어린이급식관리지원센터 직원의 직무 스트레스가 직무 만족 및 몰입에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Since increase in women’s social participation and in government benefits for child birth and child care, numbers of children to go to the daycare centers have been increased. It is essential for infants and children spending most of their time in the daycare centers to serve quality meals. Quality meals plays a pivotal role in physical growth and its functional regulation, and social cognitive development. Therefore, it is worthy to emphasize the role of foodservice for infants and children and the recruitment of foodservice professionals in order to provide systematic and efficient foodservice management. The Special Act on Safety Management of Children’s Dietary Lifestyle was established in 2008 for the systematic and professional management of meals for children. Based on this act, the center for children’s foodservice management has been found. In 2011, 12 centers were launched and enlarged its number to 207 centers in 2016. It is expected that in 2019 centers will reach to about 272 centers, which can serve the meals to approximately 1,410,000 children and offer about 3,500 jobs for dieticians and graduates majoring in Food science and Nutrition. The center for children’s foodservice management develops and offers monthly menus and recipes, managerial supports for nutrition and safety, dietary and nutrition education, and materials for nutrition education. These activities help providing qualified foodservice culture and building the trust between parents and the centers. Efforts of the workers in the center for children’s foodservice management have improved foodservice environment for children and recognition of the centers. Although one of the most critical factors for dramatic improvement of achievement in the center for children’s foodsevice management is the dedication of workers at the centers, workers at the centers have not gotten adequate benefits and rewards. Works at the center have a responsibility to successfully conduct special projects to accommodate their local characteristics on top of the general tasks. In addition to the job responsibilities, the presence of an unique situation, such as a temporary position in contracted operating organization, burdens on the workers. Due to these difficulties, workers at the centers have decreased job satisfaction and job performance, thus eventually lowering the overall results of the center. This study aims to identify the effects of job stress of the works in the center for children’s foodsevice management on their job satisfaction and organizational committment. The results from this study will provide the scientific evidence to establish a new approach to increase the job satisfaction of the workers and efficient operation of the center.