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KMID : 1138720160420010041
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Korean Public Health Research
2016 Volume.42 No. 1 p.41 ~ p.52
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Organizational Factors Associated With Safety and Health Managers’ Educational Needs in Korean Manufacturing Industry
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Park Kyoung-Ok
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Abstract
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify personal and organizational factors associated with safety and health managers (SHM)’ health education needs in Korean manufacturing industry.
Methods: A total of 171 SHM in 138 manufacturing companies participated in the self-administered mailing survey. The survey packet was delivered to the SHM in each company randomly selected from the mailing lists of the Korean Occupational Health Conference and each SHM finished and returned the survey. The questionnaire consisted of personal factors, organizational factors and SHM educational needs. All factors were surveyed with Likert type scale items. Most survey participants were men (89.2%) and the SHM employed in the companies in metropolitan areas were 27.8%. The companies of which employees were less than 50 were 29.9% and more than half of the participants were safety managers (61.3%).
Results: Total educational needs in the SHM group were generally correlated with organizational safety and health management level. The expected competency for safety education had medium-high level correlation with educational needs of SHM (r= .53). And such organizational environment for safety education, current competency for safety education, perceived safety education efficacy, and organizational support for safety management were also positively correlated with the safety and health educational needs. In regression analysis, the personal, organizational, and organizational safety and health factors described 43.3% variance of the SHM educational needs (F=4.54, p= .00). The significant factors associated with SHM educational needs were expected organizational competency for safety education, perceived safety education efficacy and organizational support for safety management (p< .05).
Conclusion: From the statistical significances of expected organizational efficacy and support for safety management on SHM educational needs, occupational safety and health research should be actively conducted to provide both theoretical and practical evidences about organizational climates and culture related to injury prevention.
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KEYWORD
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Safety & health manager, Educational needs, Manufacturing industry, Organizational factor
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