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KMID : 0861120140180010001
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2014 Volume.18 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.10
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A Study about the Correlation between Friendship and Organizational Effectiveness who Work at Korean Medicine Hospital
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Jeong Bo-Geon
Shin Heon-Tae
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Abstract
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Objective : This study aimed to investigate the level of friendship perceived by hospital staffs in koreanmedicine hospitals in Gwangju and relationship between friendship and organizational effectiveness.
Method : The subject were 134 hospital staffs in 5 different hospitals in Gwangju. The questionnaire usedin this study contained 44 questions about workplace friendship (15 questions), organizational effectiveness(16 questions), social demographic characteristics (8 questions) and others (5 questions).
Results : Young woman in their 20s and 30s were major participants (69person, 52.7%), nursing andadministrative department(72person, 55%) were dominant division, the person those who have less than 1year current workplace career(69person, 52.7%) were major group in this study. Participants responded about barriers of friendship at workplace were lack of opportunities for formal orinformal meeting and lack of hospital’s interest and supporting about human relations among employees atworkplace. Both friendship level with superior and friendship level with subordinate were lower than friendship levelwith colleague. (p=.000)Participants who have higher workplace friendship level, were also higher level at job satisfaction, organizationalcommitment and lower level at turnover intention, job stress. Especially friendship level with superiorhad biggest relationship with variables of organizational effectiveness.
Conclusion : Participants showed close relationship with friendship degree and organizational effectiveness. We suggest that the CEOs of korean medicine hospital would make their effort to improve friendship levelof workers for the rise of organizational effectiveness
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KEYWORD
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workplace friendship, organizational effectiveness, korean medicine hospital
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