Occupational and nonoccupational factors in job satisfaction and psychological distress among nurses

Abstract

To facilitate nurses' job satisfaction and reduce their psychological distress, it is useful for a nursing manager to know whether factors within the workplace provide greater prediction of these affective states than variables outside the domain of work, and whether there are common predictors of satisfaction and distress. The relative importance of occupational and nonoccupational variables in the prediction of job satisfaction and psychological distress was investigated in a survey of hospital nurses (N = 376). Perceived relations with the head nurse, coworkers, physicians, and other units/departments, along with unit tenure and job/nonjob conflict, were predictors of job satisfaction. Personal disposition (anxiety-trait), social integration, unit tenure, professional experience, position level, and job/nonjob conflict, along with the relations with the head nurse and physicians, were predictors of psychological distress. The relations with the head nurse and physicians, as well as unit tenure and job/nonjob conflict, were predictors of both satisfaction and distress. The prediction by unit tenure is noteworthy. Unit tenure had a negative relationship to satisfaction and a positive one to distress, whereas total experience had a negative relationship to psychological distress and none with job satisfaction. The role of unit tenure in nurses' affective experiences warrants more attention in future research, along with the role of job/nonjob conflict and other variables predictive of nurses' satisfaction and distress.

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“…These results are somewhat similar to previous studies in the literature (e.g. Decker and Duncan et al…”

Moral Distress among Healthcare Managers: Conditions, Consequences and Potential Responses

“…In this sense, our data confirm what has previously been reported in the clinical literature (Rodney and starzomski 1993;Gaudine and Thorne 2000;Gaudine and Beaton 2002;decker 1997;Corley et al 2001;millette 1994;). We must note, of course, that any links between moral distress and what was described as ill health or burnout are not causally proven here; we are reporting the managers' perceptions that there is such a relationship in their own cases.…”

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“…In this study, good interaction of nurses with other staff members was less likely to be psychologically distressed as compared with their counterparts. This finding is in line with the study conducted in Virginia, USA ( 31 ). This is due to the fact that nurses with good interaction among staff and family members have a chance to discuss and seek solutions for the issues which interfere with their stability and motivation for work.…”

Psychological and organizational impact of bullying over and above negative affectivity: A survey of two nursing contexts

“…These results are somewhat similar to previous studies in the literature (e.g. Decker and Duncan et al…”

Moral Distress among Healthcare Managers: Conditions, Consequences and Potential Responses

“…In this sense, our data confirm what has previously been reported in the clinical literature (Rodney and starzomski 1993;Gaudine and Thorne 2000;Gaudine and Beaton 2002;decker 1997;Corley et al 2001;millette 1994;). We must note, of course, that any links between moral distress and what was described as ill health or burnout are not causally proven here; we are reporting the managers' perceptions that there is such a relationship in their own cases.…”

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“…In this study, good interaction of nurses with other staff members was less likely to be psychologically distressed as compared with their counterparts. This finding is in line with the study conducted in Virginia, USA ( 31 ). This is due to the fact that nurses with good interaction among staff and family members have a chance to discuss and seek solutions for the issues which interfere with their stability and motivation for work.…”