J Korean Diet Assoc.  1998 Feb;4(1):30-39.

A Survey on job characteristics and relationships between general characteristics and job satisfaction of the dietician in community health center

• Bae HJ
• Chun HJ

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the job characteristics and relationships between general charactristics and job satisfaction of the dietician in community health center. The subjects were 40 dieticians who responded to the questionnaire distributed at the annual education program in 1997. Statistival data analysis was completed using SAS packge program for frequencies, means, chi-square-test, ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test. The results of this study acn be summarizd as follows. 45.0% of the dieticians were 26 to 30 years old, four-year-course university graduates were 75.0% and daily workers were 72.5% The level of hte job satisfaction of the dietician in community health center was the highes in the relationship with colleagues. The other parts of job satisfaction such as effects of nutrition counselling and education, value achievement as a dietician, general work and supervision by supervisors were above average, The general characteristics such as the age, the level of education, employment conditions, working hours per week and total length of service were significantly to all fields of job satisfaction except general work.

Keyword

job characteristics; general characteristics; job satisfaction; dietician

MeSH Terms

Adult
Community Health Centers*
Education
Employment
Humans
Job Satisfaction*
Nutritionists*
Organization and Administration
Surveys and Questionnaires
Statistics as Topic