The effects of the job performance perceived by social workers on the job Identity-Focused on the moderating effects of managerial leadership Lee Ye-Jong1, Kim Yong-Soo1,* 1Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Gimcheon University, South Korea *Corresponding Author: Yong-Soo Kim Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Gimcheon University, 214 Daehak-ro, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 39528, South Korea Email: cow133@gimcheon.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract Background/Objectives This study is examining the effect of job performance by social workers on job identity and analyzing the modulating effects of the manager leadership between job performance and job identity.. Method/Statistical Analysis For this study, the job performance, the managerial leadership and the job identity scale were used and 341 social workers working at welfare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do area participated. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS 19.0. Findings The results of study are as follows. First, the result of correlation analysis showed that the job identity was a positive relationship with both the job performance and managerial leadership. Second, a regression analysis was conducted to find out the influence of job performance on the job identity and the results revealed that the job performance had a positive effect on the job identity. Third, the job performance for the job identity and the interaction effect of managerial leadership were significantly shown (β=.333, P<.01) and the influence of 42.7% was indicated.. Improvements/Applications The samples were social workers in some areas, so there is a limit to the generalization of the results. It is necessary to explore diverse variables affecting the job identity. Top Keywords Job Identity, Job Performance, Managerial Leadership, Moderating Effects, Social Worker. Top |