Job satisfaction among health care workers: the role of gender and age

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

César Carrillo-garcía¹  María Del Carmen Solano-ruíz¹  María Emilia Martínez-roche¹  Carmen Isabel Gómez-garcía¹ 

关键词: Job Satisfaction;    Age and Sex Distribution;    Occupational Groups;    Hospitals University;    Satisfação no Emprego;    Distribuição por Idade e Sexo;    Categorias de Trabalhadores;    Hospitais Universitários;    Satisfacción en el Trabajo;    Distribución por Edad y Sexo;    Grupos Profesionales;    Hospitales Universitarios;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.3224.2369

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the influence of gender and age on the quality of the professional lives of health care professionals at a university hospital. METHOD: a total of 546 professionals completed a general questionnaire that measured sociodemographic variables and evaluated job satisfaction using a scale adopted from the NTP 394 Job Satisfaction scale and translated into Spanish. RESULTS: overall, 77.2% of the professionals surveyed were satisfied with the work they perform. With regards to gender, we found overwhelming evidence of the feminization of practically all health care professions included in the study, with higher levels of job satisfaction among women than men. Regarding age, 20-30-year-olds and professionals over 61 years old showed higher satisfaction levels than did middle-aged professionals. Higher levels of dissatisfaction were reported by professionals between 41 and 50 years old. CONCLUSIONS: we were able to detect the influence of gender and age on the level of job satisfaction, finding significant associations between job satisfaction and both of these variables. Generally, women expressed more satisfaction than men, and elderly professionals showed higher satisfaction compared to younger professionals. Management policies should focus on taking action to correct the conditions that produce dissatisfaction among certain groups of employees.

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