Korean J Community Nutr.  2009 Dec;14(6):798-806.

Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction of Dietitians(Nutrition Teachers) of School Foodservice in Daejeon/Chungnam Province

Affiliations
  • 1Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Chungnam National University, Daejon, Korea.
  • 2Department of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University, Daejon, Korea. sakim@cnu.ac.kr

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate how to improve job satisfaction for dietitians and nutrition teachers by identifying influencing factors in Daejeon and Chungnam Province, South Korea. A survey was conducted among school foodservice dietitians and nutrition teachers from selected primary, middle and high school in the area. This survey consisted of general characteristics, status of their job, job satisfaction, work satisfaction and work performance. In this study we found current state of general characteristics and status of their job according to frequency analysis and the level of work satisfaction, work performance and job satisfaction using descriptive statistics. The t-test, ANOVA and Duncan-test were also conducted in order to searching for tendency of job satisfaction according to the general characteristics and the status of their job. Pearson's correlation was carried out in order to find correlation with job satisfaction. Also, factors, which influenced job satisfaction according to regression analysis, were drawn. We describe the difference of job satisfaction between irregular dietitians and nutrition teachers as well. Besides we discussed the improvement of dietitians' (nutrition teachers') work environment to raise their job satisfaction through this study.

Keyword

job satisfaction; work performance; work satisfaction; school foodservice dietitians

MeSH Terms

Humans
Job Satisfaction
Republic of Korea
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