Izvorni znanstveni članak
Job satisfaction of nurses and identifying factors of job satisfaction in Slovenian Hospitals
Mateja Lorber
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maribor, Slovenia
Brigita Skela Savič
; Dean of College of Nursing Jesenice, Faculty of Management Koper, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
Sažetak
Aim To determine the level of job satisfaction of nursing
professionals in Slovenian hospitals and factors influencing
job satisfaction in nursing.
Methods The study included 4 hospitals selected from
the hospital list comprising 26 hospitals in Slovenia. The
employees of these hospitals represent 29.8% and 509
employees included in the study represent 6% of all employees
in nursing in Slovenian hospitals. One structured
survey questionnaire was administered to the leaders and
the other to employees, both consisting 154 items evaluated
on a 5 point Likert-type scale. We examined the correlation
between independent variables (age, number of years
of employment, behavior of leaders, personal characteristics
of leaders, and managerial competencies of leaders)
and the dependent variable (job satisfaction – satisfaction
with the work, coworkers, management, pay, etc) by applying
correlation analysis and multivariate regression analysis.
In addition, factor analysis was used to establish characteristic
components of the variables measured.
Results We found a medium level of job satisfaction in
both leaders (3.49 ± 0.5) and employees (3.19 ± 0.6), however,
there was a significant difference between their estimates
(t = 3.237; P = <0.001). Job satisfaction was explained
by age (P < 0.05; β = 0.091), years of employment (P < 0.05;
β = 0.193), personal characteristics of leaders (P < 0.001;
β = 0.158), and managerial competencies of leaders
(P < 0.000; β = 0.634) in 46% of cases. The factor analysis
yielded four factors explaining 64% of the total job satisfaction
variance.
Conclusion Satisfied employees play a crucial role in an
organization’s success, so health care organizations must
be aware of the importance of employees’ job satisfaction.
It is recommended to monitor employees’ job satisfaction
levels on an annual basis.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
84162
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2012.
Posjeta: 13.256 *