The present study empirically examines the relationship between computer anxiety, job satisfaction, career satisfaction, and stress. Based on self-efficacy theory and self-worth theory of achievement-motivation, it is hypothesized that the relationship between computer anxiety and job satisfaction is curvilinear and attitude towards computer moderates such relationship. The relationship between...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of job satisfaction among the staff at an Estonian hospital and to describe factors related to their job satisfaction. DESIGN Questionnaire survey. SETTING Pärnu County Hospital in Estonia. STUDY PARTICIPANTS All staff members of the Pärnu County Hospital (n = 673), except 56 staff members who were away from work during the study. RESULTS Respondents (n =...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of job satisfaction to job difficulty and worthiness, reported by the clinical psychologists who worked at medical institutions. A mail survey of 748 clinical psychologists working at hospital and clinics revealed the following results. First, job satisfaction was related more to job situation than job content. Also, job satisfaction was...

BACKGROUND Motivation and job satisfaction have been identified as key factors for health worker retention and turnover in low- and middle-income countries. District health managers in decentralized health systems usually have a broadened 'decision space' that enables them to positively influence health worker motivation and job satisfaction, which in turn impacts on retention and performance a...

BACKGROUND This study aimed at determining the job satisfaction level of the staff in Shahroud University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), northern Iran, and its influential factors.                         METHODS In this descriptive study, conducted in 2008, the participants were 384 workers in SUMS selected through simple random sampling procedure. The par-ticipants received a 33-item questionn...

Background: The lower job satisfaction of health-care staff will lead to more brain drain, worse work performance, and poorer health-care outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify patterns of job satisfaction among health-care staff in rural China, and to investigate the association between the latent clusters and health-care staff's personal and professional features; Methods: We selecte...