INFLUENCES ON JOB SATISFACTION AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG NURSE ASSISTANTS EMPLOYED AT NURSING HOMES.
Contributors: University of Akron.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Health Care Management.
Description: The major concern in this study were the factors affecting nurse assistants' self-esteem and job satisfaction. Based on role theory and symbolic interactionism two factors were examined: perceived community appraisals of their work and role stress in their work environment. The historical literature attested to the existence of negative attitudes toward the care of the elderly and problematic role situations of nurse assistants employed at nursing homes.

One-hundred and thirty-eight nurse assistants from 45 nursing homes in northeastern Ohio were surveyed with questionnaires. Major findings include: (1) nurse assistants' self-esteem is not related significantly to work related factors (community appraisal of work/role stress); (2) perceived role stress in the work environment is the strongest predictor of nurse assistants' job satisfaction; (3) perceived community appraisal of work is an important indicator of nurse assistants' levels of job satisfaction, but there is no statistically significant direct relationship between them.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-10, Section: A, page: 3375.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, 1989.

School code: 0003.