What aspects of the job have most effect on nurses?

The study reported here compared the influences of psychological constructs (job demands and scheduling control) and objective work characteristics (shiftwork, night‐work and hospital department type) on job satisfaction, organisational commitment, burnout and withdrawal intentions. Our hypothesis w...

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Published in:Human resource management journal 2003-01, Vol.13 (1), p.46-62
Main Authors: Sagie, Abraham, Krausz, Moshe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Departments
Employee attitude
Employees
Hospitals
Hypotheses
Influence
Intensive care
Job satisfaction
Nurses
Physiology
Psychological aspects
Schedules
Stress
Studies
Variables
Work environment
Working hours
Workloads
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Summary:The study reported here compared the influences of psychological constructs (job demands and scheduling control) and objective work characteristics (shiftwork, night‐work and hospital department type) on job satisfaction, organisational commitment, burnout and withdrawal intentions. Our hypothesis was that psychological constructs have a higher influence on work‐related attitudes than objective characteristics of work schedules. In addition to the main effects, we proposed an interactive hypothesis: poor attitudes would result from high demands and low control rather than from other combinations of both psychological variables. Using a sample of 153 hospital nurses in Israel, the hypotheses were generally supported. As night‐work, shiftwork and working in intensive care units are unavoidable characteristics of the modern medical environment, these findings are meaningful for improving the personal adjustment of hospital nurses.
ISSN:0954-5395
1748-8583
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00083.x