The purpose of this study was to investigate the working conditions and factors related to job satisfaction among Jordanian occupational therapists. A self-administered survey consisting of several questions about the participants' jobs was developed for this study. The inclusion criteria included occupational therapists who worked in the field of occupational therapy (OT) in Jordan and who had...

We explored the relative effects of adverse working conditions, job satisfaction, wages, worker characteristics, and local labor markets in explaining voluntary job separations (quits) among employed workers with psychiatric disabilities. Data come from the Employment Intervention Demonstration Program in which 2,086 jobs were ended by 892 workers during a 24 mo observation period. Stepped mult...

For schools to be desirable places in which to work, it is necessary for principals to recognise their teachers’ emotions, and be sensitive to their needs. This necessitates that principals are capable to correctly identify their emotionally intelligent behaviours (EIBs) they need to use in order to be successful leaders. They also need to have knowledge of their emotional intelligence and be a...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of nurse staffing and organizational support for nursing care on nurses' dissatisfaction with their jobs, nurse burnout, and nurse reports of quality of patient care in an international sample of hospitals. DESIGN Multisite cross-sectional survey SETTING Adult acute-care hospitals in the U.S. (Pennsylvania), Canada (Ontario and British Columbia), England and...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction is important for nursing home staff and nursing home management, as it is associated with absenteeism, turnover, and quality of care. However, we know little about factors associated with job satisfaction and dissatisfaction for nursing home workers. METHODS In this investigation, we use data from 251 caregivers (i.e., Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, ...

The Vocational Interest-Career Examination (VOICE) is an Air Force instrument designed to assess vocational interests among Air Force enlistees. Its development and validation are described by Alley and Matthews (1982). In * ^"^) addition, job satisfaction can be predicted by the VOICE (Alley, Wilbourn, & Si Berberich, 1976). Job satisfaction has been found to be related to fatigue, (^ dissatis...

BACKGROUND At the height of the global demand for nurses in the 1990s, a phenomenon of grave concern arose. A significant number of medical doctors in the Philippines shifted careers in order to seek work as nurses overseas. The obvious implications of such a trend require inquiry as to the reasons for it; hence, this cross-sectional study. The data in the study compared factors such as persona...

Background: Job satisfaction is important for nursing home staff and nursing home management, as it is associated with absenteeism, turnover, and quality of care. However, we know little about factors associated with job satisfaction and dissatisfaction for nursing home workers. Methods: In this investigation, we use data from 251 caregivers to examine: what job satisfaction domains are importa...

T he nursing profession is being faced with the dilemma of increasing retention and decreasing turnover of nursing staff in the face of economic limitations. Given the current state of the economy, turnover has decreased significantly as retir-ees continue to work and part-time employees work full-time to support their families. As a profession, nursing needs to be forward thinking ; as the eco...

Job satisfaction has become a critical issue for healthcare organisations in recent years, particularly in nursing, because of potential labour shortages, their effect on patient care, and the associated costs. Work satisfaction is a major factor in nurse retention and the delivery of high quality care, but rapid changes in healthcare services have placed more demands on nurses and this has inc...