Young-Hee Yom; Sung-Bok Kwon; Yoon-Young Lee; Eun-Kyung Kwon; Jong-Wook Ko

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The Determinants of Job Satisfaction of Nurses: Focused on Work Rewards: Young-Hee Yom, Sung-Bok Kwon, Yoon-Young Lee, Eun-Kyung Kwon, Jong-Wook Ko; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2009;39(3):329-337.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.3.329
Published online: June 29, 2009

¹Professor, Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

²Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Dong-Shin University, Naju, Korea.

³Clinical Nurse Specialist, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

⁴Head Nurse, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea.

⁵Associate Professor, Department of Urban Administration, Anyang University, Anyang, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Yom, Young-Hee. Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea. Tel: 82-2-820-5700, Fax: 82-2-824-7961, yhyom@cau.ac.kr

• Received: December 8, 2008 • Accepted: April 16, 2009

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of job satisfaction of hospital nurses. The focus was on work rewards. A causal model of job satisfaction of hospital nurses was constructed based on situational perspectives.
Methods
The sample for this study consisted of 505 nurses from 2 general hospitals located in Seoul and Kyeonggi Province, Korea. Data were collected with self-administrated questionnaires and analyzed by hierarchical multiple regression.
Results
All variables except workload were positively correlated with job satisfaction. It was found that three task reward variables (workload, meaning, and participation), two organizational reward variables (security and promotional chances) and one social reward variable (family support) had significant influence on nurses' job satisfaction. The explained variance for job satisfaction was 41.4%. The data further indicate that task rewards were the most significant determinants of nurse job satisfaction.
Conclusion
Theses findings provide strong empirical evidence for importance of task, organizational and social reward variables in explaining job satisfaction of nurses. The model used for this study will be useful for predicting nurse job satisfaction.
Keywords: Job satisfaction; Work; Reward

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Figure 1

A model of job satisfaction with work reward.

Table 1

General Characteristics (N=505)

Table 2

Correlations among Variables

1=job satisfaction; 2=workload; 3=meaning; 4=autonomy; 5=participation; 6=security; 7=promotional opportunity; 8=salary; 9=peer support; 10=family support; 11=education; 12=position.

Table 3

Results of Hierarchical Regression

^*Dummy variables: education (1=higher than junior college graduate; 0=junior college graduate), position (1=head nurse or higher position; 0=lower than head nurse).

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The Determinants of Job Satisfaction of Nurses: Focused on Work Rewards

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2009;39(3):329-337. Published online June 29, 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.3.329

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Figure 1 A model of job satisfaction with work reward.

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Table 1

General Characteristics (N=505)

Table 2

Correlations among Variables

1=job satisfaction; 2=workload; 3=meaning; 4=autonomy; 5=participation; 6=security; 7=promotional opportunity; 8=salary; 9=peer support; 10=family support; 11=education; 12=position.

Table 3

Results of Hierarchical Regression

^*Dummy variables: education (1=higher than junior college graduate; 0=junior college graduate), position (1=head nurse or higher position; 0=lower than head nurse).

Table 1 General Characteristics (N=505)

Table 2 Correlations among Variables

1=job satisfaction; 2=workload; 3=meaning; 4=autonomy; 5=participation; 6=security; 7=promotional opportunity; 8=salary; 9=peer support; 10=family support; 11=education; 12=position.

Table 3 Results of Hierarchical Regression

^*Dummy variables: education (1=higher than junior college graduate; 0=junior college graduate), position (1=head nurse or higher position; 0=lower than head nurse).