Open Access<p>Job satisfaction among nurses in Iran: does gender matter?</p>
Author(s) -
Morteza Akbari,
Afsaneh Bagheri,
Aliakbari Fathollahi,
Majid Darvish
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s215288
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , job attitude , medicine , nursing , significant difference , psychology , job performance , family medicine , social psychology
Job satisfaction has attracted increasing attention of scholars of different disciplines in recent years. However, there are limited studies on nurses' job satisfaction and the impact of gender on nurses' satisfaction with their job, particularly in Iran as a developing economy. The paper aimed to examine job satisfaction among Iranian nurses. Specifically, this study aimed to explore how Iranian male and female nurses are different in their overall and the dimensions of their job satisfaction.