J Nutr Health JNH Journal of Nutrition and Health 2288-3886 2288-3959 The Korean Nutrition Society 10.4163/jnh.2016.49.3.189 Research Article Job importance, job performance, and job satisfaction in dietitians at geriatric hospitals or elderly healthcare facilities in Jeju Kang Hye-Sook 1 Lee Yunkyoung 2 Chae In-Sook 2 Jeju Medical Center, Jeju 63243, Korea. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea. To whom correspondence should be addressed. tel: +82-64-754-3557, ischae@jejunu.ac.kr 06 2016 30 06 2016 49 3 189 200 11 04 2016 11 05 2016 13 05 2016 © 2016 The Korean Nutrition Society 2016 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose

This study analyzed job importance, job performance, and job satisfaction in 38 dietitians working at geriatric hospitals and elderly healthcare facilities in Jeju surveyed from September 15-24, 2014 with the aim of providing basic data for improving the quality of meals and nutrition management for elderly patients.

 Methods

Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, χ2-test, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients using the SPSS Win program (version 12.0).

 Results

Regarding job importance, the average score was 4.29 (out of 5), indicating that hygiene and safety management scored the highest at 4.77 (out of 5), and nutrition management scored the lowest at3.86. In terms of job performance of subjects, the average score was 2.87 (out of 5), indicating that cooking operation management scored the highest at 4.42 (out of 5). Regarding the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) of job importance and job performance, hygiene and safety management and cooking operation management scored high for importance and performance (B quadrant) menu management, human resource management, and nutrition management scored low for importance and performance (C quadrant) and purchasing management and financial management were included inD quadrant and A quadrant, respectively. For the level of job satisfaction of subjects, the average score was 3.37 (out of 5), indicating that relationships with colleagues scored the highest at 3.72, and improving professionalism scored the lowest at 2.95. Additionally, job importance and performance of subjects were positively correlated withjob satisfaction (r = 0.395, r = 0.386, both p < 0.05).

 Conclusion

In conclusion, scores for job importance and job performance of nutrition management were low, and job satisfaction of improving professionalism scored low. Therefore, continuous training and education programs of nutrition management should be provided to improve professionalism of dietitians at geriatric hospitals and elderly healthcare facilities.

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This research was supported by the 2015 scientific promotion program funded by Jeju National University.

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1) 5-point Likert scale (1: not important at all, 5: very important) 2) 5-point scale (1: less than one time per month, 5: daily)

 Job satisfaction of subjects

1) 5-point Likert scale (1: not satisfied at all, 5: satisfied very much)

2) Mean ± SD

 Correlation with job importance, job performance, and job satisfaction of subjects

1) *p < 0.05