevalence and components of younger than 40 year old workers. Therefore, it is suggested health manager should consistently implement obesity management to prevent and manage the MS in working place and increase the workers' participation through the development and utilization of a web-based obesity management program considering space-time restriction and efficiently manage the MS.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.63 no.1
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• pp.29-55
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• 2011

This study aims to understand the experiences of rights-based social work practice in a residential facility for people with intellectual disabilities. A representative residential facility practicing a human rights perspective was selected by recommendation of professional groups. Using a qualitative case study method, data was collected and analysed. In detail, it explores the experiences of rights-based social work practice at both organizational and individual levels respectively, and then discusses ethical dilemmas that arise from workers in the process of rights-based social work practice. According to results at the organizational level, rights-based social work practice of the residential facility began from workers' interests in needs of users with intellectual disabilities. Some trials to apply human rights in social work practice resulted in regulations for people with intellectual disabilities and stepped up organizational culture on human rights perspectives. And, at the individual level, self determination and choice of users with intellectual disabilities were stressed among various forms of human rights. As the results of rights-based social work practice, it appeared to be improved for the participation of the users, workers' human rights sensitivity, and qualities of rights-based activities. However, ethical dilemmas still existed. Hence, rights-based social work practice should understand a process of dynamic interaction between users and workers, which require workers to endeavor continuously. This study is significant in that it explored rights-based social work practice, focusing on field experiences for the first time in Korea, and suggested practical tasks to settle it down in the future.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• v.35
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• pp.48.1-48.13
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• 2023

Background: This study was conducted to identify the success rate for smoking cessation over time after participation in a therapeutic smoking cessation camp, and to identify how participant characteristics, including a supportive workplace environment for smoking cessation (SWESC), affect the success rate for smoking cessation. Methods: In all, 296 participants at smoking cessation camps in Ulsan between 2015 and 2020 were investigated. The success rates of smoking cessation after weeks 4, 6, 12, and 24 at camp were investigated. The participants were grouped as workers with an SWESC, and workers without an SWESC, and variables (age, education, household income, marital status, drinking, exercise, body mass index, morbidity, job, number of counseling sessions, cigarettes smoked per day and smoking initiation age) were investigated. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted at each time point. In addition, Cox regression analysis was performed to evaluate the variables affecting the success rate for smoking cessation over time. Results: The smoking cessation success rate of workers with an SWESC at week 24 (90.7%) was higher than that for workers without an SWESC (60.5%). Multiple logistic regression was performed to determine the relationship between each variable and the success rates for smoking cessation at week 6, 12, and 24. SWESC was confirmed as significant (p < 0.05) variables for increased success rate for smoking cessation at all 3 time points. After adjusting for all variables, the Cox proportional hazards survival analysis showed a hazard ratio of 6.17 for SWESC (p < 0.001,; 95% confidence interval: 3.08-12.38). Conclusions: At a professional treatment smoking cessation camp, participants with an SWESC showed a significantly higher success rate for smoking cessation. Supportive workplace environment for workers' health is expected to be an important factor for smoking cessation projects as well as other health promotion projects at workplace.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.35-51
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• 2016

Using the Korea Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) from 2000 to 2008, we estimate the Frisch elasticity of labor supply. Our point estimates of the intensive margin elasticity are around 0.23. The estimates are not sensitive to changes in household income and assets as well as changes in workweek regulation during the sample period that workers shall work for 5 days per week from Monday to Friday. We also estimate the extensive margin elasticity by considering labor market participation. We find that the point estimates at the extensive margin are greater than those at the intensive margin, but not statistically significant.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.20 no.4 s.72
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• pp.122-129
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• 2005

With Zohar(1980)'s research on safety climate and industrial safety, occupational safety and health literatures begin to emphasize the influence of organizational context. Based on this research trend, this paper tried to review the relationship between individual/ organizational factors and occupational accidents. Based on the responses from 294 manufacturing workers, this paper reviewed the relationships among safety climates, safety performance, and age. The results of statistical analysis showed that all safety climate factors have affirmative effects on safety participation and safety attitudes negative effect on accident number, and job load affirmative effect on accident number. Job load and management commitment showed interactive effects on accident number with age.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.1-12
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• 2003

This study conducted the questionnaire on present condition of certification, background, purpose, effect and promotion of an occupational health & safety management system which introduced in domestic from 1999'. The questionnaire was conducted with 136 companies which replied in questionnaire distributed to 193 companies which received the certification. Also, recognition improvement of managers and participation of workers are demanded, the support to subcontract companies is demanded because the disaster prevention effect of the companies which possess the support program on subcontract companies is good, and reduction in the insurance rate to companies which received certification is demanded to activate an occupational health & safety management system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.103-104
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• 2023

본 연구는 최근 중대재해 처벌법 시행에 따라 관심이 높아지고 있는 근로자 참여형 위험성 평가를 위한 중요한 평가 요소를 확인하기 위해 수행되었다. 연구의 목적은 다음과 같다. 첫째로, 근로자 참여형 위험성 평가를 위한 관련 선행연구 및 위험성 평가 지침과 같은 관련 선행 문헌을 분석하였다. 둘째로, 위험성 평가 전문가들의 대안을 통해 위험성 평가에서 중요한 상위 개층 요인을 확인하였다. 셋째로, 위험성 평가에 대한 중요한 요인을 계층화 대안 모델을 검증하기 위해 안전관리자와 근로자를 대상으로 한 집단 간의 상대적 중요도를 측정하기 위해 계층분석(Analytical Hierarchy Process) 방법을 사용하였다. 이를 통해 건설 현장에서 근로자 참여형 위험성 평가를 수행하기 위한 이행력 관리 수단 및 위험 조치 수립을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였다.