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- Title
Comparison of Job Satisfaction among Eight Health Care Professions in Private (Non-Government) Settings.
- Authors
Chen, Ai-Hong; Nafisah Jaafar, Saidah; Rahim Md Noor, Abdul
- Abstract
Background: A comparison of the job satisfaction of health care professionals has not been well studied in Malaysia. This study aimed to compare the job satisfaction level among 8 groups of health care professionals in private settings, using the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS). Methods: A total of 81 health care professionals, including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, medical laboratory technologists, dieticians, medical imaging practitioners, environmental health officers, and optometrists in private (non-government) settings in the Klang Valley, were interviewed using the Job Satisfaction Survey scale invented by Dr Paul E Spector. Their job satisfaction scores were calculated and determined. Results: In the demographic data, the majority of the subjects were 20-30 years old (81.5%), were female (72.8%), had a basic degree (98.8%), were single (64.2%), and had 1-5 years of working experience (83.9%). A Kruskal-Wallis analysis showed significant differences (P < 0.05) in promotion, supervision, operating conditions, co-workers, nature of the work, and communication, but there were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in pay, fringe benefits, and contingent rewards in JSS score among the 8 health care professions. The Friedman Test showed a significant difference of overall JSS scores (X2 = 526.418, P < 0.001) among the 8 health care professions. Conclusion: The overall job satisfaction levels are different among health care professionals in private settings, especially regarding promotion, supervision, operating conditions, co-workers, the nature of the work, and communication.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; AUTONOMY (Psychology); CHI-squared test; INTERVIEWING; JOB satisfaction; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL personnel; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; STATISTICS; WORK environment; EMPLOYEES' workload; PRIVATE sector; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 2, p19
- ISSN
1394-195X
- Publication type
Article