Professionalism and job satisfaction in dental hygienists (임상치과위생사의 전문 직업성과 직무만족도)

Seong-Sook Lee (이성숙)

doi:10.13065/iksdh.2013.13.4.535

Professionalism and job satisfaction in dental hygienists

Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2013, 13(4), pp.535~542
DOI : 10.13065/iksdh.2013.13.4.535
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

Seong-Sook Lee ¹

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Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between the professionalism and job satisfaction of clinical dental hygienists. Methods : The subjects were 310 dental hygienists in private and group practiced dental clinics. A self-reported questionnaire was conducted from December, 2012 to February, 2013. Data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 12.0. Results : Dental hygienists revealed the highest score in a sense of calling (3.41) and the lowest score in professionalism (2.85). They showed the highest score in the relationship with dentists (3.56) and the lowest score in pay (2.83). Highly educated and aged dental hygienists wanted to get more clinical career as professionalist. So there was a very significant positive correlation between professionalism and job satisfaction. Conclusions : Dental hygienists showed job satisfaction. Therefore it is important to develop the linking system of professionalsim and human resources development program.

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dental hygienists, job satisfaction, professionalism

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