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KMID : 1020220170170010169
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2017 Volume.17 No. 1 p.169 ~ p.179
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Survey on organizational structures of clinical dental hygienists
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Noh Hie-Jin
Bae Sung-Suk
Kim Seon-Kyeong
Mun So-Jung
Han Sun-Young
Cho Hyo-Soon
Nam Jeong-Ran
Kim Seong-Ok
Kim Bo-Kyoung
Jeong Kyung-Yi
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Abstract
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Objectives: The present study is aimed at comprehending the organizational setup of clinical dental hygienists and to establish an organizational setup that fits their roles.
Methods: The survey data of 776 clinical dental hygienists who understood the purpose of the study and agreed to write the questionnaire was utilized. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Ver. 20.0 program and the significance level was 0.05.
Results: The presence of an organizational setup in dental hygienists was surveyed as being higher, with university dental hospital (89.86%) showing the highest. However, the presence of position terms was highest in dental hospitals with 76 subjects (38.78%). Standards for positions most commonly followed hospital regulations in the case of general hospitals (48.42%), whereas they were often based on service period in the case of dental hospitals (48.90%). Salary standards were most commonly determined by service period in all institutions. The job satisfaction of dental hygienists was significantly different according to social status and financial satisfaction depended on having organizational hierarchy for those who work in university dental hospitals.
Conclusions: The results of the present study show that dental hygienists who work in organizational setups mostly enjoy high satisfaction in terms of job satisfaction. In other words, the study shows that systemizing the organizational setup of dental hygienists within dental institutions is required, and additional research to achieve efficient human resource management within the organization is necessary as well as institutional utilization of the results of the present study.
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KEYWORD
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Dental hygienist , Job satisfaction , Organizational structures
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