The influence of organizational climates and environments for social welfare worker's job satisfaction in social welfare Organization-Focused on the modulating effect of job identity Kim Yong-Soo1, Lee Ye-Jong1,* 1Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Gimcheon University, South Korea *Corresponding Author: Ye-Jong Lee Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Gimcheon University, 214 Daehak-ro, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 39528, South Korea Email: sbcmocha@hotmail.com
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract Background/Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of social welfare institution's organizational climate on the job satisfaction of social workers and the moderating effect of job identity.. Method/Statistical Analysis The organizational climates, job satisfaction and job identity scale were used and 341 social workers working at welfare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do area participated. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 statistical program. The collected data were analyzed by variable level, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis.. Findings First, the result of the correlation analysis showed that the job satisfaction was positive relationships with both the organizational climates and job identity variable. Second, a regression analysis was conducted to find out the influence of perceived organizational climates on job satisfaction and the results revealed that the perceived organizational climates had an positive influence on the job satisfaction. Third, the perceived organizational climates for the job satisfaction and the interaction of job identity were significantly shown (β=.743, P<.05) and the influence of 14.8% was indicated.. Improvements/Applications Efforts are needed to create a positive of social welfare institution's organizational climate. There is also a need for a program to improve the job identity of social workers. Top Keywords Social welfare organizations, Social workers, Organizational climate, Job identity, Job satisfaction. Top |