This dissertation examines the relationship between job characteristic of social worker at social welfare institutes and effectiveness of organization according to their empowerment. The other purpose is to study how empowerment works as a medium acco...
This dissertation examines the relationship between job characteristic of social worker at social welfare institutes and effectiveness of organization according to their empowerment. The other purpose is to study how empowerment works as a medium according to the influence that job characteristic acts on the effectiveness of organization.
To achieve these purposes, this dissertation analyzed interviews with 171 social worker from social welfare institutes in Bucheon, Kyeonggi province. The result is as follows:
I. In terms of job characteristic level of social worker, variety of skills, which is a subordinate variable, showed the highest. Individual-oriented job characteristic, also a subordinate variable, put the empowerment level the highest. Work satisfaction, another subordinate variable, showed the highest in terms of the effectiveness of organization.
II. The causal relationship between job characteristic of social worker and the effectiveness of organization shows that feedbacks influences the effectiveness of organization the most among other subordinate variables of job characteristic.
III. The causal relationship between empowerment of social worker and effectiveness of organization shows that individual-oriented job characteristic influences on the effectiveness of organization the most among other subordinate variables of empowerment.
IV. Examination of the meadiating effect of social officer empowerment shows that empowerment serves as a partial medium between job characteristic and the effectiveness of organization.
Accordingly, to enhance the effectiveness of organization through work characteristic and empowerment of social worker, the following requirements should be performed.
social worker should be provided with adequate work that meets their intellectual level, so the worker will consider their work meaningful and feel pride. Moreover, effective feedbacks should be given to them. For instance, their work should be examined and evaluated by senior worker at the institutes, so they can take new actions. In addition, social worker should work in an environment where they feel more confidence about their work competence and they should be motivated in a positive manner so they can carry out their work with integrity.
In conclusion, social welfare institutes should establish vision of organization and strategy to nurture people of ability in the field in the long term.
Meanwhile, the limit of this dissertation and proposal for the follow-up study are as follows:
This dissertation used index based on inner, psychological effectiveness only to examine the effectiveness of social welfare institutes. Therefore, to examine the effectiveness of organization, follow-up studies using objectively measured performance index or verified measurement index - evaluation index provided by welfare institutes - are required.