A Survey of Job Satisfaction among Health Sector Staff of Tabriz Taleghani Educational Hospital

• Main Authors: Leila Rastgar-Farajzadeh, Nayyer Aslnejad-Moghaddami, Parvin Abbasian, Zahra Mohamadpoor, Sima Esmaili, Roghayeh Nourizadeh
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2016-03-01
• Series: Taṣvīr-i salāmat
• Subjects: job satisfaction health; sector staffs; taleghani educational-hospital
• Online Access: https://doh.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/doh-137.pdf

Background and Objectives : Job satisfaction is one of the most important variables in organizational behavior and the key variable in organizational researches and theories as well. The aim of present investigation was to determine the level of job satisfaction among health sector staff of Tabriz Taleghani Educational Hospital. Material and Methods : This cross-sectional study was performed in 2014. Health sector staffs of Taleghani Educational Hospital were studied through census method. Data collection tool was a questionnaire based on previous studies and consisted of 3 parts: demographic information (7 items), job satisfaction (21 questions) and factors related to employee dissatisfaction (10 items). After collecting and entering data into IBM SPSS software, independent t tests, chi-square and ANOVA were applied. Results : The highest level of job satisfaction was in the field of relationship with colleagues and lowest level of job satisfaction was related to salary and benefits. The most common cause of employee dissatisfaction was pressure and stressful working environment and the least cause was the improper distribution of employees based on workload . Conclusion : According to the findings, the majority of job satisfaction among staff was at low and medium-level. Since job satisfaction is an important factor in the performance and quality of services provided by the hospital staff, it is recommended that managers and officials pay attention to defects and shortcomings and remove barriers.