Job satisfaction and dissatisfaction of primary health care professionals

[Work context, job satisfaction and suffering in primary health care].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the work context, job satisfaction and suffering from the perspective of workers in primary health care. METHOD This cross-sectional study was conducted with 242 employees of a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from May to July 2012. The adopted instruments were the Work Context Assessment Scale (EACT) and the Job Satisfaction and Suffering Indicators Scale (EIP...

Job Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction of Professional Nurses in Primary Health Care Facilities in the Free State Province of South Africa

Nurses in South Africa form the backbone of primary health care (PHC) service delivery. Therefore, it is essential that they experience job satisfaction as effort and commitment of staff play a crucial role in determining the quality of services. However, South African public health services are faced with severe shortages of nurses due to work overload, poor working conditions, uncompetitive r...

Predictors of Job Satisfaction of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

Health care reform and job satisfaction of primary health care physicians in Lithuania

BACKGROUND The aim of this research paper is to study job satisfaction of physicians and general practitioners at primary health care institutions during the health care reform in Lithuania. METHODS Self-administrated anonymous questionnaires were distributed to all physicians and general practitioners (N = 243, response rate - 78.6%), working at Kaunas primary health care level establishment...

Need Pattern, Job Satisfaction and Mental Health among IT Professionals

The present study designed to assess the need pattern, mental health and job satisfaction among male and female IT professionals. It also aimed to find out the relationship between need pattern, job satisfaction and mental health. The sample includes 60 subjects working in different IT companies like WIPRO, HCL, IBM, etc. and were divided equally on the basis of their genders i.e. male (N=30) a...