Factors Predicting Job Satisfaction Among Nurses in General Hospitals, Health Region 11
Keywords:
Job demand, Job control, Perceived organizational support, Job satisfaction, General hospitalsAbstract
Job satisfaction is important to the performance of nurses. This research aimed to study job satisfaction and the predicting factors of job satisfaction among nurses at general hospitals in health region 11. The participants included 176 nurses selected by using a multi-stage sampling method. Research instruments include the Index of Work Satisfaction, the Job Demand Scale, the Job Control Scale, and the Perceived Organizational Support Questionnaire. The instruments’ reliabilities, calculated by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, were .92, .91, .80, and .92 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis.
Results revealed that nurses’ job satisfaction was at a high level (M = 184.55, SD = 21.24). Job demand (β = -.255, p = 0.01) and perceived organizational support (β = .574, p = 0.0) could predict job satisfaction at 57.90%.
Therefore, nursing administrators should enhance nurses' job satisfaction by providing organizational support and reducing demands on nurses' jobs.
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