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KMID : 1023420120120030271
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2012 Volume.12 No. 3 p.271 ~ p.277
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Effects of Professionalism and Self-efficacy on the Job Satisfaction of Dental Hygienists Using the Structural Equation Model
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Lee Sun-Mi
Kim Soo-Hwa
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Abstract
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This study aims to figure out the effects of dental hygienists’ professionalism and self-efficacy on job satisfaction using structural equations. This research conducted a survey to 616 study subjects. According to the analysis using SPSSWIN 18.0 and AMOS 20, the results are as follows : 1. It was shown that the dental hygienists’ professionalism gained 3.34 points, self-efficacy was 3.76 points, and job satisfaction received 3.36 points. 2. It was found that as their age was higher, educational degree was higher, they were married, and working experience was more, their professionalism, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction were higher, which showed statistically significant difference. 3. Regarding the study model, there was positive effect as the correlation coefficient of professionalism and self-efficacy was .69, that of professionalism and job satisfaction was .33, that of self-efficacy and job satisfaction was .59. In other words, there was correlation between professionalism and self-efficacy. When self-efficacy was higher than professionalism, job satisfaction also increased. Job satisfaction is affected by various environments within an organization and each individual’s internal factors. The reason why job satisfaction is important is that along with the medical service quality and productivity, it is also associated with dental hygienists’ individual life quality. In order to cope with this changeful time, it is needed for an organization to make efforts for change to enhance dental hygienists’ job satisfaction, and also it is necessary to make endeavors so that dental hygienists can have confidence in their job and their professionalism and self-efficacy can be improved.
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KEYWORD
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Job satisfaction, Professionalism, Self-efficacy, Structural equation model
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