The impact of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the job satisfaction of dentists

Abstract

With respect to the Two-Factor Theory of job satisfaction both components, intrinsic and extrinsic, are essential for dentists but the presence of intrinsic motivating factors like the opportunity to use abilities has most positive impact on job satisfaction. The findings of this study will be helpful for further activities to improve the working conditions of dentists and to ensure quality of care.

The views of part-time clinical teachers regarding their role in undergraduate education at the University of Bristol Dental School

“…It would be expected that those longer serving staff members have remained because they enjoy the experience of working within the school. Similar differences in reported job satisfaction are also seen in studies looking at dentists' job satisfaction in a wider context 11,12 .…”

“…10 Reported satisfaction amongst respondents may be affected by a number of factors, and it could be expected that the experience of working in different dental schools would affect the reported satisfaction rates 11 . It may be difficult to draw more widespread conclusions from this apparent difference on the basis of two studies alone.…”

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Warr, Cook, and Wall's (1979) Job Satisfaction Scale

“…As noted in the literature review however, examination of the factorability of the JSS (when conducted at all) was incidental to the goals of the researchers using the measure. Given the greater emphasis on the assumed two-factor structure underlying the JSS in most of the literature involving the measure, even in contemporary use of the measure (e.g., Goetz et al, 2012), this finding is concerning. However, our results indicate that the factors (whether conceptualised as two or three) are highly correlated and may be best represented by a higher order model, suggesting that in pragmatic terms the use of the measure as one, two or three scores in previous research and practice is unlikely to have resulted in widely varying findings.…”

“…Cooper, Rout, and Faragher's (1989) choice to include 10 of the 16 JSS items when examining medical practitioners has been repeated by later investigations of the same field (e.g., Boran, Shawaheen, Khader, Amarin, & Hill Rice, 2012;Falkum & Vaglum, 2005;Goetz et al, 2012). Cooper et al did not test the factor structure of the 10 item variant formally, however Hills, Joyce, and Humphries (2012) noted a single-factor solution via exploratory techniques to be best fitting to the data.…”

“…The two factor solution, splitting the scale into the aforementioned intrinsic and extrinsic components, appears to be the most commonly used variant in the current literature (e.g., Cooper, Rout, & Faragher, 1989;Falkum & Vaglum, 2005;Goetz et al, 2012;Sevastos, Smith, & Cordery, 1992). The two subscales also demonstrated sufficient reliability; intrinsic JS a = .79 to .85, and extrinsic JS a = .74 to .78; in Warr et al's original article.…”