Nurse’s job satisfaction and organization’s innovation propensity: organizational climate in Italy

Abstract

The concept of job satisfaction positively correlates with many areas investigated by the organizational climate. We focused on nurses’ perception towards job satisfaction, as it is relevant regarding nursing care delivery’s quality, which is directly linked to patients’ safety. Additionally, we provide a measure of the relative importance that each investigated factor has on nurses’ job satisfaction and their willingness to recommend the organization they work in to other professionals. A validated census survey was administered in eight different Italian Regions. A total of 35.156 observations were the object of different analysis preformed using STATA. The questions/statements were Likert scaled from 1 to 5 and were compared to the exposure one “I am satisfied with my work in my structure/unit”. The research population has an average age of 47 years (females 80.36% ,men are 19.64%) and men are more satisfied than women with their work. There are various factors that impact the area of “job satisfaction” with different importance (all statistically significant): feeling of encouragement to react after the experience of a failure (OR 2.23), empowerment over quality job results (OR 1.68), sustainable work pace (OR 1.47), firm’s propensity towards innovation (OR 1.36), and experience discomfort while working (OR 1.05). Other factors impacted the area “I would recommend to a colleague to work in my firm” with different importance (all statistically significant). These factors include: firm’s propensity towards innovation (OR 2.84), feeling of encouragement to react after the experience of a failure (OR 1.43), sustainable work pace (OR 1.32), empowerment over quality job results (OR 1.31), experience discomfort while working (OR 1.02). The two most important levers, innovation and inclusion can be beneficial to improve workforce experience and care delivery. Managerial implications: data can show which levers to use in order to achieve the most desired goals. Key messages nurses’ perception towards job satisfaction is relevant regarding nursing care delivery’s quality, which is directly linked to patients’ safety. Innovation and inclusion can be beneficial to improve workforce experience and care delivery.

School Climate Contribution as an Intermediary Variable to Teacher’s Work Through Work Motivation and Satisfaction

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