Effects of Work Environment on the Job Satisfaction of Occupational Therapists: Mediating Effect of Empowerment (작업치료사의 근무환경이 직무만족도에 미치는 영향: 임파워먼트의 매개효과를 중심으로)

Son, Bo-Young (손보영); Bang， Yo-Soon (방요순); Lee， Jae-Hyeon (이재현)

doi:10.14519/kjot.2020.28.3.02

Effects of Work Environment on the Job Satisfaction of Occupational Therapists: Mediating Effect of Empowerment

Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
2020, 28(3), pp.15-26
DOI : 10.14519/kjot.2020.28.3.02
Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics
Received : February 21, 2020
Accepted : June 23, 2020
Published : September 30, 2020

Son, Bo-Young ¹, Bang， Yo-Soon ², Lee， Jae-Hyeon ³

¹빛고을 전남대학교병원
²광주대학교 작업치료학과
³전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objective: This study analyzes the relationship between an occupational therapist’s work environment, job satisfaction,and empowerment in a hospital-level medical institution. Basic data on the mediating effect of empowerment on therelationship between work environment and job satisfaction are established. Methods: The study period was from November 10 to December 28, 2018, and the subjects were 205 occupationaltherapists working in a hospital in G metropolitan city. The correlations between work environment, job satisfaction,and empowerment were analyzed using a Pearson’s correlation. The mediating effects of the work environment, jobsatisfaction, and empowerment were verified using model 4 of the PROCESS macro. The significance of the indirecteffects was verified through a non-parametric resampling method, which is also known as bootstrapping. Results: There is a statistically significant correlation between work environment, empowerment, and job satisfactionof the occupational therapists, and the work environment had both direct and indirect effects on job satisfaction withempowerment as a mediator. Conclusion: High-quality occupational therapy services can only be expected in an environment in which horizontal,supportive, and flexible relationships that are not characterized by an order and delivery system are combinedwith empowerment to guarantee both autonomy and authority.

KEYWORDS

Work environment, Mediating effect, Empowerment, Occupational therapists, Job satisfaction

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