FACTORS THAT RELATE TO JOB SATISFACTION AMONG NURSE AIDES IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES (NURSING HOMES).
Contributors: Colorado State University.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Education, Vocational.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: A quantative-descriptive study was conducted to determine the relationship between selected work related factors and their impact on job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, and the high turnover rates of nurse assistants in long-term care facilities in the Denver metro-plex. Herzberg's Motivation/Hygiene Theory was used as the theoretical model.

The hypotheses were: Ho$\sb1$--The motivating factors, identified by Herzberg, are not associated with nurse aide job satisfaction in nursing homes in the Denver metroplex; Ho$\sb2$--The hygiene factors, identified by Hezberg, are not associated with nurse aide job dissatisfaction in nursing homes in the Denver metroplex; Ho$\sb3$--There is no association between job satisfaction and turnover rates of nurse aides in long-term care facilities; Ho$\sb4$--There is no association between job dissatisfaction and turnover rates of nurse aides in long-term care facilities; and Ho$\sb5$--There are no common demographics apparent among nurse aides relevant to their employment history.

The sample consisted of 148 nurse aides employed in 10 randomly selected nursing homes in Denver, Colorado. Job satisfaction/dissatisfaction instruments incorporating the motivation/hygiene factors were selected and adapted. The survey packet, including a demographic sheet, was validated by a panel of exerts and a pilot study was conducted. The researcher-administered survey had a 97.3 percent return and data were analyzed by frequency counts, chi-square distributions, and multiple regression analysis.

Findings indicated that demographic data such as age, sex, marital status, educational level, and method of training were more significantly related to factors on the job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction scales than were data regarding length of employment and the number of nursing homes worked in as a nurse aide. Motivating factors; recognition, the work itself, responsibility, and the possibility of growth served as sources of job satisfaction and the hygiene factors; salary, technical supervision, company policies, interpersonal relationships with peers, security, status, and personal life contributed to job dissatisfaction.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-01, Section: A, page: 0143.

Thesis (PH.D.)--COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1990.

School code: 0053.