The Effect of the Ergonomic Hazards on Job Satisfaction: A Focus on the Science and Technology Sector

Abstract

In light of the current national focus on fostering science and technology talent, this study employs empirical analysis to investigate ways in which science and technology employees can achieve higher job satisfaction within their working environment. Using data from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute's Working Conditions Survey, we conducted a multiple regression analysis and found, as expected, that ergonomic hazards negatively impact job satisfaction among scientists and engineers. We also explored the moderating effects of economic compensation, decision-making participation, and social support and discovered that only the moderating effect of decision-making participation was significant. Our results demonstrate that decision-making participation not only alleviates the negative impact of ergonomic hazards on job satisfaction but also mitigates their significance when the level of decision-making participation is high. Therefore, our study underscores the importance of reducing ergonomic hazards among scientists and engineers while simultaneously increasing their level of decision-making participation.