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A meta‐analysis of studies of nurses' job satisfaction
Author(s) -
Zangaro George A.,
Soeken Karen L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20202
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , autonomy , meta analysis , nursing , job attitude , psychology , job design , job stress , job performance , personnel psychology , medicine , social psychology , political science , law
Although several variables have been correlated with nursing job satisfaction, the findings are not uniform across studies. Three commonly noted variables from the nursing literature are: autonomy, job stress, and nurse–physician collaboration. This meta‐analysis examined the strength of the relationships between job satisfaction and autonomy, job stress, and nurse–physician collaboration among registered nurses working in staff positions. A meta‐analysis of 31 studies representing a total of 14,567 subjects was performed. Job satisfaction was most strongly correlated with job stress ( ES = −.43), followed by nurse–physician collaboration ( ES = .37), and autonomy ( ES = .30). These findings have implications for the importance of improving the work environment to increase nurses' job satisfaction. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30:445–458, 2007.