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Job satisfaction and related factors of nurses in university hospitals: Focusing on collaborative competency factors
Author(s) -
Majima Tomoko,
Yamamoto Takeshi,
Sakai Ikuko,
Ikezaki Sumie,
Nagasaka Ikuyo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.12822
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , nursing , medicine , group cohesiveness , nursing management , multivariate analysis of variance , scale (ratio) , psychology , medical education , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , computer science
Aim This study aimed to clarify the association between nurses’ job satisfaction, interprofessional collaborative competency and other related factors in university hospitals in Japan. Background Enhancing a team's function in the university hospital setting requires strengthening each professional's competency: high‐level professional competency leads to high job satisfaction. Methods In 2014, self‐administered questionnaires were sent to all nurses working at two university hospitals in Japan. A multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate the relationship between job satisfaction as the response variable and interprofessional collaborative competency and other variables as the independent variables. Results Data from 913 nurses were used in the present analysis (response rate: 60.4%). Two factors from the Chiba Interprofessional Competency Scale 29 (factor 1: attitudes and beliefs as a professional; factor 5: attitudes and behaviours that improve team cohesion) and opportunities for information exchange with other professionals outside the hospital had significant relationships with job satisfaction. Conclusion Strengthening interprofessional collaborative competency and increasing opportunities for information exchange with professionals outside the hospital would improve nurses’ job satisfaction in university hospitals. Implications for nursing management Interprofessional collaborative competency and opportunities for information exchange with other professionals are worth the attention of nursing administrators.