A Study on the Cooperation of Fire Officials with Their Bosses

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Relationships with superiors play a critical role in workplace effectiveness. For fire officials, who perform their duties as coordinated teams, cooperation with superiors is even more essential than in many organizational settings. This study used a questionnaire survey to examine the level of cooperation between fire officials and their superiors. The survey was administered nationwide from January 1 to May 31, 2025. The questionnaire included eight items on general characteristics and nine items measuring work cooperation.
The statistical program SPSS 24.0 was used to process the survey data. Reliability analysis showed that the measurement items demonstrated internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of .851, which exceeded the commonly accepted threshold of 0.60. As a key finding of the study, the overall level of work cooperation among the participants averaged 3.00 points on a five-point scale. Significant differences in cooperation with superiors were observed based on years of service, position, and employment path (p < 0.01). Because the questionnaire was administered to a subset of fire officials, the generalizability of the results is limited. Future research should examine cooperation with superiors across a broader range of firefighting personnel and consider the influence of service duration and job assignments in greater depth. Building on the findings of this study, expanding the sample and conducting follow-up investigations will be essential.