임상 치과위생사의 직제실태 조사

• Published in: Han'guk Ch'iwisaeng Hakhoe chi Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 169 - 179
• Main Authors: 노희진, Hie-jin Noh, 배성숙, Sung-suk Bae, 김선경, Seon-kyeong Kim, 문소정, So-jung Mun, 한선영, Sun-young Han, 조효순, Hyo-soon Cho, 남정란, Jeong-ran Nam, 김성옥, Seong-ok Kim, 김보경, Bo-kyoung Kim, 정경이, Kyung-yi Chung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국치위생학회 28.02.2017
• Subjects: Dental hygienist; Job satisfaction; Organizational structures; 직무만족도; 직위체계; 치과위생사
• ISSN: 2287-1705; 2288-2294

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.