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KMID : 0387320070170010028
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2007 Volume.17 No. 1 p.28 ~ p.49
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Relationship between Organizational Culture and Hospital Worker’s Empowerment
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Chung Soon-Gwan
Jeon Jeong-Nim
Lee Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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Organizational culture has been, by and large, regarded as one of the most significant factors to manage organizations. Especially the understanding of empowerment is pivotal, leading to explain organizational cultures. For hospital workers whose services are closely related to quality and performance of their hospitals, empowerment is now called upon more than ever before. This study is intended to investigate the relationship between organizational culture types and hospital workers’ empowerment levels. The data were collected from 589 hospital workers at one university hospital and two general hospitals using the self reported questionnaire from Jan.9 to Jan.20 in 2004. The findings were as follows: 1. Empowerment levels were significantly different among the four organizational culture types. Developmental culture group showed the highest empowerment score(3.74), and next were group culture(3.64), rational culture(3.62), and hierarchial culture(3.46). 2. There was a significantly positive correlation between group culture and empowerment(r=.298, p<.000), between developmental culture and empowerment(r=.295, p<.000). But there was not a significantly correlation between hierarchial culture, and between rational culture. 3. According to the multiple regression analysis, self-esteem(=.417, p<.001), position (=-.190, p<.001), self-control(=.185, p<.001), and age(=.169, p<.01) were significant among general properties for organizational empowerment. As for organizational cultures, developmental culture(=.165, p<.001), group culture(=.099, p<.01), and rational culture (=.063, p<.05) were significant other than hierarchial culture. In conclusion, it is necessary to promote group culture and developmental culture to enhance hospital worker’s empowerment level, and this article elucidates that understanding the organizational culture embedded in each organization is important for efficient management of organization.
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KEYWORD
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Empowerment, Organizational Culture, Organizational Culture
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