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Nurses?? Job Satisfaction
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1993
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NursingQuality Of LifeJob SatisfactionEmployment SiteMental Health NursingLow CorrelationsManagementBusinessNursing ResearchJob PerformanceOrganizational CommitmentHuman Resource ManagementWork AttitudeOrganizational BehaviorPsychologyOccupational NursingHealth Sciences
The purpose of this study was to describe the magnitude of the relationships between nurses' job satisfaction and the variables most frequently associated with it. A meta-analysis of data from 48 studies with a total of 15,048 subjects revealed that job satisfaction was most strongly associated with stress (-.609) and organizational commitment (.526). Seven variables had correlations between .20 and .50: communication with supervisor, autonomy, recognition, routinization, communication with peers, fairness, and locus of control. Four other variables frequently included in these studies had low correlations (less than .20): age, education, tenure, and professionalization. The influence of employment site, date of study, and measures used on the size and consistency of estimates was described.