IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Panagiotou N; Prezerakos P; Dreliozi A; Kourakos M; Krepia V; Sapountzi-Krepia D

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Nursing staff's job satisfaction at a Public General Hospital in Cyprus

Panagiotou N, Prezerakos P, Dreliozi A, Kourakos M, Krepia V, Sapountzi Krepia D

Abstract :

The aim of this study wasto evaluate job satisfaction of the nursing staff working in a public General Hospital of Cyprus and to investigate the factors that influence and shape it. A cross–sectional quantitative study was conducted, including all nursing staff working in that General Hospital of Cyprus(n=150). Data collection was conducted through the KUHJSS and the analysis performed by methods of descriptive and inferential statistics. Data analyses revealedmoderate to very high job satisfaction of nursing staff with the highest level of satisfaction being recorded in the field of motivation. The lowest satisfaction was recorded in the field of team spirit indicating moderate job satisfaction.The quality of the provided nursing carewas positively correlated with leadership, motivation,work environment and sense of community and thereby it proved to be predictor variables of job satisfaction. Job posistion and working hours were related to the fields ofleadership and sense of community respectivelly.