THE RELATIONSHIP OF NURSE JOB SATISFACTION TO PERCEPTIONS OF AUTONOMY IN DIFFERENT WORK SETTINGS.
Contributors: Oklahoma State University.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Scope and Method of Study. The purpose of this study was to examine dimensions of job satisfaction, autonomy, and demographic variables of staff nurses working in hospital and non-hospital settings (community health, schools, and home health) and to identify predictors of nurse job satisfaction.

The sample consisted of 204 registered nurses working in staff positions in three Kansas cities during Fall, 1986. Three instruments were used: (a) the Staff Satisfaction Scale, (b) the Index of Job Satisfaction, and (c) a demographic questionnaire. Participants were randomly selected from a computer list obtained from the Kansas State Board of Nursing.

Findings and Conclusions. Non-hospital nurses reported significantly higher levels of overall job satisfaction and of two job satisfaction components: organizational requirements and task requirements. A strong trend toward greater satisfaction with autonomy was reported by non-hospital nurses but the difference between the two groups was not significant (p =.057). Findings from the full sample showed prestige to be the strongest predictor (24%) of nurse job satisfaction.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-11, Section: B, page: 3251.

Thesis (ED.D.)--OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1987.

School code: 0664.