Factors influencing job satisfaction among nurses in Jordanian public hospitals

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to determine the level of job satisfaction among nurses in Jordanian public hospitals. To explain the relationship between personal characteristics, teamwork, and occupational stress, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and nursing job satisfaction. Lastly, to assess the predicting strength between job satisfaction and the independent variables; Due to the dearth of research in the domain. Descriptive correlation study was designed for this study. 423 nurses were randomly selected from nine hospitals of three different regions in Jordan. Modified and validated questionnaire was used to measure the variables. The result from the overall mean of Ranked Satisfaction score showed that the respondents are dissatisfied with a mean (2.0473), (SD 0.84), 41 percent. Pearson correlation revealed the relationship between the dependent variable and the four independent variables where there is no significant correlation between job satisfaction and personal characteristics. A multiple regression analysis indicated that teamwork has the strongest relation to job satisfaction (β = .285, t =4.678, p< .05), followed by extrinsic motivation, occupational stress, intrinsic motivation respectively. The presented study attempted to fill a void by examining such relationships due to the reason that previous researchers have largely ignored the role nurses play in public hospitals. Lastly, our study forwards robust recommendations and suggestions for future researchers.