Willingness to Work and the Working Environment of Japanese Dental Hygienists

Figure 1

The path diagram of Japanese dental hygienists, their willingness to work at private dental offices, and their working and social environments. (a) Regular employees. (b) Part-time workers. All paths were statistically significant for the model of regular employment (a). In contrast, the paths from “Social environment” “to “Willingness to work” and “Work environment” to “Willingness to work” were not statistically significant for the model of part-time workers (b). Statistically different paths between regular employees and part-time workers based on the multiple-group analysis.

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