Professional Identity, Job Satisfaction, and Retention of Licensed Social Workers in Korea
- Authors
- Shim, Woochan S.; Hwang, Myung Jin; Lee, Jaehooon
- Issue Date
- Jun-2009
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- professional identity; job satisfaction; turnover; Structural Equation Model (SEM)
- Citation
- ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK AND DEVELOPMENT, v.19, no.1, pp.82 - 95
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK AND DEVELOPMENT
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 82
- End Page
- 95
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/119942
- DOI
- 10.1080/21650993.2009.9756055
- ISSN
- 0218-5385
- Abstract
- This paper reports the results from a survey of 735 social workers in South Korea on their professional identity as a social worker, job satisfaction, and intention to leave the profession. The overall result shows that there was a high level of job satisfaction. Social workers' intention to leave the profession was significantly related to their integrated feelings of professional identity. This relationship was partially mediated by job satisfaction. Social workers' sense of professional identity can be tapped to help social workers feel adequate to carry out their professional responsibility. Boundaries of their practice should be well defined.
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