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This research examines the relationship between working 10 or more hours a day and job satisfaction among wage workers in Korea.

April 12, 2026Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine0 citationsOpen Access

Association between working ≥10 hours per day and satisfaction with work environment among wage workers in Korea: a cross-sectional study using data from the 7th Korean Working Conditions Survey

RKRae-Yun KimSoonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul DKDong-Woo KimSoonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul YJYoon-Soo Jang

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This research examines the relationship between working 10 or more hours a day and job satisfaction among wage workers in Korea.
Cross-sectional study design
Analysis of 7th Korean Working Conditions Survey data
Focus on wage workers' reports of working hours and job satisfaction
Working ≥10 hours per day linked to higher dissatisfaction with work environment
Dissatisfaction shows a dose-response pattern relative to the number of long working days per month

Abstract

Among the analytic sample of Korean wage workers included in this study, working ≥10 hours per day was associated with greater dissatisfaction with work environment, with a dose-response pattern according to the number of long working days per month.

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Kim et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69db37ca4fe01fead37c5e0c https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2026.38.e9

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