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Nurses' job satisfaction in their early career: is it the same for all branches of nursing?

Nurses' job satisfaction in their early career: is it the same for all branches of nursing?
Nurses' job satisfaction in their early career: is it the same for all branches of nursing?
Aim To develop an early career job satisfaction instrument that is valid and reliable across the four UK nursing branches.

Background Contemporary instruments are required to measure nurse job satisfaction and to explore potential links with quality of care and retention.

Method(s) Factor analysis was used to explore and test the stability of job satisfaction components across branches and over time.

Results Seven components (client care, staffing, development, relationships, education, work-life interface, resources) of job satisfaction were identified common to the adult, child and mental health branches that explained over 70% of the variance. The factor structure remained reasonably stable across time within each branch. Some differences between branches emerged at 6 and 18 months. The instrument has similarities and differences with existing generic and nursing facet job satisfaction scales.

Conclusion Findings support a generic instrument that can be used to measure the job satisfaction of adult, child and mental health nurses in their early career.

Implications for nursing management The instrument could be used for appraisal, annual staff surveys, for understanding retention locally and nationally, as an early warning system to identify organizational problems and to measure the impact of policies over time.

early career, job satisfaction, measurement scale
0966-0429
120-134
Murrells, Trevor
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Robinson, Sarah
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Griffiths, Peter
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Murrells, Trevor
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Robinson, Sarah
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Griffiths, Peter
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Murrells, Trevor, Robinson, Sarah and Griffiths, Peter (2009) Nurses' job satisfaction in their early career: is it the same for all branches of nursing? Journal of Nursing Management, 17 (1), 120-134. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00854.x). (PMID:19166530)

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Abstract

Aim To develop an early career job satisfaction instrument that is valid and reliable across the four UK nursing branches.

Background Contemporary instruments are required to measure nurse job satisfaction and to explore potential links with quality of care and retention.

Method(s) Factor analysis was used to explore and test the stability of job satisfaction components across branches and over time.

Results Seven components (client care, staffing, development, relationships, education, work-life interface, resources) of job satisfaction were identified common to the adult, child and mental health branches that explained over 70% of the variance. The factor structure remained reasonably stable across time within each branch. Some differences between branches emerged at 6 and 18 months. The instrument has similarities and differences with existing generic and nursing facet job satisfaction scales.

Conclusion Findings support a generic instrument that can be used to measure the job satisfaction of adult, child and mental health nurses in their early career.

Implications for nursing management The instrument could be used for appraisal, annual staff surveys, for understanding retention locally and nationally, as an early warning system to identify organizational problems and to measure the impact of policies over time.

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Published date: January 2009
Keywords: early career, job satisfaction, measurement scale

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Local EPrints ID: 168029
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/168029
ISSN: 0966-0429
PURE UUID: 59340c44-a413-463f-8a9e-ba9262073ffe
ORCID for Peter Griffiths: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-2857

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Date deposited: 23 Nov 2010 13:18
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:56

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Author: Trevor Murrells
Author: Sarah Robinson
Author: Peter Griffiths ORCID iD

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