JOB SATISFACTION COMPONENTS IN HOSPITAL STAFF REGISTERED NURSES.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Education, Administration.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This descriptive research explored six components of job satisfaction as perceived by registered nurses employed in general hospitals in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The six job components of Pay, Autonomy, Task Requirements, Organization Policies, Interaction, and Professional Status were ranked in order of importance to Registered Nurses and in terms of satisfaction with these components in the present job. The Stamps-Piedmonte Index of Work Satisfaction Questionnaire was distributed to 1,260 nurses working in 15 different general hospitals. Five hundred sixty-seven responses (45% return) were analyzed in the study.

Results indicated that rankings of importance and satisfaction differed for the variables explored. The study also explored satisfaction of the job components with demographic variables. Older nurses tended to be more satisfied than younger nurses. There were significant differences between age groups, but specific age differences were not significant. Nurses with more years of nursing experience were significantly more satisfied on the present job than were nurses with less nursing experience.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 0815.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1990.

School code: 0178.