Kepuasan Kerja Karyawan di Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten X Provinsi Jawa Timur Saat Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

In 2020, the world will experience a global pandemic due to the Covid-19 disease. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia has become one of the highest numbers of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases at the regional level. One of the provinces in Indonesia with the highest distribution of Covid-19 cases is East Java. The Health Department is one of the stakeholders handling Covid-19. The heavy handling of covid-19 puts a separate burden on Health Service employees, especially in terms of psychology, namely employee job satisfaction. This study aimed to determine employee job satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic Health Department District X East Java, and analyze the relationship between age, gender, employment status, and tenure on employee job satisfaction. The research design used in this study was cross-sectional with the Spearman analysis test. The research sample consisted of 33 employees who worked at the Health Department District X, East Java. The time of the research was conducted from April to May 2020, right when the Covid-19 pandemic occurred. The results showed that most of the District Health Department X East Java employees experienced job satisfaction, which was classified as ambivalent. The analysis showed that there was a significant correlation between age (p-value=0,018), working period (p-value=0,019), and job status (p-value=0,013) on job satisfaction, while gender (p-value=0,717) was not significantly correlated with job satisfaction.