Predictors of Job Satisfaction among Physiotherapists in Turkey

Predictors of Job Satisfaction among Physiotherapists in Turkey: Levent EKER, et a!. Mother and Child Health Care and Family Planning General Directorate, Ministry of Health, Turkey-The aim of this study was to investigate the level of job satisfaction among physiotherapists, and to identify the bes...

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Published in:Journal of Occupational Health 2004-11, Vol.46 (6), p.500-505
Main Authors: Levent EKER, Emine Handan TUZUN, Arzu DASKAPAN, Ozgur SURENKOK
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Female
Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational health
Physical Therapy Specialty - statistics & numerical data
Physiotherapist
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
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Summary:Predictors of Job Satisfaction among Physiotherapists in Turkey: Levent EKER, et a!. Mother and Child Health Care and Family Planning General Directorate, Ministry of Health, Turkey-The aim of this study was to investigate the level of job satisfaction among physiotherapists, and to identify the best predictors of job satisfaction. A self-administrated questionnaire survey was conducted in September 2003. Data were collected from 198 physiotherapists in 13 health care settings (five university hospitals, seven government hospitals, and one municipality hospital) located in Ankara, Turkey. Respondents were asked to complete a 31-item job satisfaction questionnaire. The response rate was 79.8%. The percentage of satisfied physiotherapists was 45.5%. There were no significant satisfaction differences between genders or between age groups. There was a positive relationship between the global satisfaction and domain scores (all ps
ISSN:1341-9145
1348-9585
1348-9585
DOI:10.1539/joh.46.500