FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION FOR NURSING IN GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITALS IN THE WEST BANK - PALESTINE - A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
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2024-01-16
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Ayman Taqtoq
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Background: Recent years have seen a significant increase in the importance of job satisfaction for healthcare organizations, particularly in the nursing profession and its bearing on patient care. This study aim is to evaluate the factors affecting job satisfaction of nursing in West Bank hospitals – Palestine.
Methodology: A cross-sectional research design was used in the current study on 300 participants nurses working at hospitals were recruited conveniently; data were collected by using the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. while a stratified random sampling method was used to choose the location for the study.
Results: The results indicated that the level of job satisfaction for nursing was high, with an average of (72.2%). While the highest response was in the field of relations with colleagues and management, with an average of (74%). It also indicated that the lowest response was in the field of work environment, (62.2%). The results also showed that the main factor and area affecting job satisfaction is supporting the organization (R²= 0.799, at ((p ≤ 0.05)). It also showed the degree of overall job satisfaction and areas ,the activities supporting the organization and the work environment showed statistically significant differences at (p ≤ 0.05) due to socio-demographic
Conclusions: The success of an organization is greatly dependent on its workforce; hence health care organizations need to understand how important employee job satisfaction. It is advisable to monitor employees' job satisfaction levels annually
Keywords: Job satisfaction; Factors affecting job satisfaction; Nursing staff, Hospitals; Palestine.