Open AccessPerception of safety from workplace violence affects job satisfaction among doctors practicing modern medicine in India: A nationwide survey
Author(s) -
Farhad Ahamed,
Amandeep Kaur,
P. R. Sengupta,
T. K. Ghosh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2416_20
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , medicine , workplace violence , cronbach's alpha , scale (ratio) , job attitude , occupational safety and health , job performance , nursing , family medicine , poison control , injury prevention , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychology , medical emergency , psychometrics , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
Doctors are often been judged negatively as a consequence of high expectation and demand from their job and face violence at workplace. Continuous worry of facing aggression at workplace may seriously affect job satisfaction and intention to job turnover. However, the association between workplace safety and job satisfaction had not been studied earlier in India.