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Correlation between leader’s political skills (LPS) on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in dental hygienists

  • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
  • Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
  • 2022, 22(3), pp.181-188
  • DOI : 10.13065/jksdh.20220020
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry
  • Received : March 17, 2022
  • Accepted : April 23, 2022
  • Published : June 30, 2022

Na-Na Yoon 1 Jung-Hwa Lee 2 Nam-Suk Kim 2

1마산대학교 치위생과
2동의대학교 치위생학과

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ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the influences of leader’s political skills (LPS) on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in dental hygienists. Methods: A self-administrated questionnaire was conducted form April 1 to May 31 2020 by 209 dental hygienists in Seoul, Busan and South Gyeongsang. LPS, job satisfaction, organizational commitment were evaluated on the LPS scale, job descriptive index (JDI) and organizational commitment scale, respectively, each on five-point scale. Data were subjected to descriptive analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: The overall LPS, job satisfaction and organizational commitment level of subjects were 3.53±0.63, 3.18±0.51 and 3.27±0.63. The influential factors for LPS, job satisfaction and organizational commitment were Networking ability (subcategory of LPS). Conclusions: Leaders should use the knowledge and activities newly introduced from various networks to fit the dental hospital so that members can display their more professional abilities to increase job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

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