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  • Motazedian, Nikafsar (1999): Variables that affect job satisfaction in home health nurses. In: Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering 59 (8-B)

    Abstract: The purpose of this study was to measure the variables related to job satisfaction and home healthcare nurses. Specifically, this study was designed to determine how satisfied the home healthcare nurse is at the current agency for which he or she is employed. This study attempted to determine which variables produce job satisfaction and which produce job dissatisfaction. The following research hypotheses were tested in this study. The first hypothesis is that seven factors comprise job satisfaction and these factors emerge in factor analysis: safety, autonomy, interaction, compensation, task requirements, professional status, organizational policies. The second hypothesis is that items measuring job satisfaction factors display acceptable internal consistency. The third hypothesis is social demographic variables relate to job satisfaction of home health services. The sample consisted of 150 home health nurses in the greater Houston and surrounding areas. The sample was a convenience sample from registered nurses (RN) and licensed vocational nurses (LVN) currently working at home health agencies. A 46-item Job Attitude Scale (JAS) was proposed in seven hypothesized factors. The seven factors were compensation, safety, autonomy, task requirement, organizational policies, professional status, and interaction. The construct validity of the original seven factor JAS was tested through factor analysis with principal component extraction. After factor analysis testing, the seven factor JAS was reduced to a proposed 3 factor scale which included: Job Compensation (10 items), Work Decorum (10 items), and Ancillary Function (10 items). Therefore, the first hypothesis was rejected. Alpha reliability coefficient was calculated for each of the retained factors. The analysis yielded a correlation coefficient of.86,.85 and.84 for the factors 'Job Compensation', 'Work Decorum', and 'Ancillary Function', respectively. The current scale reveals internal consistency and this is a solid and reliable scale. Therefore, the second hypothesis was accepted. The third hypothesis was tested by using the following measurement techniques: correlation coefficients, multiple regression, and ANOVA. No significant mean factor score differences were found between age and educational background. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

    Keywords: Arbeits - und Organisationspsychologie, autonomy, compensation & safety & autonomy & task requirement & organizational policies & professional status & interaction & social demographic variables, Compensation (Defense Mechanism), decorum, Demographic Characteristics, Gesundheit, home health nurses, Interpersonal Interaction, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Status, Policy Making, safety
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