A lot of attention has been focused on workers' perceptions of workplace safety but relatively little or no research has been done on the impact of job satisfaction on safety climate. This study investigated this relationship. It also examined the relationships between job satisfaction and workers' compliance with safety management policies and accident frequency. A positive association was fou...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to measure the level of job satisfaction and the work factors associated with it among practicing dentists in Suez Canal governorates hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred forty nine dentists were contacted, and 277 agreed to participate (response rate 61.7%). They were surveyed through a self-administered questionnaire based on items from the Dent...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of job satisfaction among the staff at an Estonian hospital and to describe factors related to their job satisfaction. DESIGN Questionnaire survey. SETTING Pärnu County Hospital in Estonia. STUDY PARTICIPANTS All staff members of the Pärnu County Hospital (n = 673), except 56 staff members who were away from work during the study. RESULTS Respondents (n =...

The present study examines work attitudes in the public health sector using the relative impact of mentoring and organisational constraints on job satisfaction and organisational commitment. Data was collected from 161 employees in a large government-owned hospital in south western Nigeria. Results of the hierarchical regression analysis (which controlled for the effects of relevant covariates)...

Job satisfaction is positive and pleasant attitude of an employee for his job. Job satisfaction is the feelings of effective responses of individual towards his job. Definition of Job satisfaction is different for different teachers. Teacher possesses powerful influence in the formation of student’s character for future citizen. If teachers are not satisfied then it may lead to absenteeism. The...

This paper is the first to estimate job satisfaction equations in post-Apartheid South Africa. Earnings and relative earnings are both found to contribute to greater job satisfaction. Racial group is also an important predictor of job satisfaction but when interacted with a proxy for affirmative action legislation it is found that black job satisfaction is positively correlated with this legisl...

BACKGROUND Few studies about gender differences in job quality and job satisfaction among medical professionals have been carried out in China. So the objectives of this study were to examine whether and to what extent gender differences existed in job quality and job satisfaction of doctors in rural western China. METHODS From 2009 to 2011, a total of 1472 doctors from 103 selected county-le...

conclusions the current study revealed that the iranian nurses are exposed to a considerable risk of personal accomplishment. also, job burnout is in association with shift working and low job satisfaction level. in this regard, working pressure, type of job and income may affect job burnout. ergonomic interventional programs are recommended to improve the working conditions. methods this cross...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction of physicians is an important issue for performance of a health care system. The aim of the study was to evaluate the job satisfaction of primary care physicians in Switzerland and to explore associations between overall job satisfaction, individual characteristics and satisfaction with aspects of work within the practice separated by gender. METHODS This cross-sec...

AIMS The aims of this study were: (1) To examine whether working in a self-directed team is related to home-care nursing staff's job satisfaction; (2) To assess the mediating effect of self-perceived autonomy over patient care; (3) To investigate the moderating effect of educational level on the association between autonomy over patient care and job satisfaction. BACKGROUND Self-directed team...