Open AccessGood nurse–nurse collaboration implies high job satisfaction: A structural equation modelling approach
Author(s) -
Ylitörmänen Tuija,
Turunen Hannele,
Mikkonen Santtu,
Kvist Tarja
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.279
Subject(s) - structural equation modeling , job satisfaction , nursing , psychology , medicine , social psychology , mathematics , statistics
Aims To explore the relationship between nurse – nurse collaboration and job satisfaction among hospital nurses and to test and refine a model explaining this relationship. Design A secondary analysis of a cross ‐ sectional survey. Methods Registered nurses ( N = 406, female 88%) in one university hospital in Finland and one in Norway completed a self ‐ administered questionnaire in 2015. Structural equation modelling analysis was used to analyse the relationships between collaboration and job satisfaction subscales. Results The constructed SEM model fit the data well (RMSEA = 0.05, CFI = 0.985, χ 2 p ‐value > 0.1). The model strongly supported the hypothesized covariance between nurse – nurse collaboration and job satisfaction, while significant and positive relationships were observed between most of the subscales. The results suggest that there is a strong association between nurse – nurse collaboration and job satisfaction such that nurses are more satisfied when there is good collaboration and vice versa.